[protobuf] Does Protocol Buffers use a checksum?

2011-03-29 Thread Tavis Bones
Internally does protocol buffers use a checksum to guarantee the data being read/written? If not, do I need to write the checksum like the coded stream example here: http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/reference/cpp/google.protobuf.io.coded_stream.html Or is there an easy mechanism t

[protobuf] Re: Does Protocol Buffers use a checksum?

2011-03-29 Thread Tavis Bones
wrote: > There is no checksum in a protobuf stream. You would need to add something > external. > > On 29 March 2011 22:14, Tavis Bones wrote: > > > > > Internally does protocol buffers use a checksum to guarantee the data > > being read/written? > > > If not

[protobuf] Get Field Names

2011-04-21 Thread Tavis Bones
I have a protocol buffers file created in c++ and I'm parsing it in java to create a CSV file. Is there an easy way to get the field name I'm dealing with or just use the method name to determine that? Also is there any utility functions that creates a csv file from a protocol buffer file? Thank