[protobuf] How to dynamically parse protobuf with extension messages

On one machine, serialized a Message2, which has been extended from Message1. The parameters in Mesage2 were set using setExtension API. Did writeDelimitedTo to write to a byte outpurstream. Then ran protoc --include_imports --descriptor_set_out=message2.desc -- java_out=message2.proto On the

[protobuf] Re: How to dynamically parse protobuf with extension messages

Thanks for the info. this solution requires the Class MyMesage be present on the receiving side. I was trying to just use the description-out file created by the protoc tool. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Protocol Buffers group. To post to this

[protobuf] Re: How to dynamically parse protobuf with extension messages

Thanks, that was the missing part, got it working with the desc file, without the need for the MyMessage class. on the way with the above code I got error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ExtensionRegistry.add() must be provided a default instance when adding an embedded message extension.