[protobuf] Basic message encoding/decoding

2010-07-07 Thread Timothy Parez
Hi, I've looked at http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/encoding.html and while this probably provides all the required information, it still doesn't "click" for me. Does anybody have any simple code samples which do nothing more than encode and decode a simple message? I'm aware I c

Re: [protobuf] Basic message encoding/decoding

2010-07-07 Thread Evan Jones
On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:43 , Timothy Parez wrote: I'm aware I can simply use one of the various libraries, but it's important I understand basic encoding/decoding so I can pass this knowledge to teams who are using a language which is not supported by any of the libraries. I don't understand: you

Re: [protobuf] Basic message encoding/decoding

2010-07-07 Thread timothyparez
Hi, Yep I meant without the libraries, But you guided me in the right direction with the 2 files to look at :) I'll try that first Thnx --Original Message-- From: Evan Jones To: Parez, Timothy Cc: Protocol Buffers Subject: Re: [protobuf] Basic message encoding/decoding Sent: