I'm trying to learn proto3, and have some questions with any
.
I use extension quite much, if my proto is like this:
message base {
extensions 1 to 100;
}
// a.proto
extend base {
optional int32 a = 1;
optional int32 b = 2;
}
// b.proto
extend base {
optional string c = 1;
optional string d = 2;
optional string e = 3;
optional string f = 4;
}
then how to replace these extensions with any ? should i must write like
import google/protobuf/any.proto
message base {
any a = 1;
any b = 2;
any c = 3;
any d = 4;
}
?
may so many proto has extended base.proto and I cannot make sure the max extension number of these protos. then how can I replace these extensions with any?
If I have to write any from 1 to 100 in message base ... oh, that will be too terrible !
You would typically structure it like this:
message base {
any submsg = 1;
}
// a.proto
message submsg_a {
optional int32 a = 1;
optional int32 b = 2;
}
// b.proto
message submsg_b {
optional string c = 1;
optional string d = 2;
optional string e = 3;
optional string f = 4;
}
And then put either submsg_a
or submsg_b
inside the any field.