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Protocol Buffers Handbook

You're reading from   Protocol Buffers Handbook Getting deeper into Protobuf internals and its usage

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805124672
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Clément Jean Clément Jean
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Serialization Primer FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Protobuf is a Language 3. Chapter 3: Describing Data with Protobuf Text Format 4. Chapter 4: The Protobuf Compiler 5. Chapter 5: Serialization Internals 6. Chapter 6: Schema Evolution over Time 7. Chapter 7: Implementing the Address Book in Go 8. Chapter 8: Implementing the Address Book in Python 9. Chapter 9: Developing a Protoc Plugin in Golang 10. Chapter 10: Advanced Build 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Quiz

  1. Where can you find the proto files for the well-known types?
    1. Nowhere; this is hidden inside the Protobuf language.
    2. Nowhere; we need to define them ourselves.
    3. On the GitHub repository under the src/google/protobuf folder.
  2. Where can you find the message definitions for the option types?
    1. On the GitHub repository under the folder src/google/protobuf in the file called descriptor.proto.
    2. Nowhere; this is hidden inside the Protobuf language.
    3. Nowhere; we need to define them ourselves.
  3. Why do we define an UNSPECIFIED value in enums for proto3?
    1. In proto3, enums are closed, so we do not need to.
    2. In proto3, enums are open, and UNSPECIFIED is used as the default value.
    3. It is not needed in proto3, only in proto2.
  4. When do we need nesting types inside a message?
    1. When we want to specialize a type with fully qualified names.
    2. When a type is only relevant in the parent context.
    3. All the above.
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