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Is there any way to serialize a dictionary using protocol buffers, or I'll have to use Thrift if I need that?
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Protobuf specification now supports dictionaries (maps) natively.
Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data. It is useful in developing programs to communicate with each other over a network or for storing data.
Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler.
Protocol Buffer (Protobuf) provides two simpler options for dealing with values that might be of more than one type. The Any type can represent any known Protobuf message type. And you can use the oneof keyword to specify that only one of a range of fields can be set in any message.
For future answer seekers, ProtoBuf now supports Maps natively:
message MapMessage { map<string, string> MyMap = 1; } If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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