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Protocol Buffers is a language-neutral and platform-neutral way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format.

Installing Google Protocol Buffers on mac

I would like to install the older version of Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf-2.4.1) on mac using Terminal command line. I …

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Biggest differences of Thrift vs Protocol Buffers?

What are the biggest pros and cons of Apache Thrift vs Google's Protocol Buffers?

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ImportError: No module named google.protobuf

I am following this guide (https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/pythontutorial) and using the exact sample of addressbook.proto. …

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Java: JSON -> Protobuf & back conversion

I have an existing system, which is using protobuf-based communication protocol between GUI and server. Now I would like to …

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Why required and optional is removed in Protocol Buffers 3

I'm recently using gRPC with proto3, and I've noticed that required and optional has been removed in new syntax. Would …

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How to define an optional field in protobuf 3

I need to specify a message with an optional field in protobuf (proto3 syntax). In terms of proto 2 syntax, the …

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Date and time type for use with Protobuf

I'm considering to use Protocol Buffers for data exchange between a Linux and a Windows based system. Whats the recommended …

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google protocol buffers vs json vs XML

I would like to know the merits & de-merits of Google Protocol Buffers JSON XML I want to implement one …

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No module named google.protobuf

I am trying to run Google's deep dream. For some odd reason I keep getting ImportError: No module named google.…

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How to encode byte[] in proto buffs

Is there an equivalent to int8 or byte type in proto buffs? I would like to send a byte array …

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