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# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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# TODO(robinson): We should just make these methods all "pure-virtual" and move
# all implementation out, into reflection.py for now.
"""Contains an abstract base class for protocol messages."""
__author__ = 'robinson@google.com (Will Robinson)'
from froofle.protobuf import text_format
class Error(Exception): pass
class DecodeError(Error): pass
class EncodeError(Error): pass
class Message(object):
"""Abstract base class for protocol messages.
Protocol message classes are almost always generated by the protocol
compiler. These generated types subclass Message and implement the methods
shown below.
TODO(robinson): Link to an HTML document here.
TODO(robinson): Document that instances of this class will also
have an Extensions attribute with __getitem__ and __setitem__.
Again, not sure how to best convey this.
TODO(robinson): Document that the class must also have a static
RegisterExtension(extension_field) method.
Not sure how to best express at this point.
"""
# TODO(robinson): Document these fields and methods.
__slots__ = []
DESCRIPTOR = None
def __eq__(self, other_msg):
raise NotImplementedError
def __ne__(self, other_msg):
# Can't just say self != other_msg, since that would infinitely recurse. :)
return not self == other_msg
def __str__(self):
return text_format.MessageToString(self)
def MergeFrom(self, other_msg):
"""Merges the contents of the specified message into current message.
This method merges the contents of the specified message into the current
message. Singular fields that are set in the specified message overwrite
the corresponding fields in the current message. Repeated fields are
appended. Singular sub-messages and groups are recursively merged.
Args:
other_msg: Message to merge into the current message.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
def CopyFrom(self, other_msg):
"""Copies the content of the specified message into the current message.
The method clears the current message and then merges the specified
message using MergeFrom.
Args:
other_msg: Message to copy into the current one.
"""
if self == other_msg:
return
self.Clear()
self.MergeFrom(other_msg)
def Clear(self):
"""Clears all data that was set in the message."""
raise NotImplementedError
def IsInitialized(self):
"""Checks if the message is initialized.
Returns:
The method returns True if the message is initialized (i.e. all of its
required fields are set).
"""
raise NotImplementedError
# TODO(robinson): MergeFromString() should probably return None and be
# implemented in terms of a helper that returns the # of bytes read. Our
# deserialization routines would use the helper when recursively
# deserializing, but the end user would almost always just want the no-return
# MergeFromString().
def MergeFromString(self, serialized):
"""Merges serialized protocol buffer data into this message.
When we find a field in |serialized| that is already present
in this message:
- If it's a "repeated" field, we append to the end of our list.
- Else, if it's a scalar, we overwrite our field.
- Else, (it's a nonrepeated composite), we recursively merge
into the existing composite.
TODO(robinson): Document handling of unknown fields.
Args:
serialized: Any object that allows us to call buffer(serialized)
to access a string of bytes using the buffer interface.
TODO(robinson): When we switch to a helper, this will return None.
Returns:
The number of bytes read from |serialized|.
For non-group messages, this will always be len(serialized),
but for messages which are actually groups, this will
generally be less than len(serialized), since we must
stop when we reach an END_GROUP tag. Note that if
we *do* stop because of an END_GROUP tag, the number
of bytes returned does not include the bytes
for the END_GROUP tag information.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
def ParseFromString(self, serialized):
"""Like MergeFromString(), except we clear the object first."""
self.Clear()
self.MergeFromString(serialized)
def SerializeToString(self):
"""Serializes the protocol message to a binary string.
Returns:
A binary string representation of the message if all of the required
fields in the message are set (i.e. the message is initialized).
Raises:
message.EncodeError if the message isn't initialized.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
def SerializePartialToString(self):
"""Serializes the protocol message to a binary string.
This method is similar to SerializeToString but doesn't check if the
message is initialized.
Returns:
A string representation of the partial message.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
# TODO(robinson): Decide whether we like these better
# than auto-generated has_foo() and clear_foo() methods
# on the instances themselves. This way is less consistent
# with C++, but it makes reflection-type access easier and
# reduces the number of magically autogenerated things.
#
# TODO(robinson): Be sure to document (and test) exactly
# which field names are accepted here. Are we case-sensitive?
# What do we do with fields that share names with Python keywords
# like 'lambda' and 'yield'?
#
# nnorwitz says:
# """
# Typically (in python), an underscore is appended to names that are
# keywords. So they would become lambda_ or yield_.
# """
def ListFields(self, field_name):
"""Returns a list of (FieldDescriptor, value) tuples for all
fields in the message which are not empty. A singular field is non-empty
if HasField() would return true, and a repeated field is non-empty if
it contains at least one element. The fields are ordered by field
number"""
raise NotImplementedError
def HasField(self, field_name):
raise NotImplementedError
def ClearField(self, field_name):
raise NotImplementedError
def HasExtension(self, extension_handle):
raise NotImplementedError
def ClearExtension(self, extension_handle):
raise NotImplementedError
def ByteSize(self):
"""Returns the serialized size of this message.
Recursively calls ByteSize() on all contained messages.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
def _SetListener(self, message_listener):
"""Internal method used by the protocol message implementation.
Clients should not call this directly.
Sets a listener that this message will call on certain state transitions.
The purpose of this method is to register back-edges from children to
parents at runtime, for the purpose of setting "has" bits and
byte-size-dirty bits in the parent and ancestor objects whenever a child or
descendant object is modified.
If the client wants to disconnect this Message from the object tree, she
explicitly sets callback to None.
If message_listener is None, unregisters any existing listener. Otherwise,
message_listener must implement the MessageListener interface in
internal/message_listener.py, and we discard any listener registered
via a previous _SetListener() call.
"""
raise NotImplementedError