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Revision as of 04:58, 6 October 2024
Introduction:
When compiling nanopb Protobuf library as part of C language programs, nested Protobuf messages require use of nanopb defined function type `pb_callback_t` in order to encode and to decode those nested messages. Some examples of this on github:
In the first example an early on file instance of `pb_callback_t` occurs on line 56. Looking further this project has a few dozen protoc generated files . . . switching to a possible smaller project:
^ References To Sort
Protobuf references, somewhat arbitrary starting point yet introduces some key topics of Protobuf standard and use cases:
- https://www.crankuptheamps.com/blog/posts/2017/10/12/protobuf-battle-of-the-syntaxes/
- https://www.educative.io/edpresso/what-is-the-difference-between-protocol-buffers-and-json
JSON supported data types:
First Protobuf .proto file, compiles using `protoc-c`, part of a package available with Ubuntu 20.04:
// syntax = "proto3"; syntax = "proto2"; // Notes: // $ protoc-c --c_out=. ./first.proto message sensorUpdates { required int32 message_id = 1; optional float vrms = 2; }
. . . It appears that the integer values which message elements are assigned as tantamount to key names in JSON.
^ Nanopb
2022-01-08 Saturday
- https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/blob/master/generator/proto/nanopb.proto
- https://jpa.kapsi.fi/nanopb/docs/whats_new.html
- https://jpa.kapsi.fi/nanopb/docs/
Cmake script to locate Nanopb headers and sources: