{
"response": {
"status": [
{
"code": "red",
"text": "random sentence"
},
{"code": "blue"}
],
"recent": []
}
}
For above json, I want to have proper protobuf syntax. Below is just an outline to show the idea. I know that below proto won't work.
syntax = 'proto3';
map< string, repeated map <string, string > > response = 1;
How can I write this in protobuf syntax?
You cannot; the thing on the right in a map cannot be repeated; you'd instead have a map<string, Foo> for some Foo that *hasarepeated` something.
Honestly, I think the key problem here is this statement:
For above json, I want to have proper protobuf syntax.
Protobuf is not a general purpose JSON tool; the JSON it chooses is strongly opinionated. If you want to map pre-existing JSON, then protobuf is not the right tool for you; instead, use any general purpose JSON tool - they'll usually be fine with it. Instead, think of protobuf as a serialization tool that happens to have a JSON variant output (in addition to the primary binary output), but which offers very little flexibiltiy re JSON layout.
