I just asked this question and have resolved to write an extension for enum values in my protocol buffer. However I am having an extremely difficult time actually reading the values back, even with this simple .proto file:
package test;
import "google/protobuf/descriptor.proto";
extend google.protobuf.EnumValueOptions {
optional string abbr = 54321;
}
message Person {
required string name = 1;
required int32 id = 2;
optional string email = 3;
enum PhoneType { MOBILE = 0 [(abbr)="Mobile ph"]; HOME = 1 [(abbr)="HomePhone"]; WORK = 2 [(abbr)="Work number"]; }
message PhoneNumber {
required string number = 1;
optional PhoneType type = 2 [default = HOME];
}
repeated PhoneNumber phone = 4;
}
message AddressBook {
repeated Person person = 1;
}
I've been trying these and other variants:
test::Person::PhoneNumber::descriptor()->options().GetExtension(test::abbr);
test::Person::PhoneNumber::descriptor().GetExtension(test::abbr);
test::Person::descriptor()->options().GetExtension(test::abbr);
const google::protobuf::Descriptor* message = test::Person::PhoneNumber::descriptor();
const google::protobuf::Descriptor* desc = phone2.descriptor();
desc->options().GetExtension(test::abbr); //D.N.E.
google::protobuf::MessageOptions opts = message->options();
opts.GetExtension(test::abbr);
const google::protobuf::EnumDescriptor* enm = message->FindEnumTypeByName("PhoneNumber"); // null, not found
google::protobuf::EnumValueOptions opts2 = enm->value(1)->options();
opts2.GetExtension(test::abbr);
test::Person::PhoneNumber::descriptor()->options().GetExtension(test::abbr);
None of the above work - either the method does not exist at all, or there is no matching call to that function signature. I've been going through the documentation for hours to no avail. I know it should be possible, but the only examples are of writing the .proto files, not reading back from them -- How do I do this? A short example would be immensely appreciated. Thanks in advance.