[Lazarus] Protocol Buffers

["Leonardo M. Ramé"]

On 25/07/15 08:17, Aradeonas wrote:
> Leonardo can you explain where you can use it?
>
> Regards,
> Ara
>
>

Currently one of my apps is sending JSON files to a server, with a 
structure similar to this:

{
   "document_name": "doc 1",
   "document_type": "pdf",
   "content": BASE64_ENCODED_PDF
}

Where BASE64_ENCODED_PDF is an binary file that must be converted to 
base64 to be included into a json field.

The base64 encoding/decoding carries both processor and transfer size 
overhead, compared to a binary protocol.

Of course I could have created my own proprietary protocol, but I have 
some constraints, for example, the sender is a Java application, and the 
receiver is a FreePascal one, so, using a "standard" protocol, like 
Google's Protocol Buffers seems to fit very well in this particular 
scenario.

Regards,
-- 
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com