# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format # Copyright 2008 Google Inc. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT # OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, # SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT # LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY # THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # This code is meant to work on Python 2.4 and above only. """Contains a metaclass and helper functions used to create protocol message classes from Descriptor objects at runtime. Recall that a metaclass is the "type" of a class. (A class is to a metaclass what an instance is to a class.) In this case, we use the GeneratedProtocolMessageType metaclass to inject all the useful functionality into the classes output by the protocol compiler at compile-time. The upshot of all this is that the real implementation details for ALL pure-Python protocol buffers are *here in this file*. """ __author__ = 'robinson@google.com (Will Robinson)' from google.protobuf.internal import api_implementation from google.protobuf import descriptor as descriptor_mod from google.protobuf import message _FieldDescriptor = descriptor_mod.FieldDescriptor if api_implementation.Type() == 'cpp': if api_implementation.Version() == 2: from google.protobuf.internal.cpp import cpp_message _NewMessage = cpp_message.NewMessage _InitMessage = cpp_message.InitMessage else: from google.protobuf.internal import cpp_message _NewMessage = cpp_message.NewMessage _InitMessage = cpp_message.InitMessage else: from google.protobuf.internal import python_message _NewMessage = python_message.NewMessage _InitMessage = python_message.InitMessage class GeneratedProtocolMessageType(type): """Metaclass for protocol message classes created at runtime from Descriptors. We add implementations for all methods described in the Message class. We also create properties to allow getting/setting all fields in the protocol message. Finally, we create slots to prevent users from accidentally "setting" nonexistent fields in the protocol message, which then wouldn't get serialized / deserialized properly. The protocol compiler currently uses this metaclass to create protocol message classes at runtime. Clients can also manually create their own classes at runtime, as in this example: mydescriptor = Descriptor(.....) class MyProtoClass(Message): __metaclass__ = GeneratedProtocolMessageType DESCRIPTOR = mydescriptor myproto_instance = MyProtoClass() myproto.foo_field = 23 ... """ # Must be consistent with the protocol-compiler code in # proto2/compiler/internal/generator.*. _DESCRIPTOR_KEY = 'DESCRIPTOR' def __new__(cls, name, bases, dictionary): """Custom allocation for runtime-generated class types. We override __new__ because this is apparently the only place where we can meaningfully set __slots__ on the class we're creating(?). (The interplay between metaclasses and slots is not very well-documented). Args: name: Name of the class (ignored, but required by the metaclass protocol). bases: Base classes of the class we're constructing. (Should be message.Message). We ignore this field, but it's required by the metaclass protocol dictionary: The class dictionary of the class we're constructing. dictionary[_DESCRIPTOR_KEY] must contain a Descriptor object describing this protocol message type. Returns: Newly-allocated class. """ descriptor = dictionary[GeneratedProtocolMessageType._DESCRIPTOR_KEY] bases = _NewMessage(bases, descriptor, dictionary) superclass = super(GeneratedProtocolMessageType, cls) new_class = superclass.__new__(cls, name, bases, dictionary) setattr(descriptor, '_concrete_class', new_class) return new_class def __init__(cls, name, bases, dictionary): """Here we perform the majority of our work on the class. We add enum getters, an __init__ method, implementations of all Message methods, and properties for all fields in the protocol type. Args: name: Name of the class (ignored, but required by the metaclass protocol). bases: Base classes of the class we're constructing. (Should be message.Message). We ignore this field, but it's required by the metaclass protocol dictionary: The class dictionary of the class we're constructing. dictionary[_DESCRIPTOR_KEY] must contain a Descriptor object describing this protocol message type. """ descriptor = dictionary[GeneratedProtocolMessageType._DESCRIPTOR_KEY] _InitMessage(descriptor, cls) superclass = super(GeneratedProtocolMessageType, cls) superclass.__init__(name, bases, dictionary) def ParseMessage(descriptor, byte_str): """Generate a new Message instance from this Descriptor and a byte string. Args: descriptor: Protobuf Descriptor object byte_str: Serialized protocol buffer byte string Returns: Newly created protobuf Message object. """ class _ResultClass(message.Message): __metaclass__ = GeneratedProtocolMessageType DESCRIPTOR = descriptor new_msg = _ResultClass() new_msg.ParseFromString(byte_str) return new_msg