| 2010-01-08 version 2.3.0: |
| |
| General |
| * Parsers for repeated numeric fields now always accept both packed and |
| unpacked input. The [packed=true] option only affects serializers. |
| Therefore, it is possible to switch a field to packed format without |
| breaking backwards-compatibility -- as long as all parties are using |
| protobuf 2.3.0 or above, at least. |
| * The generic RPC service code generated by the C++, Java, and Python |
| generators can be disabled via file options: |
| option cc_generic_services = false; |
| option java_generic_services = false; |
| option py_generic_services = false; |
| This allows plugins to generate alternative code, possibly specific to some |
| particular RPC implementation. |
| |
| protoc |
| * Now supports a plugin system for code generators. Plugins can generate |
| code for new languages or inject additional code into the output of other |
| code generators. Plugins are just binaries which accept a protocol buffer |
| on stdin and write a protocol buffer to stdout, so they may be written in |
| any language. See src/google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.proto. |
| **WARNING**: Plugins are experimental. The interface may change in a |
| future version. |
| * If the output location ends in .zip or .jar, protoc will write its output |
| to a zip/jar archive instead of a directory. For example: |
| protoc --java_out=myproto_srcs.jar --python_out=myproto.zip myproto.proto |
| Currently the archive contents are not compressed, though this could change |
| in the future. |
| * inf, -inf, and nan can now be used as default values for float and double |
| fields. |
| |
| C++ |
| * Various speed and code size optimizations. |
| * DynamicMessageFactory is now fully thread-safe. |
| * Message::Utf8DebugString() method is like DebugString() but avoids escaping |
| UTF-8 bytes. |
| * Compiled-in message types can now contain dynamic extensions, through use |
| of CodedInputStream::SetExtensionRegistry(). |
| * Now compiles shared libraries (DLLs) by default on Cygwin and MinGW, to |
| match other platforms. Use --disable-shared to avoid this. |
| |
| Java |
| * parseDelimitedFrom() and mergeDelimitedFrom() now detect EOF and return |
| false/null instead of throwing an exception. |
| * Fixed some initialization ordering bugs. |
| * Fixes for OpenJDK 7. |
| |
| Python |
| * 10-25 times faster than 2.2.0, still pure-Python. |
| * Calling a mutating method on a sub-message always instantiates the message |
| in its parent even if the mutating method doesn't actually mutate anything |
| (e.g. parsing from an empty string). |
| * Expanded descriptors a bit. |
| |
| 2009-08-11 version 2.2.0: |
| |
| C++ |
| * Lite mode: The "optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME" option causes the compiler |
| to generate code which only depends libprotobuf-lite, which is much smaller |
| than libprotobuf but lacks descriptors, reflection, and some other features. |
| * Fixed bug where Message.Swap(Message) was only implemented for |
| optimize_for_speed. Swap now properly implemented in both modes |
| (Issue 91). |
| * Added RemoveLast and SwapElements(index1, index2) to Reflection |
| interface for repeated elements. |
| * Added Swap(Message) to Reflection interface. |
| * Floating-point literals in generated code that are intended to be |
| single-precision now explicitly have 'f' suffix to avoid pedantic warnings |
| produced by some compilers. |
| * The [deprecated=true] option now causes the C++ code generator to generate |
| a GCC-style deprecation annotation (no-op on other compilers). |
| * google::protobuf::GetEnumDescriptor<SomeGeneratedEnumType>() returns the |
| EnumDescriptor for that type -- useful for templates which cannot call |
| SomeGeneratedEnumType_descriptor(). |
| * Various optimizations and obscure bug fixes. |
| |
| Java |
| * Lite mode: The "optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME" option causes the compiler |
| to generate code which only depends libprotobuf-lite, which is much smaller |
| than libprotobuf but lacks descriptors, reflection, and some other features. |
| * Lots of style cleanups. |
| |
| Python |
| * Fixed endianness bug with floats and doubles. |
| * Text format parsing support. |
| * Fix bug with parsing packed repeated fields in embedded messages. |
| * Ability to initialize fields by passing keyword args to constructor. |
| * Support iterators in extend and __setslice__ for containers. |
| |
| 2009-05-13 version 2.1.0: |
| |
| General |
| * Repeated fields of primitive types (types other that string, group, and |
| nested messages) may now use the option [packed = true] to get a more |
| efficient encoding. In the new encoding, the entire list is written |
| as a single byte blob using the "length-delimited" wire type. Within |
| this blob, the individual values are encoded the same way they would |
| be normally except without a tag before each value (thus, they are |
| tightly "packed"). |
| * For each field, the generated code contains an integer constant assigned |
| to the field number. For example, the .proto file: |
| message Foo { optional int bar_baz = 123; } |
| would generate the following constants, all with the integer value 123: |
| C++: Foo::kBarBazFieldNumber |
| Java: Foo.BAR_BAZ_FIELD_NUMBER |
| Python: Foo.BAR_BAZ_FIELD_NUMBER |
| Constants are also generated for extensions, with the same naming scheme. |
| These constants may be used as switch cases. |
| * Updated bundled Google Test to version 1.3.0. Google Test is now bundled |
| in its verbatim form as a nested autoconf package, so you can drop in any |
| other version of Google Test if needed. |
| * optimize_for = SPEED is now the default, by popular demand. Use |
| optimize_for = CODE_SIZE if code size is more important in your app. |
| * It is now an error to define a default value for a repeated field. |
| Previously, this was silently ignored (it had no effect on the generated |
| code). |
| * Fields can now be marked deprecated like: |
| optional int32 foo = 1 [deprecated = true]; |
| Currently this does not have any actual effect, but in the future the code |
| generators may generate deprecation annotations in each language. |
| * Cross-compiling should now be possible using the --with-protoc option to |
| configure. See README.txt for more info. |
| |
| protoc |
| * --error_format=msvs option causes errors to be printed in Visual Studio |
| format, which should allow them to be clicked on in the build log to go |
| directly to the error location. |
| * The type name resolver will no longer resolve type names to fields. For |
| example, this now works: |
| message Foo {} |
| message Bar { |
| optional int32 Foo = 1; |
| optional Foo baz = 2; |
| } |
| Previously, the type of "baz" would resolve to "Bar.Foo", and you'd get |
| an error because Bar.Foo is a field, not a type. Now the type of "baz" |
| resolves to the message type Foo. This change is unlikely to make a |
| difference to anyone who follows the Protocol Buffers style guide. |
| |
| C++ |
| * Several optimizations, including but not limited to: |
| - Serialization, especially to flat arrays, is 10%-50% faster, possibly |
| more for small objects. |
| - Several descriptor operations which previously required locking no longer |
| do. |
| - Descriptors are now constructed lazily on first use, rather than at |
| process startup time. This should save memory in programs which do not |
| use descriptors or reflection. |
| - UnknownFieldSet completely redesigned to be more efficient (especially in |
| terms of memory usage). |
| - Various optimizations to reduce code size (though the serialization speed |
| optimizations increased code size). |
| * Message interface has method ParseFromBoundedZeroCopyStream() which parses |
| a limited number of bytes from an input stream rather than parsing until |
| EOF. |
| * GzipInputStream and GzipOutputStream support reading/writing gzip- or |
| zlib-compressed streams if zlib is available. |
| (google/protobuf/io/gzip_stream.h) |
| * DescriptorPool::FindAllExtensions() and corresponding |
| DescriptorDatabase::FindAllExtensions() can be used to enumerate all |
| extensions of a given type. |
| * For each enum type Foo, protoc will generate functions: |
| const string& Foo_Name(Foo value); |
| bool Foo_Parse(const string& name, Foo* result); |
| The former returns the name of the enum constant corresponding to the given |
| value while the latter finds the value corresponding to a name. |
| * RepeatedField and RepeatedPtrField now have back-insertion iterators. |
| * String fields now have setters that take a char* and a size, in addition |
| to the existing ones that took char* or const string&. |
| * DescriptorPool::AllowUnknownDependencies() may be used to tell |
| DescriptorPool to create placeholder descriptors for unknown entities |
| referenced in a FileDescriptorProto. This can allow you to parse a .proto |
| file without having access to other .proto files that it imports, for |
| example. |
| * Updated gtest to latest version. The gtest package is now included as a |
| nested autoconf package, so it should be able to drop new versions into the |
| "gtest" subdirectory without modification. |
| |
| Java |
| * Fixed bug where Message.mergeFrom(Message) failed to merge extensions. |
| * Message interface has new method toBuilder() which is equivalent to |
| newBuilderForType().mergeFrom(this). |
| * All enums now implement the ProtocolMessageEnum interface. |
| * Setting a field to null now throws NullPointerException. |
| * Fixed tendency for TextFormat's parsing to overflow the stack when |
| parsing large string values. The underlying problem is with Java's |
| regex implementation (which unfortunately uses recursive backtracking |
| rather than building an NFA). Worked around by making use of possesive |
| quantifiers. |
| * Generated service classes now also generate pure interfaces. For a service |
| Foo, Foo.Interface is a pure interface containing all of the service's |
| defined methods. Foo.newReflectiveService() can be called to wrap an |
| instance of this interface in a class that implements the generic |
| RpcService interface, which provides reflection support that is usually |
| needed by RPC server implementations. |
| * RPC interfaces now support blocking operation in addition to non-blocking. |
| The protocol compiler generates separate blocking and non-blocking stubs |
| which operate against separate blocking and non-blocking RPC interfaces. |
| RPC implementations will have to implement the new interfaces in order to |
| support blocking mode. |
| * New I/O methods parseDelimitedFrom(), mergeDelimitedFrom(), and |
| writeDelimitedTo() read and write "delemited" messages from/to a stream, |
| meaning that the message size precedes the data. This way, you can write |
| multiple messages to a stream without having to worry about delimiting |
| them yourself. |
| * Throw a more descriptive exception when build() is double-called. |
| * Add a method to query whether CodedInputStream is at the end of the input |
| stream. |
| * Add a method to reset a CodedInputStream's size counter; useful when |
| reading many messages with the same stream. |
| * equals() and hashCode() now account for unknown fields. |
| |
| Python |
| * Added slicing support for repeated scalar fields. Added slice retrieval and |
| removal of repeated composite fields. |
| * Updated RPC interfaces to allow for blocking operation. A client may |
| now pass None for a callback when making an RPC, in which case the |
| call will block until the response is received, and the response |
| object will be returned directly to the caller. This interface change |
| cannot be used in practice until RPC implementations are updated to |
| implement it. |
| * Changes to input_stream.py should make protobuf compatible with appengine. |
| |
| 2008-11-25 version 2.0.3: |
| |
| protoc |
| * Enum values may now have custom options, using syntax similar to field |
| options. |
| * Fixed bug where .proto files which use custom options but don't actually |
| define them (i.e. they import another .proto file defining the options) |
| had to explicitly import descriptor.proto. |
| * Adjacent string literals in .proto files will now be concatenated, like in |
| C. |
| * If an input file is a Windows absolute path (e.g. "C:\foo\bar.proto") and |
| the import path only contains "." (or contains "." but does not contain |
| the file), protoc incorrectly thought that the file was under ".", because |
| it thought that the path was relative (since it didn't start with a slash). |
| This has been fixed. |
| |
| C++ |
| * Generated message classes now have a Swap() method which efficiently swaps |
| the contents of two objects. |
| * All message classes now have a SpaceUsed() method which returns an estimate |
| of the number of bytes of allocated memory currently owned by the object. |
| This is particularly useful when you are reusing a single message object |
| to improve performance but want to make sure it doesn't bloat up too large. |
| * New method Message::SerializeAsString() returns a string containing the |
| serialized data. May be more convenient than calling |
| SerializeToString(string*). |
| * In debug mode, log error messages when string-type fields are found to |
| contain bytes that are not valid UTF-8. |
| * Fixed bug where a message with multiple extension ranges couldn't parse |
| extensions. |
| * Fixed bug where MergeFrom(const Message&) didn't do anything if invoked on |
| a message that contained no fields (but possibly contained extensions). |
| * Fixed ShortDebugString() to not be O(n^2). Durr. |
| * Fixed crash in TextFormat parsing if the first token in the input caused a |
| tokenization error. |
| * Fixed obscure bugs in zero_copy_stream_impl.cc. |
| * Added support for HP C++ on Tru64. |
| * Only build tests on "make check", not "make". |
| * Fixed alignment issue that caused crashes when using DynamicMessage on |
| 64-bit Sparc machines. |
| * Simplify template usage to work with MSVC 2003. |
| * Work around GCC 4.3.x x86_64 compiler bug that caused crashes on startup. |
| (This affected Fedora 9 in particular.) |
| * Now works on "Solaris 10 using recent Sun Studio". |
| |
| Java |
| * New overload of mergeFrom() which parses a slice of a byte array instead |
| of the whole thing. |
| * New method ByteString.asReadOnlyByteBuffer() does what it sounds like. |
| * Improved performance of isInitialized() when optimizing for code size. |
| |
| Python |
| * Corrected ListFields() signature in Message base class to match what |
| subclasses actually implement. |
| * Some minor refactoring. |
| * Don't pass self as first argument to superclass constructor (no longer |
| allowed in Python 2.6). |
| |
| 2008-09-29 version 2.0.2: |
| |
| General |
| * License changed from Apache 2.0 to New BSD. |
| * It is now possible to define custom "options", which are basically |
| annotations which may be placed on definitions in a .proto file. |
| For example, you might define a field option called "foo" like so: |
| import "google/protobuf/descriptor.proto" |
| extend google.protobuf.FieldOptions { |
| optional string foo = 12345; |
| } |
| Then you annotate a field using the "foo" option: |
| message MyMessage { |
| optional int32 some_field = 1 [(foo) = "bar"] |
| } |
| The value of this option is then visible via the message's |
| Descriptor: |
| const FieldDescriptor* field = |
| MyMessage::descriptor()->FindFieldByName("some_field"); |
| assert(field->options().GetExtension(foo) == "bar"); |
| This feature has been implemented and tested in C++ and Java. |
| Other languages may or may not need to do extra work to support |
| custom options, depending on how they construct descriptors. |
| |
| C++ |
| * Fixed some GCC warnings that only occur when using -pedantic. |
| * Improved static initialization code, making ordering more |
| predictable among other things. |
| * TextFormat will no longer accept messages which contain multiple |
| instances of a singular field. Previously, the latter instance |
| would overwrite the former. |
| * Now works on systems that don't have hash_map. |
| |
| Java |
| * Print @Override annotation in generated code where appropriate. |
| |
| Python |
| * Strings now use the "unicode" type rather than the "str" type. |
| String fields may still be assigned ASCII "str" values; they will |
| automatically be converted. |
| * Adding a property to an object representing a repeated field now |
| raises an exception. For example: |
| # No longer works (and never should have). |
| message.some_repeated_field.foo = 1 |
| |
| Windows |
| * We now build static libraries rather than DLLs by default on MSVC. |
| See vsprojects/readme.txt for more information. |
| |
| 2008-08-15 version 2.0.1: |
| |
| protoc |
| * New flags --encode and --decode can be used to convert between protobuf text |
| format and binary format from the command-line. |
| * New flag --descriptor_set_out can be used to write FileDescriptorProtos for |
| all parsed files directly into a single output file. This is particularly |
| useful if you wish to parse .proto files from programs written in languages |
| other than C++: just run protoc as a background process and have it output |
| a FileDescriptorList, then parse that natively. |
| * Improved error message when an enum value's name conflicts with another |
| symbol defined in the enum type's scope, e.g. if two enum types declared |
| in the same scope have values with the same name. This is disallowed for |
| compatibility with C++, but this wasn't clear from the error. |
| * Fixed absolute output paths on Windows. |
| * Allow trailing slashes in --proto_path mappings. |
| |
| C++ |
| * Reflection objects are now per-class rather than per-instance. To make this |
| possible, the Reflection interface had to be changed such that all methods |
| take the Message instance as a parameter. This change improves performance |
| significantly in memory-bandwidth-limited use cases, since it makes the |
| message objects smaller. Note that source-incompatible interface changes |
| like this will not be made again after the library leaves beta. |
| * Heuristically detect sub-messages when printing unknown fields. |
| * Fix static initialization ordering bug that caused crashes at startup when |
| compiling on Mac with static linking. |
| * Fixed TokenizerTest when compiling with -DNDEBUG on Linux. |
| * Fixed incorrect definition of kint32min. |
| * Fix bytes type setter to work with byte sequences with embedded NULLs. |
| * Other irrelevant tweaks. |
| |
| Java |
| * Fixed UnknownFieldSet's parsing of varints larger than 32 bits. |
| * Fixed TextFormat's parsing of "inf" and "nan". |
| * Fixed TextFormat's parsing of comments. |
| * Added info to Java POM that will be required when we upload the |
| package to a Maven repo. |
| |
| Python |
| * MergeFrom(message) and CopyFrom(message) are now implemented. |
| * SerializeToString() raises an exception if the message is missing required |
| fields. |
| * Code organization improvements. |
| * Fixed doc comments for RpcController and RpcChannel, which had somehow been |
| swapped. |
| * Fixed text_format_test on Windows where floating-point exponents sometimes |
| contain extra zeros. |
| * Fix Python service CallMethod() implementation. |
| |
| Other |
| * Improved readmes. |
| * VIM syntax highlighting improvements. |
| |
| 2008-07-07 version 2.0.0: |
| |
| * First public release. |