Protocol buffers set bool default value =true

[steph]

I want to have a bool value default to true but I cant seem to make it
do that. As stated in the protocol buffer documentation bools default
to false. However since i'm able to set default values on types i want
to set the defautl value of my bool types to true.

Here is what i've tried:

optional bool getA = 1 [default = true];

optional bool getA = 1 [default = TRUE];

optional bool getA = 1 [default = 1];

none of these worked for me. How can i set the bool to default to
true?

thanks,
steph

[Jason Hsueh]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:17 PM, steph <prest...@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to have a bool value default to true but I cant seem to make it
do that. As stated in the protocol buffer documentation bools default
to false. However since i'm able to set default values on types i want
to set the defautl value of my bool types to true.

Here is what i've tried:

optional bool getA = 1 [default = true];

This first one should work. What did you observe when using this?

 

optional bool getA = 1 [default = TRUE];

optional bool getA = 1 [default = 1];

none of these worked for me. How can i set the bool to default to
true?

thanks,
steph

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[Jason Hsueh]

I'm not familiar with that error. Can you provide the protoc command you are using, as well as the output of protoc --version? And is your .proto file simply:

message Foo {

  optional bool getA = 1 [default = true];

}

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:28 PM, steph <prest...@gmail.com> wrote:

The error text i get is:

Error the .proto-file is invalid, content:               optional bool
getA = 1 [default = true];, line number: 2


On Mar 16, 3:25 pm, Jason Hsueh <jas...@google.com> wrote:

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[steph]

The syntax you show for the file matches mine.

Im guessing that my issue is coming from the javaprotobuffer
implementation that I am using. I am using this custom one that
outputs to JavaME http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-javame/

To my knowledge it was just a wrapper around protocol buffers so I
assumed i had all the same functionality. I guess I dont, i'll have to
try to post on their support since it appears its not a general
protocol buffers issue

Thank you for your help!
stephanie

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[steph]

The error text i get is:

Error the .proto-file is invalid, content: optional bool
getA = 1 [default = true];, line number: 2


On Mar 16, 3:25 pm, Jason Hsueh <jas...@google.com> wrote:

[steph]

the error text i get is

Error: the .proto-file is invalid, content: optional bool getA = 1
[default = true];, line number:2