Protocol Buffers
Explore Protocol Buffers, the data serialization format used by gRPC.
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Protocol Buffers, also known as Protobuf, is a language-agnostic data serialization format developed by Google. It serves as an interface description language (IDL) for APIs that is both platform-neutral and language-neutral. Protocol Buffers provide a compact and efficient way to define structured data using a simple language. Developers can define the schema of their data in a .proto file, which can then be used to generate source code in multiple programming languages.
Point to ponder
How does the feature of being “platform neutral” and “language neutral” distinguish Protocol Buffers from other IDLs?
In a .proto text file, programmers define a schema that specifies how they want data to be structured, utilizing numerical identifiers rather than field names for storage efficiency. The file is then processed through a protoc ...