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Protocol Buffers Handbook
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Protocol Buffers Handbook

by Clément Jean
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
226 pages
4h 24m
English
Packt Publishing
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6

Schema Evolution over Time

Before we enter the practical part of this book, we need to touch on the last important bit about Protobuf. Often, the data schemas evolve and it is important to make sure that newer versions of our app can still interact with older/newer versions of it. Now, while Protobuf does not provide any automatic way of ensuring compatibility between different versions, it provides constructs that can help us.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Backward and forward compatibility
  • Reserved tags and names
  • How to evolve schemas safely

By the end of this chapter, you will understand how to design schemas that are backward and forward compatible, and that are safe to use across versions of your app. ...

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