Protocol Buffers
Explains Protocol Buffers
Jul 15, 2025
A language-neutral, platform-independent, and extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
It encodes data into a compact binary format, making it efficient for communication.
Like XML, Protobuf defines structured data in a more efficient way. A schema is defined and used by both the client and server to serialize and deserialize the data.
Protobuf also provides a way to extend the schema without breaking backward compatibility.
protobuf syntax
syntax = "proto3";
message Person {
string name = 1;
int32 id = 2;
string email = 3;
}