java protobuf how to create ByteString from int

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I would like to use google protobuf in my project.

The point is that I have to set first byte of very message because of underlying code which rejects or accepts the message based on the first byte and it does not know about protobuf.

So this page says https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto#scalar that I have to use bytes field that corresponds to ByteString in Java.

bytes May contain any arbitrary sequence of bytes. string ByteString

But I do not know how to create ByteString from int value. I have tried this way:

ByteBuffer eventTypeBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1);
eventTypeBuffer.put(0x1c);
ByteString eventType = ByteString.copyFrom(eventTypeBuffer);
System.out.println(eventType.size() + " " + eventTypeBuffer.array().length);

Header.Builder mh = Header.newBuilder();
mh.setEventType(eventType);

Does not work properly and println gives 0 1

seems that protobuf produces specific format of bytes so I can not expect that the first field of type bytes becomes the very first byte of the message — Nikolay Kuznetsov
– Nikolay Kuznetsov, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 8:37
Hava you considered writing the Byte then writing the Protocol-buffer message. As Nikolay said, Protocol-Buffers controls what is written in the message — Bruce Martin
– Bruce Martin, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 22:57

Konstantin Alexandrov · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-26 20:52:09Z

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ByteBuffer eventTypeBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1);
eventTypeBuffer.put(0x1c);
eventTypeBuffer.flip();
ByteString eventType = ByteString.copyFrom(eventTypeBuffer);
System.out.println(eventType.size() + " " + eventTypeBuffer.array().length);

Header.Builder mh = Header.newBuilder();
mh.setEventType(eventType);

answered May 26, 2013 at 20:52

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FirstName LastName · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05 01:14:38Z

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Consider protobuf message to be a 'black-box' string of bytes. Get the protobuf message out after reading the first byte and then handle the protobuf part.

Create a byte buffer

Byte[] buf = new Byte[100]; //length as per your application

Then give the first byte as per your application (which rejects or accepts messages depending upon the first byte). The rest of the bytes you can fill with the protobuf message.

answered Jan 5, 2013 at 1:14

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nes1983 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-12 14:34:30Z

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Using Guava:

ByteString byteStringFromInt(int in) {
  return ByteString.copyFrom(Ints.toByteArray(in));
}

answered Aug 12, 2013 at 14:34

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