asMessage: coerce an object to a protobuf message

In eddelbuettel/rprotobuf: R Interface to the 'Protocol Buffers' 'API' (Version 2 or 3)

coerce an object to a protobuf message

Description

coerce an object to the Message class. This is a short-hand to the as method with the Class argument set to "Message"

Usage

asMessage(x, ...)

Arguments

x	object to coerce to a protobuf message
...	Passed to as

Value

a Message object

Author(s)

Romain Francois <[e-mail]>

Examples

# coerce a message type descriptor to a message
asMessage( tutorial.Person )

# coerce a enum descriptor
asMessage( tutorial.Person.PhoneType )

# coerce a field descriptor
asMessage( tutorial.Person$email )

# coerce a file descriptor 
asMessage( fileDescriptor( tutorial.Person ) )

eddelbuettel/rprotobuf documentation built on July 4, 2024, 2:51 a.m.