Protocol Buffer(以下简称protobuf)是Google提供的一种数据序列化协议,Google官方对protobuf的定义:
Protocol Buffers是一种轻便高效的结构化数据存储格式,可以用于结构化数据序列化,很适合做数据存储或RPC数据交换格式。它可用于通信协议、数据存储等领域的语言无关、平台无关、可扩展的序列化结构数据格式。
- 二进制协议对于电脑来说更容易解析,在解析速度上是http这样的文本协议不可比拟;
- 有tcp和udp两种选择,在一些场景下,udp传输的效率会更高;
- 在后台开发中,后台与后台的通信一般就是基于二进制协议的。甚至某些native app和服务器的通信业选择了二进制协议。但由于web前端的存在,后台同学往往需要特地开发维护一套http接口前端使用,如果web也能使用二进制协议,可以节省许多后台开发成本。
由于protobuf协议相较于之前流行的XML更加简洁高效,因此许多后台接口都是基于protobuf定制的数据序列化协议。而作为NodeJS开发者,跟C++、Java等传统后台服务接口家常便饭,因此我们很有必要掌握protobuf协议。
在大公司,最重要的就是优化效率、节省成本,因此二进制协议明显优于http这样的文本协议。
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(protobuf.js)[https://github.com/dcodeIO/ProtoBuf.js]
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(Google protobuf.js)[https://github.com/google/protobuf/tree/master/js]
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(protocol-buffers)[https://github.com/mafintosh/protocol-buffers]
根据star数和文档完善程度两方面,决定选择protobuf.js作为案例分析
- 编写.proto协议文件,一个比较好的习惯是认真对待proto文件的文件名。命名规则:packageName.MessageName.proto,如下命名:cover.helloworld.proto
package cover; // package声明符,用来防止不同的消息类型有命名冲突
syntax = "proto3"; // 指明proto文件的protobuf协议版本,不指明则是v2
// 定义一个消息类型
message helloworld {
message helloCoverReq {
required string name = 1; // required表示该值是必须要设置
}
message helloCoverRsp {
required int32 retcode = 1;
optional string reply = 2; // 该字段可以有0个或1个值(不超过1个)
}
}
注:一般情况下,使用Protobuf的人们都会先写好.proto文件,再用Protobuf编译器生成目标语言所需要的源代码文件。将这些生成的代码和应用程序一起编译。可是在某些情况下,人们无法预先知道.proto文件,他们需要动态处理一些未知的.proto文件。比如一个通用的消息转发中间件,它不可能预知需要处理怎样的消息。这需要动态编译.proto文件,并使用其中的Message。
2、.proto文件编译方式
动态编译:采用Protobuf.load,示例如下:
protobuf.load("cover.helloworld.proto", function(err, root) {
...
});
静态编译: pbjs -t static-module -w commonjs -o cover.helloworld.js cover.helloworld.proto
- 以动态编译搭建client端服务与server端服务
client.js如下:
var dgram = require('dgram');
var protobuf = require("protobufjs");
var PORT = 33333;
var HOST = '127.0.0.1';
protobuf.load("cover.helloworld.proto", function(err, root) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
/**
* 获取消息类型
* HelloCoverReq:构造请求实例
* HelloCoverRsp:构造响应实例
*/
var Cover = root.lookupType("cover.helloworld");
var HelloCoverReq = Cover.nested.helloCoverReq;
var HelloCoverRsp = Cover.nested.helloCoverRsp;
var coverReqObj = {name: 'R U coverguo?'};
var errMsg = HelloCoverReq.verify(coverReqObj);
if (errMsg) {
throw Error(errMsg);
}
var message = HelloCoverReq.create(coverReqObj);
var buffer = HelloCoverReq.encode(message).finish();
var socket = dgram.createSocket({
type: 'udp4',
fd: 8080
}, function(err, message) {
if(err) {
console.log(err);
}
console.log(message);
});
var message = buffer;
socket.send(message, 0, message.length, PORT, HOST, function(err, bytes) {
if(err) {
throw err;
}
console.log('UDP message sent to ' + HOST +':'+ PORT);
});
socket.on("message", function (msg, rinfo) {
console.log("[UDP-CLIENT] Received message: " + HelloCoverRsp.decode(msg).reply + " from " + rinfo.address + ":" + rinfo.port);
console.log(HelloCoverRsp.decode(msg));
socket.close();
//udpSocket = null;
});
socket.on('close', function(){
console.log('socket closed.');
});
socket.on('error', function(err){
socket.close();
console.log('socket err');
console.log(err);
});
});
执行node client.js执行结果:
UDP message sent to 127.0.0.1:33333
<Buffer 08 00 12 18 59 65 61 68 21 49 27 6d 20 68 61 6e 64 73 6f 6d 65 20 63 6f 76 65 72 21>
{ address: '127.0.0.1', family: 'IPv4', port: 33333, size: 28 }
[UDP-CLIENT] Received message: Yeah!I'm handsome cover! from 127.0.0.1:33333
helloCoverRsp { retcode: 0, reply: 'Yeah!I\'m handsome cover!' }
socket closed.
server.js如下:
var PORT = 33333;
var HOST = '127.0.0.1';
var protobuf = require("protobufjs");
var dgram = require('dgram');
var server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
protobuf.load("cover.helloworld.proto", function(err, root) {
if (err)
throw err;
// Obtain a message type
var Cover = root.lookupType("cover.helloworld");
var HelloCoverReq = Cover.nested.helloCoverReq;
var HelloCoverRsp = Cover.nested.helloCoverRsp;
server.on('listening', function () {
var address = server.address();
console.log('UDP Server listening on ' + address.address + ":" + address.port);
});
server.on('message', function (message, remote) {
console.log(remote.address + ':' + remote.port +' - ' + message);
console.log(HelloCoverReq.decode(message) + 'from client!');
var coverRspObj = {
retcode: 0,
reply: 'Yeah!I\'m handsome cover!'
};
var errMsg = HelloCoverRsp.verify(coverRspObj);
if (errMsg) {
throw Error(errMsg);
}
var message = HelloCoverRsp.create(coverRspObj);
var buffer = HelloCoverRsp.encode(message).finish();
var message = buffer;
server.send(message, 0, message.length, remote.port, remote.address, function(err, bytes) {
if(err) {
throw err;
}
console.log('UDP message reply to ' + remote.address +':'+ remote.port);
})
});
server.bind(PORT, HOST);
});
执行node server.js执行结果:
UDP Server listening on 127.0.0.1:33333
127.0.0.1:56636 -
R U coverguo?
[object Object]from client!
UDP message reply to 127.0.0.1:56636
- 静态编译使用方式
- 构造一个lm.helloworld.proto文件
package lm;
message helloworld
{
required int32 id = 1; // ID
required string str = 2; // str
optional int32 opt = 3; //optional field
}
- 静态编译:将.proto文件编译成lm.helloworld.js文件
执行脚本:pbjs -t static-module -w commonjs -o lm.helloworld.js lm.helloworld.proto
/*eslint-disable block-scoped-var, no-redeclare, no-control-regex, no-prototype-builtins*/
"use strict";
var $protobuf = require("protobufjs/minimal");
// Common aliases
var $Reader = $protobuf.Reader, $Writer = $protobuf.Writer, $util = $protobuf.util;
// Exported root namespace
var $root = $protobuf.roots["default"] || ($protobuf.roots["default"] = {});
$root.lm = (function() {
/**
* Namespace lm.
* @exports lm
* @namespace
*/
var lm = {};
lm.helloworld = (function() {
/**
* Properties of a helloworld.
* @typedef lm.helloworld$Properties
* @type {Object}
* @property {number} id helloworld id.
* @property {string} str helloworld str.
* @property {number} [opt] helloworld opt.
*/
/**
* Constructs a new helloworld.
* @exports lm.helloworld
* @constructor
* @param {lm.helloworld$Properties=} [properties] Properties to set
*/
function helloworld(properties) {
if (properties)
for (var keys = Object.keys(properties), i = 0; i < keys.length; ++i)
if (properties[keys[i]] != null)
this[keys[i]] = properties[keys[i]];
}
/**
* helloworld id.
* @type {number}
*/
helloworld.prototype.id = 0;
/**
* helloworld str.
* @type {string}
*/
helloworld.prototype.str = "";
/**
* helloworld opt.
* @type {number}
*/
helloworld.prototype.opt = 0;
/**
* Creates a new helloworld instance using the specified properties.
* @param {lm.helloworld$Properties=} [properties] Properties to set
* @returns {lm.helloworld} helloworld instance
*/
helloworld.create = function create(properties) {
return new helloworld(properties);
};
/**
* Encodes the specified helloworld message. Does not implicitly {@link lm.helloworld.verify|verify} messages.
* @param {lm.helloworld$Properties} message helloworld message or plain object to encode
* @param {$protobuf.Writer} [writer] Writer to encode to
* @returns {$protobuf.Writer} Writer
*/
helloworld.encode = function encode(message, writer) {
if (!writer)
writer = $Writer.create();
writer.uint32(/* id 1, wireType 0 =*/8).int32(message.id);
writer.uint32(/* id 2, wireType 2 =*/18).string(message.str);
if (message.opt != null && message.hasOwnProperty("opt"))
writer.uint32(/* id 3, wireType 0 =*/24).int32(message.opt);
return writer;
};
/**
* Encodes the specified helloworld message, length delimited. Does not implicitly {@link lm.helloworld.verify|verify} messages.
* @param {lm.helloworld$Properties} message helloworld message or plain object to encode
* @param {$protobuf.Writer} [writer] Writer to encode to
* @returns {$protobuf.Writer} Writer
*/
helloworld.encodeDelimited = function encodeDelimited(message, writer) {
return this.encode(message, writer).ldelim();
};
/**
* Decodes a helloworld message from the specified reader or buffer.
* @param {$protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array} reader Reader or buffer to decode from
* @param {number} [length] Message length if known beforehand
* @returns {lm.helloworld} helloworld
* @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
* @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
*/
helloworld.decode = function decode(reader, length) {
if (!(reader instanceof $Reader))
reader = $Reader.create(reader);
var end = length === undefined ? reader.len : reader.pos + length, message = new $root.lm.helloworld();
while (reader.pos < end) {
var tag = reader.uint32();
switch (tag >>> 3) {
case 1:
message.id = reader.int32();
break;
case 2:
message.str = reader.string();
break;
case 3:
message.opt = reader.int32();
break;
default:
reader.skipType(tag & 7);
break;
}
}
if (!message.hasOwnProperty("id"))
throw $util.ProtocolError("missing required 'id'", { instance: message });
if (!message.hasOwnProperty("str"))
throw $util.ProtocolError("missing required 'str'", { instance: message });
return message;
};
/**
* Decodes a helloworld message from the specified reader or buffer, length delimited.
* @param {$protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array} reader Reader or buffer to decode from
* @returns {lm.helloworld} helloworld
* @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
* @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
*/
helloworld.decodeDelimited = function decodeDelimited(reader) {
if (!(reader instanceof $Reader))
reader = $Reader(reader);
return this.decode(reader, reader.uint32());
};
/**
* Verifies a helloworld message.
* @param {Object.<string,*>} message Plain object to verify
* @returns {?string} `null` if valid, otherwise the reason why it is not
*/
helloworld.verify = function verify(message) {
if (typeof message !== "object" || message === null)
return "object expected";
if (!$util.isInteger(message.id))
return "id: integer expected";
if (!$util.isString(message.str))
return "str: string expected";
if (message.opt != null && message.hasOwnProperty("opt"))
if (!$util.isInteger(message.opt))
return "opt: integer expected";
return null;
};
/**
* Creates a helloworld message from a plain object. Also converts values to their respective internal types.
* @param {Object.<string,*>} object Plain object
* @returns {lm.helloworld} helloworld
*/
helloworld.fromObject = function fromObject(object) {
if (object instanceof $root.lm.helloworld)
return object;
var message = new $root.lm.helloworld();
if (object.id != null)
message.id = object.id | 0;
if (object.str != null)
message.str = String(object.str);
if (object.opt != null)
message.opt = object.opt | 0;
return message;
};
/**
* Creates a helloworld message from a plain object. Also converts values to their respective internal types.
* This is an alias of {@link lm.helloworld.fromObject}.
* @function
* @param {Object.<string,*>} object Plain object
* @returns {lm.helloworld} helloworld
*/
helloworld.from = helloworld.fromObject;
/**
* Creates a plain object from a helloworld message. Also converts values to other types if specified.
* @param {lm.helloworld} message helloworld
* @param {$protobuf.ConversionOptions} [options] Conversion options
* @returns {Object.<string,*>} Plain object
*/
helloworld.toObject = function toObject(message, options) {
if (!options)
options = {};
var object = {};
if (options.defaults) {
object.id = 0;
object.str = "";
object.opt = 0;
}
if (message.id != null && message.hasOwnProperty("id"))
object.id = message.id;
if (message.str != null && message.hasOwnProperty("str"))
object.str = message.str;
if (message.opt != null && message.hasOwnProperty("opt"))
object.opt = message.opt;
return object;
};
/**
* Creates a plain object from this helloworld message. Also converts values to other types if specified.
* @param {$protobuf.ConversionOptions} [options] Conversion options
* @returns {Object.<string,*>} Plain object
*/
helloworld.prototype.toObject = function toObject(options) {
return this.constructor.toObject(this, options);
};
/**
* Converts this helloworld to JSON.
* @returns {Object.<string,*>} JSON object
*/
helloworld.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
return this.constructor.toObject(this, $protobuf.util.toJSONOptions);
};
return helloworld;
})();
return lm;
})();
module.exports = $root;
- demo.js
var test1 = require("./lm.helloworld.js");
var obj = {
id: 1,
str: "brian",
opt: 3
};
var buffer = test1.lm.helloworld.encode(obj).finish();
console.log(buffer);
var obj = test1.lm.helloworld.decode(buffer);
console.log(obj);
var person = test1.lm.helloworld.create(obj);
console.log(person);
执行node demo.js如下:
<Buffer 08 01 12 05 62 72 69 61 6e 18 03>
helloworld { id: 1, str: 'brian', opt: 3 }
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(在NodeJS中玩转Protocol Buffer)[http://imweb.io/topic/570130a306f2400432c1396c]
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(Protobuf 语法指南)[http://colobu.com/2015/01/07/Protobuf-language-guide/]