ProtobufNetPrimitives

ProtobufNetPrimitives is a library to transfer basic data types with protobuf-net.Grpc.

Available for

• Net 8.0
• Net 9.0

Net Core and Net Framework latest and LTS versions

• https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet

Available data types

Net type	GRPC type	Remark
bool	DtoBool	-
byte	DtoByte	-
char	DtoChar	-
DateTime	DtoDateTime	The value is internally stored as long, use the property DateTime to get the correct value.
DateTimeOffset	DtoDateTimeOffset	The value is internally stored as long, use the property DateTimeOffset to get the correct value.
decimal	DtoDecimal	-
double	DtoDouble	-
float	DtoFloat	-
Guid	DtoGuid	The value is internally stored as string, use the property Uuid to get the correct value.
int	DtoInt	-
long	DtoLong	-
nint	DtoNint	-
nuint	DtoNuint	-
sbyte	DtoSbyte	-
short	DtoShort	-
string	DtoString	-
TimeSpan	DtoTimeSpan	The value is internally stored as long, use the property TimeSpan to get the correct value.
uint	DtoUint	-
ulong	DtoUlong	-
ushort	DtoUshort	-

Non-Nullable and Nullable types are supported (Different sub-namespaces).

Why you can't use generics here

/// <summary>
/// The base DTO class.
/// </summary>
[ProtoContract]
[ProtoInclude(1, typeof(DtoBool))]
public class DtoBase<T> where T : new()
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DtoBase{T}"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    public DtoBase()
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DtoBase{T}"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
    public DtoBase(T value)
    {
        this.Data = value;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the data.
    /// </summary>
    [ProtoMember(2)]
    public T Data { get; set; } = new();
}

/// <summary>
/// The DTO class to transfer bool data.
/// </summary>
[ProtoContract]
public class DtoBool : DtoBase<bool>
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DtoBool"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    public DtoBool()
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DtoBool"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
    public DtoBool(bool value)
    {
        this.Data = value;
    }
}

throws the error subscribed under protobuf-net/protobuf-net#829 (Not resolved yet).

Install

dotnet add package HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.ProtobufNetPrimitives

Change history

See the Changelog.