"Specified" properties

[mateusmachado90]

After updating protobuf-net in our project, we noticed that the properties with suffix "Specified" have been replaced by "ShouldSerialize..." methods. Is it possible to configure protobuf-net to generate properties instead of methods in the current version?

[mgravell]

That doesn't exist as an option today, but in theory it is a possible alternative; however, I perceive the *Specified pattern as being more prone to causing more confusion. I would encourage you to consider the ShouldSerilaize*() pattern here - or is this for a back-compat / version-upgrade thing? What is the scale of your scenario? If it is small, it should be possible to add this manually via partial class - but obviously very large systems might not go well this way.

[mateusmachado90]

Unfortunately it's a large system, which relies largely on the old pattern, to the point that we are considering sticking to older versions.

For planning purposes, how realistic would it be for us to expect this to be added back as an option?

Thanks in advance.

[mgravell]

let me have a look this week - and see what else (hence 796 above) we might want to do at the same time; this is actually good timing, as I need to revisit all of that code because of the new protobuf "editions" feature (if you know: you know!)

[mateusmachado90]

Glad to hear it from you! Thanks!

[ah-jr]

I would very much benefit from the same change, any updates @mgravell?

[lorensi]

Is there any update on this issue? Thank you!