Json human readable/editable can be parsed without knowing schema in advance excellent browser support less verbose than XML XML human readable/editable can be parsed without knowing schema in advance standard for SOAP etc good tooling support (xsd, xslt, sax, dom, etc) pretty verbose Protobuf very dense data (small output) hard to robustly decode without knowing … Read more
They both offer many of the same features; however, there are some differences: Thrift supports ‘exceptions’ Protocol Buffers have much better documentation/examples Thrift has a builtin Set type Protocol Buffers allow “extensions” – you can extend an external proto to add extra fields, while still allowing external code to operate on the values. There is … Read more
The usefulness of required has been at the heart of many a debate and flame war. Large camps have existed on both sides. One camp liked guaranteeing a value was present and was willing to live with its limitations but the other camp felt required dangerous or unhelpful as it can’t be safely added nor … Read more