How to delete arbitrary objects in repeated field? (protobuf)

Question

I have some entries in the repeated field in my proto. Now I want delete some of them. How can I accomplish this? There is a function to delete the last element, but I want to d

Answer 1

Here is example:

message GuiChild
{
    optional string widgetName = 1;
    //..
}

message GuiLayout
{
    repeated ChildGuiElement children = 1;
    //..
}

typedef google_public::protobuf::RepeatedPtrField RepeatedField;
typedef google_public::protobuf::Message Msg;

GuiLayout guiLayout; 
//Init children as necessary..

GuiChild child;
//Set child fileds..

DeleteElementsFromRepeatedField(*child, guiLayout->mutable_children());

void DeleteElementsFromRepeatedField(const Msg& msg, RepeatedField* repeatedField)
{
    for (RepeatedField::iterator it = repeatedField->begin(); it != repeatedField->end(); it++)
    {
        if (google_public::protobuf::util::MessageDifferencer::Equals(*it, msg))
        {
            repeatedField->erase(it);
            break;
        }
    }
}