Protobuf-net .proto file generation for inheritance

Question

I am prototyping Protobuf-net to replace some of our existing C# code which is currently using [Datacontract] to Serialize objects to Xml.

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Answer 1

Since inheritance is not part of the core spec, I basically represent this using encapsulation. So your [ProtoInclude] maps to:

message ProtoAlien {
   // other fields 1 thru 6 [snip]
   optional ProtoScholar ProtoScholar = 7;
}
message ProtoScholar {
   optional string Subject = 1;
}

GetProto<T>() is undergoing an overhaul in v2, so it should support a few more of these scenarios.