Which language are you talking about? C++ proto is built around CodedInputStream which is what it sounds like. You can use it with or without the generated mes

Which language are you talking about? C++ proto is built around CodedInputStream which is what it sounds like. You can use it with or without the generated message code. https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/cpp/google.protobuf.io.coded_stream https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/referenc...