benchmarks/benchmarks.proto

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syntax = "proto3";
package benchmarks;
option java_package = "com.google.protobuf.benchmarks";

message BenchmarkDataset {
  // Name of the benchmark dataset.  This should be unique across all datasets.
  // Should only contain word characters: [a-zA-Z0-9_]
  string name = 1;

  // Fully-qualified name of the protobuf message for this dataset.
  // It will be one of the messages defined benchmark_messages_proto2.proto
  // or benchmark_messages_proto3.proto.
  //
  // Implementations that do not support reflection can implement this with
  // an explicit "if/else" chain that lists every known message defined
  // in those files.
  string message_name = 2;

  // The payload(s) for this dataset.  They should be parsed or serialized
  // in sequence, in a loop, ie.
  //
  //  while (!benchmarkDone) {  // Benchmark runner decides when to exit.
  //    for (i = 0; i < benchmark.payload.length; i++) {
  //      parse(benchmark.payload[i])
  //    }
  //  }
  //
  // This is intended to let datasets include a variety of data to provide
  // potentially more realistic results than just parsing the same message
  // over and over.  A single message parsed repeatedly could yield unusually
  // good branch prediction performance.
  repeated bytes payload = 3;
}