Unresolvable field type for nested fields.

[ashubham]

protobuf.js version: 6.3.1

In prior versions of protobufjs (4.0/5.0) this used to compile fine, and also with the google proto compiler. But when trying to generate a static module or using the json I get the following error for some fields in my .proto. All of these fields are actually nested fields like the one below:

import "net/trace/trace.proto"
package net.rpc;

message RpcDebugInfo {
  extend TraceEvent {
    optional RpcDebugInfo trace = 1008;
  }
  optional int64 size = 1;
}

This is the error:

Error: Unresolvable field type: RpcDebugInfo

[dcodeIO]

Is it correct to assume that the full names of the messages in question are .net.trace.TraceEvent and .net.rpc.RpcDebugInfo?

If so, does the same happen if you change extend TraceEvent to extend trace.TraceEvent?

[dcodeIO]

Closing this issue for now as it hasn't received any replies recently. Feel free to reopen it if necessary!

[chabb]

Looks like changing extend TraceEvent to extend trace.TraceEvent solve the issue..

[dcodeIO]

Afaik this is also the intended behavior.

With TraceEvent, lookup is:

• TraceEvent in net.rpc? no, search parent
• TraceEvent in net? no, search parent
• TraceEvent in root? no, throw

With trace.TraceEvent, it is:

• trace in net.rpc? no, search parent
• trace in net yes, search child for (remaining) TraceEvent
• TraceEvent in net.trace? yes, return TraceEvent