package genswagger import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" "reflect" "regexp" "strconv" "strings" pbdescriptor "github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go/descriptor" "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway/descriptor" ) func listEnumNames(enum *descriptor.Enum) (names []string) { for _, value := range enum.GetValue() { names = append(names, value.GetName()) } return names } func getEnumDefault(enum *descriptor.Enum) string { for _, value := range enum.GetValue() { if value.GetNumber() == 0 { return value.GetName() } } return "" } // messageToQueryParameters converts a message to a list of swagger query parameters. func messageToQueryParameters(message *descriptor.Message, reg *descriptor.Registry, pathParams []descriptor.Parameter) (params []swaggerParameterObject, err error) { for _, field := range message.Fields { p, err := queryParams(message, field, "", reg, pathParams) if err != nil { return nil, err } params = append(params, p...) } return params, nil } // queryParams converts a field to a list of swagger query parameters recuresively. func queryParams(message *descriptor.Message, field *descriptor.Field, prefix string, reg *descriptor.Registry, pathParams []descriptor.Parameter) (params []swaggerParameterObject, err error) { // make sure the parameter is not already listed as a path parameter for _, pathParam := range pathParams { if pathParam.Target == field { return nil, nil } } schema := schemaOfField(field, reg) fieldType := field.GetTypeName() if message.File != nil { comments := fieldProtoComments(reg, message, field) if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(&schema, comments); err != nil { return nil, err } } isEnum := field.GetType() == pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_ENUM items := schema.Items if schema.Type != "" || isEnum { if schema.Type == "object" { return nil, nil // TODO: currently, mapping object in query parameter is not supported } if items != nil && (items.Type == "" || items.Type == "object") && !isEnum { return nil, nil // TODO: currently, mapping object in query parameter is not supported } desc := schema.Description if schema.Title != "" { // merge title because title of parameter object will be ignored desc = strings.TrimSpace(schema.Title + ". " + schema.Description) } param := swaggerParameterObject{ Name: prefix + field.GetName(), Description: desc, In: "query", Type: schema.Type, Items: schema.Items, Format: schema.Format, } if isEnum { enum, err := reg.LookupEnum("", fieldType) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown enum type %s", fieldType) } if items != nil { // array param.Items = &swaggerItemsObject{ Type: "string", Enum: listEnumNames(enum), } } else { param.Type = "string" param.Enum = listEnumNames(enum) param.Default = getEnumDefault(enum) } valueComments := enumValueProtoComments(reg, enum) if valueComments != "" { param.Description = strings.TrimLeft(param.Description+"\n\n "+valueComments, "\n") } } return []swaggerParameterObject{param}, nil } // nested type, recurse msg, err := reg.LookupMsg("", fieldType) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %s", fieldType) } for _, nestedField := range msg.Fields { p, err := queryParams(msg, nestedField, prefix+field.GetName()+".", reg, pathParams) if err != nil { return nil, err } params = append(params, p...) } return params, nil } // findServicesMessagesAndEnumerations discovers all messages and enums defined in the RPC methods of the service. func findServicesMessagesAndEnumerations(s []*descriptor.Service, reg *descriptor.Registry, m messageMap, e enumMap) { for _, svc := range s { for _, meth := range svc.Methods { m[fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(meth.RequestType.FQMN(), reg)] = meth.RequestType findNestedMessagesAndEnumerations(meth.RequestType, reg, m, e) m[fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(meth.ResponseType.FQMN(), reg)] = meth.ResponseType findNestedMessagesAndEnumerations(meth.ResponseType, reg, m, e) } } } // findNestedMessagesAndEnumerations those can be generated by the services. func findNestedMessagesAndEnumerations(message *descriptor.Message, reg *descriptor.Registry, m messageMap, e enumMap) { // Iterate over all the fields that for _, t := range message.Fields { fieldType := t.GetTypeName() // If the type is an empty string then it is a proto primitive if fieldType != "" { if _, ok := m[fieldType]; !ok { msg, err := reg.LookupMsg("", fieldType) if err != nil { enum, err := reg.LookupEnum("", fieldType) if err != nil { panic(err) } e[fieldType] = enum continue } m[fieldType] = msg findNestedMessagesAndEnumerations(msg, reg, m, e) } } } } func renderMessagesAsDefinition(messages messageMap, d swaggerDefinitionsObject, reg *descriptor.Registry) { for name, msg := range messages { switch name { case ".google.protobuf.Timestamp": continue } if opt := msg.GetOptions(); opt != nil && opt.MapEntry != nil && *opt.MapEntry { continue } schema := swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Type: "object", }, } msgComments := protoComments(reg, msg.File, msg.Outers, "MessageType", int32(msg.Index)) if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(&schema, msgComments); err != nil { panic(err) } for _, f := range msg.Fields { fieldValue := schemaOfField(f, reg) comments := fieldProtoComments(reg, msg, f) if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(&fieldValue, comments); err != nil { panic(err) } schema.Properties = append(schema.Properties, keyVal{f.GetName(), fieldValue}) } d[fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(msg.FQMN(), reg)] = schema } } // schemaOfField returns a swagger Schema Object for a protobuf field. func schemaOfField(f *descriptor.Field, reg *descriptor.Registry) swaggerSchemaObject { const ( singular = 0 array = 1 object = 2 ) var ( core schemaCore aggregate int ) fd := f.FieldDescriptorProto if m, err := reg.LookupMsg("", f.GetTypeName()); err == nil { if opt := m.GetOptions(); opt != nil && opt.MapEntry != nil && *opt.MapEntry { fd = m.GetField()[1] aggregate = object } } if fd.GetLabel() == pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_LABEL_REPEATED { aggregate = array } switch ft := fd.GetType(); ft { case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_ENUM, pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_MESSAGE, pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_GROUP: if fd.GetTypeName() == ".google.protobuf.Timestamp" && pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_MESSAGE == ft { core = schemaCore{ Type: "string", Format: "date-time", } } else { core = schemaCore{ Ref: "#/definitions/" + fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(fd.GetTypeName(), reg), } } default: ftype, format, ok := primitiveSchema(ft) if ok { core = schemaCore{Type: ftype, Format: format} } else { core = schemaCore{Type: ft.String(), Format: "UNKNOWN"} } } switch aggregate { case array: return swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Type: "array", Items: (*swaggerItemsObject)(&core), }, } case object: return swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Type: "object", }, AdditionalProperties: &swaggerSchemaObject{schemaCore: core}, } default: return swaggerSchemaObject{schemaCore: core} } } // primitiveSchema returns a pair of "Type" and "Format" in JSON Schema for // the given primitive field type. // The last return parameter is true iff the field type is actually primitive. func primitiveSchema(t pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_Type) (ftype, format string, ok bool) { switch t { case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_DOUBLE: return "number", "double", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_FLOAT: return "number", "float", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_INT64: return "string", "int64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_UINT64: // 64bit integer types are marshaled as string in the default JSONPb marshaler. // TODO(yugui) Add an option to declare 64bit integers as int64. // // NOTE: uint64 is not a predefined format of integer type in Swagger spec. // So we cannot expect that uint64 is commonly supported by swagger processor. return "string", "uint64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_INT32: return "integer", "int32", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_FIXED64: // Ditto. return "string", "uint64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_FIXED32: // Ditto. return "integer", "int64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_BOOL: return "boolean", "boolean", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_STRING: // NOTE: in swagger specifition, format should be empty on string type return "string", "", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_BYTES: return "string", "byte", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_UINT32: // Ditto. return "integer", "int64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_SFIXED32: return "integer", "int32", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_SFIXED64: return "string", "int64", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_SINT32: return "integer", "int32", true case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_SINT64: return "string", "int64", true default: return "", "", false } } // renderEnumerationsAsDefinition inserts enums into the definitions object. func renderEnumerationsAsDefinition(enums enumMap, d swaggerDefinitionsObject, reg *descriptor.Registry) { for _, enum := range enums { enumComments := protoComments(reg, enum.File, enum.Outers, "EnumType", int32(enum.Index)) // it may be necessary to sort the result of the GetValue function. enumNames := listEnumNames(enum) defaultValue := getEnumDefault(enum) valueComments := enumValueProtoComments(reg, enum) if valueComments != "" { enumComments = strings.TrimLeft(enumComments+"\n\n "+valueComments, "\n") } enumSchemaObject := swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Type: "string", Enum: enumNames, Default: defaultValue, }, } if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(&enumSchemaObject, enumComments); err != nil { panic(err) } d[fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(enum.FQEN(), reg)] = enumSchemaObject } } // Take in a FQMN or FQEN and return a swagger safe version of the FQMN func fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(fqn string, reg *descriptor.Registry) string { return resolveFullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(fqn, append(reg.GetAllFQMNs(), reg.GetAllFQENs()...)) } // Take the names of every proto and "uniq-ify" them. The idea is to produce a // set of names that meet a couple of conditions. They must be stable, they // must be unique, and they must be shorter than the FQN. // // This likely could be made better. This will always generate the same names // but may not always produce optimal names. This is a reasonably close // approximation of what they should look like in most cases. func resolveFullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(fqn string, messages []string) string { packagesByDepth := make(map[int][][]string) uniqueNames := make(map[string]string) hierarchy := func(pkg string) []string { return strings.Split(pkg, ".") } for _, p := range messages { h := hierarchy(p) for depth := range h { if _, ok := packagesByDepth[depth]; !ok { packagesByDepth[depth] = make([][]string, 0) } packagesByDepth[depth] = append(packagesByDepth[depth], h[len(h)-depth:]) } } count := func(list [][]string, item []string) int { i := 0 for _, element := range list { if reflect.DeepEqual(element, item) { i++ } } return i } for _, p := range messages { h := hierarchy(p) for depth := 0; depth < len(h); depth++ { if count(packagesByDepth[depth], h[len(h)-depth:]) == 1 { uniqueNames[p] = strings.Join(h[len(h)-depth-1:], "") break } if depth == len(h)-1 { uniqueNames[p] = strings.Join(h, "") } } } return uniqueNames[fqn] } // Swagger expects paths of the form /path/{string_value} but grpc-gateway paths are expected to be of the form /path/{string_value=strprefix/*}. This should reformat it correctly. func templateToSwaggerPath(path string) string { // It seems like the right thing to do here is to just use // strings.Split(path, "/") but that breaks badly when you hit a url like // /{my_field=prefix/*}/ and end up with 2 sections representing my_field. // Instead do the right thing and write a small pushdown (counter) automata // for it. var parts []string depth := 0 buffer := "" for _, char := range path { switch char { case '{': // Push on the stack depth++ buffer += string(char) break case '}': if depth == 0 { panic("Encountered } without matching { before it.") } // Pop from the stack depth-- buffer += "}" case '/': if depth == 0 { parts = append(parts, buffer) buffer = "" // Since the stack was empty when we hit the '/' we are done with this // section. continue } default: buffer += string(char) break } } // Now append the last element to parts parts = append(parts, buffer) // Parts is now an array of segments of the path. Interestingly, since the // syntax for this subsection CAN be handled by a regexp since it has no // memory. re := regexp.MustCompile("{([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*).*}") for index, part := range parts { parts[index] = re.ReplaceAllString(part, "{$1}") } return strings.Join(parts, "/") } func renderServices(services []*descriptor.Service, paths swaggerPathsObject, reg *descriptor.Registry) error { // Correctness of svcIdx and methIdx depends on 'services' containing the services in the same order as the 'file.Service' array. for svcIdx, svc := range services { for methIdx, meth := range svc.Methods { for _, b := range meth.Bindings { // Iterate over all the swagger parameters parameters := swaggerParametersObject{} for _, parameter := range b.PathParams { var paramType, paramFormat string switch pt := parameter.Target.GetType(); pt { case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_GROUP, pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_MESSAGE: return fmt.Errorf("only primitive types are allowed in path parameters") case pbdescriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_TYPE_ENUM: paramType = fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(parameter.Target.GetTypeName(), reg) paramFormat = "" default: var ok bool paramType, paramFormat, ok = primitiveSchema(pt) if !ok { return fmt.Errorf("unknown field type %v", pt) } } parameters = append(parameters, swaggerParameterObject{ Name: parameter.String(), In: "path", Required: true, // Parameters in gRPC-Gateway can only be strings? Type: paramType, Format: paramFormat, }) } // Now check if there is a body parameter if b.Body != nil { var schema swaggerSchemaObject if len(b.Body.FieldPath) == 0 { schema = swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Ref: fmt.Sprintf("#/definitions/%s", fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(meth.RequestType.FQMN(), reg)), }, } } else { lastField := b.Body.FieldPath[len(b.Body.FieldPath)-1] schema = schemaOfField(lastField.Target, reg) } desc := "" if meth.GetClientStreaming() { desc = "(streaming inputs)" } parameters = append(parameters, swaggerParameterObject{ Name: "body", Description: desc, In: "body", Required: true, Schema: &schema, }) } else if b.HTTPMethod == "GET" { // add the parameters to the query string queryParams, err := messageToQueryParameters(meth.RequestType, reg, b.PathParams) if err != nil { return err } parameters = append(parameters, queryParams...) } pathItemObject, ok := paths[templateToSwaggerPath(b.PathTmpl.Template)] if !ok { pathItemObject = swaggerPathItemObject{} } methProtoPath := protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.ServiceDescriptorProto)(nil)), "Method") desc := "" if meth.GetServerStreaming() { desc += "(streaming responses)" } operationObject := &swaggerOperationObject{ Tags: []string{svc.GetName()}, OperationID: fmt.Sprintf("%s", meth.GetName()), Parameters: parameters, Responses: swaggerResponsesObject{ "200": swaggerResponseObject{ Description: desc, Schema: swaggerSchemaObject{ schemaCore: schemaCore{ Ref: fmt.Sprintf("#/definitions/%s", fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(meth.ResponseType.FQMN(), reg)), }, }, }, }, } methComments := protoComments(reg, svc.File, nil, "Service", int32(svcIdx), methProtoPath, int32(methIdx)) if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(operationObject, methComments); err != nil { panic(err) } switch b.HTTPMethod { case "DELETE": pathItemObject.Delete = operationObject break case "GET": pathItemObject.Get = operationObject break case "POST": pathItemObject.Post = operationObject break case "PUT": pathItemObject.Put = operationObject break case "PATCH": pathItemObject.Patch = operationObject break } paths[templateToSwaggerPath(b.PathTmpl.Template)] = pathItemObject } } } // Success! return nil on the error object return nil } // This function is called with a param which contains the entire definition of a method. func applyTemplate(p param) (string, error) { // Create the basic template object. This is the object that everything is // defined off of. s := swaggerObject{ // Swagger 2.0 is the version of this document Swagger: "2.0", Schemes: []string{"http", "https"}, Consumes: []string{"application/json"}, Produces: []string{"application/json"}, Paths: make(swaggerPathsObject), Definitions: make(swaggerDefinitionsObject), Info: swaggerInfoObject{ Title: *p.File.Name, Version: "version not set", }, } // Loops through all the services and their exposed GET/POST/PUT/DELETE definitions // and create entries for all of them. if err := renderServices(p.Services, s.Paths, p.reg); err != nil { panic(err) } // Find all the service's messages and enumerations that are defined (recursively) and then // write their request and response types out as definition objects. m := messageMap{} e := enumMap{} findServicesMessagesAndEnumerations(p.Services, p.reg, m, e) renderMessagesAsDefinition(m, s.Definitions, p.reg) renderEnumerationsAsDefinition(e, s.Definitions, p.reg) // File itself might have some comments and metadata. packageProtoPath := protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.FileDescriptorProto)(nil)), "Package") packageComments := protoComments(p.reg, p.File, nil, "Package", packageProtoPath) if err := updateSwaggerDataFromComments(&s, packageComments); err != nil { panic(err) } // We now have rendered the entire swagger object. Write the bytes out to a // string so it can be written to disk. var w bytes.Buffer enc := json.NewEncoder(&w) enc.Encode(&s) return w.String(), nil } // updateSwaggerDataFromComments updates a Swagger object based on a comment // from the proto file. // // First paragraph of a comment is used for summary. Remaining paragraphs of a // comment are used for description. If 'Summary' field is not present on the // passed swaggerObject, the summary and description are joined by \n\n. // // If there is a field named 'Info', its 'Summary' and 'Description' fields // will be updated instead. // // If there is no 'Summary', the same behavior will be attempted on 'Title', // but only if the last character is not a period. func updateSwaggerDataFromComments(swaggerObject interface{}, comment string) error { if len(comment) == 0 { return nil } // Figure out what to apply changes to. swaggerObjectValue := reflect.ValueOf(swaggerObject) infoObjectValue := swaggerObjectValue.Elem().FieldByName("Info") if !infoObjectValue.CanSet() { // No such field? Apply summary and description directly to // passed object. infoObjectValue = swaggerObjectValue.Elem() } // Figure out which properties to update. summaryValue := infoObjectValue.FieldByName("Summary") descriptionValue := infoObjectValue.FieldByName("Description") usingTitle := false if !summaryValue.CanSet() { summaryValue = infoObjectValue.FieldByName("Title") usingTitle = true } // If there is a summary (or summary-equivalent), use the first // paragraph as summary, and the rest as description. if summaryValue.CanSet() { paragraphs := strings.Split(comment, "\n\n") summary := strings.TrimSpace(paragraphs[0]) description := strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(paragraphs[1:], "\n\n")) if !usingTitle || summary == "" || summary[len(summary)-1] != '.' { if len(summary) > 0 { summaryValue.Set(reflect.ValueOf(summary)) } if len(description) > 0 { if !descriptionValue.CanSet() { return fmt.Errorf("Encountered object type with a summary, but no description") } descriptionValue.Set(reflect.ValueOf(description)) } return nil } } // There was no summary field on the swaggerObject. Try to apply the // whole comment into description. if descriptionValue.CanSet() { descriptionValue.Set(reflect.ValueOf(comment)) return nil } return fmt.Errorf("no description nor summary property") } func fieldProtoComments(reg *descriptor.Registry, msg *descriptor.Message, field *descriptor.Field) string { protoPath := protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.DescriptorProto)(nil)), "Field") for i, f := range msg.Fields { if f == field { return protoComments(reg, msg.File, msg.Outers, "MessageType", int32(msg.Index), protoPath, int32(i)) } } return "" } func enumValueProtoComments(reg *descriptor.Registry, enum *descriptor.Enum) string { protoPath := protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.EnumDescriptorProto)(nil)), "Value") var comments []string for idx, value := range enum.GetValue() { name := value.GetName() str := protoComments(reg, enum.File, enum.Outers, "EnumType", int32(enum.Index), protoPath, int32(idx)) if str != "" { comments = append(comments, name+": "+str) } } if len(comments) > 0 { return "- " + strings.Join(comments, "\n - ") } return "" } func protoComments(reg *descriptor.Registry, file *descriptor.File, outers []string, typeName string, typeIndex int32, fieldPaths ...int32) string { if file.SourceCodeInfo == nil { // Curious! A file without any source code info. // This could be a test that's providing incomplete // descriptor.File information. // // We could simply return no comments, but panic // could make debugging easier. panic("descriptor.File should not contain nil SourceCodeInfo") } outerPaths := make([]int32, len(outers)) for i := range outers { location := "" if file.Package != nil { location = file.GetPackage() } msg, err := reg.LookupMsg(location, strings.Join(outers[:i+1], ".")) if err != nil { panic(err) } outerPaths[i] = int32(msg.Index) } for _, loc := range file.SourceCodeInfo.Location { if !isProtoPathMatches(loc.Path, outerPaths, typeName, typeIndex, fieldPaths) { continue } comments := "" if loc.LeadingComments != nil { comments = strings.TrimRight(*loc.LeadingComments, "\n") comments = strings.TrimSpace(comments) // TODO(ivucica): this is a hack to fix "// " being interpreted as "//". // perhaps we should: // - split by \n // - determine if every (but first and last) line begins with " " // - trim every line only if that is the case // - join by \n comments = strings.Replace(comments, "\n ", "\n", -1) } return comments } return "" } var messageProtoPath = protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.FileDescriptorProto)(nil)), "MessageType") var nestedProtoPath = protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.DescriptorProto)(nil)), "NestedType") var packageProtoPath = protoPathIndex(reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.FileDescriptorProto)(nil)), "Package") func isProtoPathMatches(paths []int32, outerPaths []int32, typeName string, typeIndex int32, fieldPaths []int32) bool { if typeName == "Package" && typeIndex == packageProtoPath { // path for package comments is just [2], and all the other processing // is too complex for it. if len(paths) == 0 || typeIndex != paths[0] { return false } return true } if len(paths) != len(outerPaths)*2+2+len(fieldPaths) { return false } typeNameDescriptor := reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.FileDescriptorProto)(nil)) if len(outerPaths) > 0 { if paths[0] != messageProtoPath || paths[1] != outerPaths[0] { return false } paths = paths[2:] outerPaths = outerPaths[1:] for i, v := range outerPaths { if paths[i*2] != nestedProtoPath || paths[i*2+1] != v { return false } } paths = paths[len(outerPaths)*2:] if typeName == "MessageType" { typeName = "NestedType" } typeNameDescriptor = reflect.TypeOf((*pbdescriptor.DescriptorProto)(nil)) } if paths[0] != protoPathIndex(typeNameDescriptor, typeName) || paths[1] != typeIndex { return false } paths = paths[2:] for i, v := range fieldPaths { if paths[i] != v { return false } } return true } // protoPathIndex returns a path component for google.protobuf.descriptor.SourceCode_Location. // // Specifically, it returns an id as generated from descriptor proto which // can be used to determine what type the id following it in the path is. // For example, if we are trying to locate comments related to a field named // `Address` in a message named `Person`, the path will be: // // [4, a, 2, b] // // While `a` gets determined by the order in which the messages appear in // the proto file, and `b` is the field index specified in the proto // file itself, the path actually needs to specify that `a` refers to a // message and not, say, a service; and that `b` refers to a field and not // an option. // // protoPathIndex figures out the values 4 and 2 in the above example. Because // messages are top level objects, the value of 4 comes from field id for // `MessageType` inside `google.protobuf.descriptor.FileDescriptor` message. // This field has a message type `google.protobuf.descriptor.DescriptorProto`. // And inside message `DescriptorProto`, there is a field named `Field` with id // 2. // // Some code generators seem to be hardcoding these values; this method instead // interprets them from `descriptor.proto`-derived Go source as necessary. func protoPathIndex(descriptorType reflect.Type, what string) int32 { field, ok := descriptorType.Elem().FieldByName(what) if !ok { panic(fmt.Errorf("could not find protobuf descriptor type id for %s", what)) } pbtag := field.Tag.Get("protobuf") if pbtag == "" { panic(fmt.Errorf("no Go tag 'protobuf' on protobuf descriptor for %s", what)) } path, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(pbtag, ",")[1]) if err != nil { panic(fmt.Errorf("protobuf descriptor id for %s cannot be converted to a number: %s", what, err.Error())) } return int32(path) }