that s a good question

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yetitwo · Answer

my sense is that it s got something to do with `java multiple files = true` which I wouldn t mind seeing because the `OuterClass` stuff is deeply unintuitive as a user the only downside is that it d be a breaking change to the `authzed java` library

yetitwo · Answer

reading this stackoverflow post https stackoverflow com questions 60312156 how to use protobuf message as java class without a java outer class

Joey · Answer

I think a breaking change is okay so long as it is a significant improvement

yetitwo · Answer

i ll open an issue and see if i can carve out time to get to it

Joey · Answer

thanks

yetitwo · Answer

https github com authzed spicedb issues 1170

yetitwo · Answer

i have a changeset to `spicedb api` that i think will work how would i test building `authzed java` locally against those proto files

Joey · Answer

< Sam> ^

Sam · Answer

A quick way would be to edit this in the build gradle file to point to a local directory with the protos

Sam · Answer

https github com authzed authzed java blob main build gradle L109

Sam · Answer

Or if you have buf installed just running the equivalent command with your local proto files

yetitwo · Answer

oh i do have buf installed how would i go about doing it that way it s been a while since i ve invoked it

Joey · Answer

< Sam> ^

yetitwo · Answer

i tried `buf generate ` in the `spicedb api` repo root but it s saying there isn t a `buf gen yaml` so i can t do it

yetitwo · Answer

`buf build` doesn t seem to have much of an effect

yetitwo · Answer

also hmm `java multiple files` doesn t seem to get rid of `OuterClass`es and I can t for the life of me find any documentation on when `OuterClass`es will be generated it seems to happen in the cases where there s a single RPC defined for a service and not when there are multiple RPCs but I don t know why that would be

yetitwo · Answer

also what the hell is the protobuf versioning system why are there v4 releases v3 releases and v22 releases all interleaved is there an explanation of that somewhere

yetitwo · Answer

yeah i m having a lot of wat right now I opened an issue on the protobuf repo and hopefully they can shed some light https github com protocolbuffers protobuf issues 11961

Joey · Answer

protoc can be weird for Java