reflect/protoreflect: replace Mutable with NewMessage

Remove the Mutable methods from KnownFields, List, and Map, replacing
them with methods which return a new, empty message value without adding
that value to the collection.

The new API is simpler, since it clearly applies only to message values,
and more orthogonal, since it provides a way to create a value without
mutating the collection. This latter point is particularly useful in
map deserialization, where the key may be unknown at the time the value
is deserialized.

Drop the Mutable interface, since it is no longer necessary.

Change-Id: Ic5f3d06a2aa331a5d5cd2b4e670a3dba4a74f77c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/153278
Reviewed-by: Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com>
39 files changed
tree: c9612131967cee0e71ef29ec158078f34a42f1e0
  1. cmd/
  2. encoding/
  3. internal/
  4. proto/
  5. protogen/
  6. reflect/
  7. runtime/
  8. types/
  9. .gitignore
  10. .travis.yml
  11. AUTHORS
  12. CONTRIBUTING.md
  13. CONTRIBUTORS
  14. go.mod
  15. go.sum
  16. LICENSE
  17. PATENTS
  18. README.md
  19. regenerate.bash
  20. test.bash
README.md

Next Generation Go Protocol Buffers

WARNING: This repository is in active development. There are no guarantees about API stability. Breaking changes will occur until a stable release is made and announced.

This repository is for the development of the next major Go implementation of protocol buffers. This library makes breaking API changes relative to the existing Go protobuf library. Of particular note, this API aims to make protobuf reflection a first-class feature of the API and implements the protobuf ecosystem in terms of reflection.

Design Documents

List of relevant design documents:

Contributing

We appreciate community contributions. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Reporting Issues

Issues regarding the new API can be filed at github.com/golang/protobuf. Please use a APIv2: prefix in the title to make it clear that the issue is regarding the new API work.