Class Hierarchy

• google.protobuf.pyext._message.MessageMeta
• object: The most base type
  • exceptions.BaseException: Common base class for all exceptions
    • exceptions.Exception: Common base class for all non-exit exceptions.
      • google.protobuf.descriptor.Error: Base error for this module.
        • google.protobuf.descriptor.TypeTransformationError: Error transforming between python proto type and corresponding C++ type.
      • google.protobuf.descriptor_database.Error
        • google.protobuf.descriptor_database.DescriptorDatabaseConflictingDefinitionError: Raised when a proto is added with the same name & different descriptor.
      • google.protobuf.json_format.Error: Top-level module error for json_format.
        • google.protobuf.json_format.ParseError: Thrown in case of parsing error.
        • google.protobuf.json_format.SerializeToJsonError: Thrown if serialization to JSON fails.
      • google.protobuf.message.Error
        • google.protobuf.message.DecodeError
        • google.protobuf.message.EncodeError
      • google.protobuf.text_format.Error: Top-level module error for text_format.
        • google.protobuf.text_format.ParseError: Thrown in case of text parsing or tokenizing error.
      • google.protobuf.service.RpcException: Exception raised on failed blocking RPC method call.
  • google.protobuf.descriptor.DescriptorBase: Descriptors base class.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor.EnumValueDescriptor: Descriptor for a single value within an enum.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor.FieldDescriptor: Descriptor for a single field in a .proto file.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor.FileDescriptor: Descriptor for a file.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor.MethodDescriptor: Descriptor for a method in a service.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor.OneofDescriptor: Descriptor for a oneof field.
    • google.protobuf.descriptor._NestedDescriptorBase: Common class for descriptors that can be nested.
      • google.protobuf.descriptor.Descriptor: Descriptor for a protocol message type.
      • google.protobuf.descriptor.EnumDescriptor: Descriptor for an enum defined in a .proto file.
      • google.protobuf.descriptor.ServiceDescriptor: Descriptor for a service.
  • google.protobuf.descriptor_database.DescriptorDatabase: A container accepting FileDescriptorProtos and maps DescriptorProtos.
  • google.protobuf.descriptor_pool.DescriptorPool: A collection of protobufs dynamically constructed by descriptor protos.
  • google.protobuf.message.Message: Abstract base class for protocol messages.
  • google.protobuf.message_factory.MessageFactory: Factory for creating Proto2 messages from descriptors in a pool.
    • google.protobuf.symbol_database.SymbolDatabase: A database of Python generated symbols.
  • google.protobuf.service.RpcChannel: Abstract interface for an RPC channel.
  • google.protobuf.service.RpcController: An RpcController mediates a single method call.
  • google.protobuf.service.Service: Abstract base interface for protocol-buffer-based RPC services.
  • google.protobuf.text_format.TextWriter
  • google.protobuf.text_format.Tokenizer: Protocol buffer text representation tokenizer.
  • google.protobuf.descriptor._Lock: Wrapper class of threading.Lock(), which is allowed by 'with'.
  • google.protobuf.json_format._Parser: JSON format parser for protocol message.
  • google.protobuf.text_format._Parser: Text format parser for protocol message.
  • google.protobuf.json_format._Printer: JSON format printer for protocol message.
  • google.protobuf.text_format._Printer: Text format printer for protocol message.
  • google.protobuf.service_reflection._ServiceBuilder: This class constructs a protocol service class using a service descriptor.
  • google.protobuf.service_reflection._ServiceStubBuilder: Constructs a protocol service stub class using a service descriptor.
  • int: int(x=0) -> int or long int(x, base=10) -> int or long
  • type: type(object) -> the object's type type(name, bases, dict) -> a new type
    • google.protobuf.service_reflection.GeneratedServiceType: Metaclass for service classes created at runtime from ServiceDescriptors.
      • google.protobuf.service_reflection.GeneratedServiceStubType: Metaclass for service stubs created at runtime from ServiceDescriptors.