as an example how would I build this? ```message DateRange { // The beginning of the date range ...

# grpc

[davec]

as an example how would I build this?

message DateRange {
  // The beginning of the date range
  google.type.Date from = 1 [(validate.rules).message.required = true];

  // The end of the date range
  google.type.Date until = 2 [(validate.rules).message.required = true];
}

[davec]

The generated class isn't particularly helpful:

[davec]

message has been deleted

[Dariusz Kuc]

by default, you would use grpc-java way of using builders

DateRange.newBuilder()
  // set your fields using their builders
  .build()

[Dariusz Kuc]

if you use the grpc-kotlin then you should be able to use the generated DSL which should be something among the lines

dateRange {
  from = ...
  unti = ...
}

[davec]

Thanks, the second one seems to be the right path, but now I have to figure out how to create a com.google.type.Date ; doesn't seem to use the DSL syntax and none of the constructors appear to be the right approach, but maybe I'm missing one

[davec]

Wait I think I have it:

val dateRange = dateRange {
            from = newBuilder().setDay(7).setMonth(7).setYear(2022).build()
            until = newBuilder().setDay(12).setMonth(7).setYear(2022).build()
        }

I guess what I don't get it when I'm supposed to be using the DSL syntax like dateRange { ... } instead of the other builder syntax

[Dariusz Kuc]

I'd imagine you should also have

date {
  day = 7
  month = 7
  year = 2022
}

[Dariusz Kuc]

*unless google protos are treated in some custom special way

[davec]

yeah that doesn't seem to work, unfortunately

[Marc Plano-Lesay]

I suspect this comes down to your build system and how Google's protos are built by it

[Marc Plano-Lesay]

You'll need to run the Kotlin proto compiler on them to get those DSL "factories"