danielgtaylor / danielgtaylor/python-betterproto
Allow mapping google.protobuf.duration to Optional datetime.timedelta
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Description
We had some issues loosing a zero-duration. Currently, if a serialized Protobuf message contains a 0-duration like `myDuration` in this example:
```protobuf
syntax = "proto3";
message Some {
string someField = 1;
google.protobuf.duration myDuration = 2;
}
```
and data like
```json
{
"someField": "42",
"myDuration": "0s"
}
```
this `myDuration` field gets correctly deserialized into a `timedelta(0)`. However, when forwarding/serializing that Python object again, the duration gets lost:
```json
{
"someField": "42",
// myDuration missing
}
```
Because `timedelta(0)` is the default value, it appearently represents no-value in betterProto (see [Well known Google Types](https://github.com/danielgtaylor/python-betterproto#well-known-google-types)).
Is it possible to configure the mapping from Protobuf's `duration` to an Optional timedelta value so that no-value can be distinguished from a 0-value in Python?
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