Merge pull request #334 from skippy/allow-msg-to-accept-nil

ruby: allow a message field to be unset

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/storage.c b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/storage.c
index 5b1549d2..2ad8bd74 100644
--- a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/storage.c
+++ b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/storage.c
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ void native_slot_set_value_and_case(upb_fieldtype_t type, VALUE type_class,
       break;
     }
     case UPB_TYPE_MESSAGE: {
-      if (CLASS_OF(value) != type_class) {
+      if (CLASS_OF(value) == CLASS_OF(Qnil)) {
+        value = Qnil;
+      } else if (CLASS_OF(value) != type_class) {
         rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
                  "Invalid type %s to assign to submessage field.",
                  rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(value)));
diff --git a/ruby/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/jruby/RubyMessage.java b/ruby/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/jruby/RubyMessage.java
index 20e825e2..c7fd7aa7 100644
--- a/ruby/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/jruby/RubyMessage.java
+++ b/ruby/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/jruby/RubyMessage.java
@@ -659,14 +659,14 @@ public class RubyMessage extends RubyObject {
             } else {
                 Descriptors.FieldDescriptor.Type fieldType = fieldDescriptor.getType();
                 IRubyObject typeClass = context.runtime.getObject();
+                boolean addValue = true;
                 if (fieldType == Descriptors.FieldDescriptor.Type.MESSAGE) {
                     typeClass = ((RubyDescriptor) getDescriptorForField(context, fieldDescriptor)).msgclass(context);
+                    if (value.isNil()){
+                        addValue = false;
+                    }
                 } else if (fieldType == Descriptors.FieldDescriptor.Type.ENUM) {
                     typeClass = ((RubyEnumDescriptor) getDescriptorForField(context, fieldDescriptor)).enummodule(context);
-                }
-                Utils.checkType(context, fieldType, value, (RubyModule) typeClass);
-                // Convert integer enum to symbol
-                if (fieldType == Descriptors.FieldDescriptor.Type.ENUM) {
                     Descriptors.EnumDescriptor enumDescriptor = fieldDescriptor.getEnumType();
                     if (Utils.isRubyNum(value)) {
                         Descriptors.EnumValueDescriptor val =
@@ -674,7 +674,12 @@ public class RubyMessage extends RubyObject {
                         if (val.getIndex() != -1) value = context.runtime.newSymbol(val.getName());
                     }
                 }
-                this.fields.put(fieldDescriptor, value);
+                if (addValue) {
+                    Utils.checkType(context, fieldType, value, (RubyModule) typeClass);
+                    this.fields.put(fieldDescriptor, value);
+                } else {
+                    this.fields.remove(fieldDescriptor);
+                }
             }
         }
         return context.runtime.getNil();
diff --git a/ruby/tests/basic.rb b/ruby/tests/basic.rb
index 141ce7c5..1c2a03dc 100644
--- a/ruby/tests/basic.rb
+++ b/ruby/tests/basic.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ module BasicTest
       assert m.optional_bytes == "world"
       m.optional_msg = TestMessage2.new(:foo => 42)
       assert m.optional_msg == TestMessage2.new(:foo => 42)
+      m.optional_msg = nil
+      assert m.optional_msg == nil
     end
 
     def test_ctor_args