Field Decoders

Dispatches field types to concrete decoders, including quantized float handling and packed value decoding.

See also: How Entities Are Decoded, Part 3: Field Decoders for an explanation with real values, and How Proto Parsing Works.

Generated API

gem.schema.field_decoder.find_decoder

find_decoder

def find_decoder(field: _FieldLike) -> FieldDecoder

Return the appropriate decoder for the given field.

Source: src/gem/schema/field_decoder/type_resolver.py:149

gem.schema.field_decoder.find_decoder_by_base_type

find_decoder_by_base_type

def find_decoder_by_base_type(base_type: str, encoder: str = '') -> FieldDecoder

Return a decoder for a base type string without field context.

Source: src/gem/schema/field_decoder/type_resolver.py:185

gem.schema.field_decoder.QuantizedFloatDecoder

QuantizedFloatDecoder

class QuantizedFloatDecoder

Decoder for Source 2 quantized floats (CNetworkedQuantizedFloat).

Source: src/gem/schema/field_decoder/quantized_float.py:98

Methods

decode

Signature: def QuantizedFloatDecoder.decode(self, r: BitReader) -> float

Read and decode one quantized float from r.

Source: src/gem/schema/field_decoder/quantized_float.py:213