Protocol buffer vs JSON time graphs

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Comparsion of ToJSON vs JSON encoding of protocol buffer for the query in query_test.go

{
	me(_uid_:0x01) {
		name
		gender
		status
		friend {
			name
		}
	}
}

ToJSON -

{  
   "_root_":[  
      {  
         "_uid_":"0x1",
         "friend":[  
            {  
               "_uid_":"0x17",
               "name":"Rick Grimes"
            },
            {  
               "_uid_":"0x18",
               "name":"Glenn Rhee"
            },
            {  
               "_uid_":"0x19",
               "name":"Daryl Dixon"
            },
            {  
               "_uid_":"0x1f",
               "name":"Andrea"
            },
            {  
               "_uid_":"0x65"
            }
         ],
         "gender":"female",
         "name":"Michonne",
         "status":"alive"
      }
   ]
}

JSON encoding of Protocol buffer

{  
   "uid":"1",
   "attribute":"_root_",
   "properties":[  
      {  
         "prop":"name",
         "val":"TWljaG9ubmU="
      },
      {  
         "prop":"gender",
         "val":"ZmVtYWxl"
      },
      {  
         "prop":"status",
         "val":"YWxpdmU="
      }
   ],
   "children":[  
      {  
         "uid":"23",
         "attribute":"friend",
         "properties":[  
            {  
               "prop":"name",
               "val":"UmljayBHcmltZXM="
            }
         ]
      },
      {  
         "uid":"24",
         "attribute":"friend",
         "properties":[  
            {  
               "prop":"name",
               "val":"R2xlbm4gUmhlZQ=="
            }
         ]
      },
      {  
         "uid":"25",
         "attribute":"friend",
         "properties":[  
            {  
               "prop":"name",
               "val":"RGFyeWwgRGl4b24="
            }
         ]
      },
      {  
         "uid":"31",
         "attribute":"friend",
         "properties":[  
            {  
               "prop":"name",
               "val":"QW5kcmVh"
            }
         ]
      },
      {  
         "uid":"101",
         "attribute":"friend",
         "properties":[  
            {  
               "prop":"name",
               "val":""
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

Ignore that the val are base64 encoded. The main point is that the schema of GraphQL isn’t retained.