From 51b41edb1c88844c4a639476065f9e2f812dccee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Bazyl <sbazyl@google.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:27:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] #474 - Clarify that base64 properties are automatically
 encoded/decoded.

---
 lib/google/apis/generator/templates/_class.tmpl | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/google/apis/generator/templates/_class.tmpl b/lib/google/apis/generator/templates/_class.tmpl
index 77b6022bb..5658483d3 100644
--- a/lib/google/apis/generator/templates/_class.tmpl
+++ b/lib/google/apis/generator/templates/_class.tmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ class <%= cls.generated_class_name %><% if cls.base_ref %> < <%= cls.base_ref.ge
 
   # <%= block_comment(property.description, 2, 1) %>
   # Corresponds to the JSON property `<%= property.name %>`
+<% if property.format == 'byte' -%>
+  # NOTE: Values are automatically base64 encoded/decoded in the client library.
+<% end -%>
   # @return [<%= property.generated_type %>]
   attr_accessor :<%= property.generated_name %>
 <%     if property.type == 'boolean' -%>