ProtobufTypes::MessagePtr cloneProto(ProtoTraits& proto_traits, const Protobuf::Message& rc) {

  auto clone = proto_traits.createEmptyProto();

  clone->CheckTypeAndMergeFrom(rc);

  return clone;

}

std::string resourceName(ProtoTraits& proto_traits, const Protobuf::Message& rc) {

  Protobuf::ReflectableMessage reflectable_message = createReflectableMessage(rc);

  const Protobuf::FieldDescriptor* field = reflectable_message->GetDescriptor()->FindFieldByNumber(

      proto_traits.resourceNameFieldNumber());

  if (!field) {

  const Protobuf::Reflection* reflection = reflectable_message->GetReflection();

  return reflection->GetString(*reflectable_message, field);

}