diff --git a/ruby/lib/google/protobuf.rb b/ruby/lib/google/protobuf.rb
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+# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+# Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# require mixins before we hook them into the java & c code
+require 'google/protobuf/message_exts'
+
+# We define these before requiring the platform-specific modules.
+# That way the module init can grab references to these.
+module Google
+  module Protobuf
+    class Error < StandardError; end
+    class ParseError < Error; end
+  end
+end
+
+if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
+  require 'json'
+  require 'google/protobuf_java'
+else
+  begin
+    require "google/#{RUBY_VERSION.sub(/\.\d$/, '')}/protobuf_c"
+  rescue LoadError
+    require 'google/protobuf_c'
+  end
+end
+
+require 'google/protobuf/repeated_field'
+
+module Google
+  module Protobuf
+
+    def self.encode(msg)
+      msg.to_proto
+    end
+
+    def self.encode_json(msg)
+      msg.to_json
+    end
+
+    def self.decode(klass, proto)
+      klass.decode(proto)
+    end
+
+    def self.decode_json(klass, json)
+      klass.decode_json(json)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/google/protobuf/message_exts.rb b/ruby/lib/google/protobuf/message_exts.rb
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+# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+# Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+module Google
+  module Protobuf
+    module MessageExts
+
+      #this is only called in jruby; mri loades the ClassMethods differently
+      def self.included(klass)
+        klass.extend(ClassMethods)
+      end
+
+      module ClassMethods
+      end
+
+      def to_json
+        self.class.encode_json(self)
+      end
+
+      def to_proto
+        self.class.encode(self)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/google/protobuf/repeated_field.rb b/ruby/lib/google/protobuf/repeated_field.rb
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+# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+# Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+require 'forwardable'
+
+#
+# This class makes RepeatedField act (almost-) like a Ruby Array.
+# It has convenience methods that extend the core C or Java based
+# methods.
+#
+# This is a best-effort to mirror Array behavior.  Two comments:
+#  1) patches always welcome :)
+#  2) if performance is an issue, feel free to rewrite the method
+#     in jruby and C.  The source code has plenty of examples
+#
+# KNOWN ISSUES
+#   - #[]= doesn't allow less used approaches such as `arr[1, 2] = 'fizz'`
+#   - #concat should return the orig array
+#   - #push should accept multiple arguments and push them all at the same time
+#
+module Google
+  module Protobuf
+    class RepeatedField
+      extend Forwardable
+
+      # methods defined in C or Java:
+      #   +
+      #   [], at
+      #   []=
+      #   concat
+      #   clear
+      #   dup, clone
+      #   each
+      #   push, <<
+      #   replace
+      #   length, size
+      #   ==
+      #   to_ary, to_a
+      #   also all enumerable
+      #
+      # NOTE:  using delegators rather than method_missing to make the
+      #        relationship explicit instead of implicit
+      def_delegators :to_ary,
+        :&, :*, :-, :'<=>',
+        :assoc, :bsearch, :combination, :compact, :count, :cycle,
+        :drop, :drop_while, :eql?, :fetch, :find_index, :flatten,
+        :include?, :index, :inspect, :join,
+        :pack, :permutation, :product, :pretty_print, :pretty_print_cycle,
+        :rassoc, :repeated_combination, :repeated_permutation, :reverse,
+        :rindex, :rotate, :sample, :shuffle, :shelljoin, :slice,
+        :to_s, :transpose, :uniq, :|
+
+
+      def first(n=nil)
+        n ? self[0..n] : self[0]
+      end
+
+
+      def last(n=nil)
+        n ? self[(self.size-n-1)..-1] : self[-1]
+      end
+
+
+      def pop(n=nil)
+        if n
+          results = []
+          n.times{ results << pop_one }
+          return results
+        else
+          return pop_one
+        end
+      end
+
+
+      def empty?
+        self.size == 0
+      end
+
+      # array aliases into enumerable
+      alias_method :each_index, :each_with_index
+      alias_method :slice, :[]
+      alias_method :values_at, :select
+      alias_method :map, :collect
+
+
+      class << self
+        def define_array_wrapper_method(method_name)
+          define_method(method_name) do |*args, &block|
+            arr = self.to_a
+            result = arr.send(method_name, *args)
+            self.replace(arr)
+            return result if result
+            return block ? block.call : result
+          end
+        end
+        private :define_array_wrapper_method
+
+
+        def define_array_wrapper_with_result_method(method_name)
+          define_method(method_name) do |*args, &block|
+            # result can be an Enumerator, Array, or nil
+            # Enumerator can sometimes be returned if a block is an optional argument and it is not passed in
+            # nil usually specifies that no change was made
+            result = self.to_a.send(method_name, *args, &block)
+            if result
+              new_arr = result.to_a
+              self.replace(new_arr)
+              if result.is_a?(Enumerator)
+                # generate a fresh enum; rewinding the exiting one, in Ruby 2.2, will
+                # reset the enum with the same length, but all the #next calls will
+                # return nil
+                result = new_arr.to_enum
+                # generate a wrapper enum so any changes which occur by a chained
+                # enum can be captured
+                ie = ProxyingEnumerator.new(self, result)
+                result = ie.to_enum
+              end
+            end
+            result
+          end
+        end
+        private :define_array_wrapper_with_result_method
+      end
+
+
+      %w(delete delete_at delete_if shift slice! unshift).each do |method_name|
+        define_array_wrapper_method(method_name)
+      end
+
+
+      %w(collect! compact! fill flatten! insert reverse!
+        rotate! select! shuffle! sort! sort_by! uniq!).each do |method_name|
+        define_array_wrapper_with_result_method(method_name)
+      end
+      alias_method :keep_if, :select!
+      alias_method :map!, :collect!
+      alias_method :reject!, :delete_if
+
+
+      # propagates changes made by user of enumerator back to the original repeated field.
+      # This only applies in cases where the calling function which created the enumerator,
+      # such as #sort!, modifies itself rather than a new array, such as #sort
+      class ProxyingEnumerator < Struct.new(:repeated_field, :external_enumerator)
+        def each(*args, &block)
+          results = []
+          external_enumerator.each_with_index do |val, i|
+            result = yield(val)
+            results << result
+            #nil means no change occured from yield; usually occurs when #to_a is called
+            if result
+              repeated_field[i] = result if result != val
+            end
+          end
+          results
+        end
+      end
+
+
+    end
+  end
+end