Can't specify the encodingType at all on AnalyzeSentiment method of LanguageServiceClient

[omaray]

The issue in question was filed in googleapis/googleapis repo since it's a config bug. But creating a new issue here for better visibility since Java is probably the most affected by this bug.

Root issue with details: https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/issues/348

[saturnism]

encountered this issue myself

[garrettjonesgoogle]

It turns out that encoding_type affects offsets in the output, but AnalyzeSentiment currently doesn't populate any offsets in the response. So while this is obviously a gap, it doesn't mean that any functionality is actually impeded. Consequently, downgrading to P2+.

We can keep discussing the automated logic necessary to populate encodingType in googleapis/googleapis#348 .

[yihanzhen]

This has been added to our feature backlog: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-java/wiki/Feature-backlog . This issue will be closed but is linked in the backlog and can continue to be used for comment and discussion.