Lite already worked by using the protobuf project, but would bring in extra dependencies that are not intended to work with lite. Although protobuf is not yet providing a lite package on Maven Central, we will be able to swap to it once it is available. There isn't any new original code in the Java portion, except for a new overload in ProtoUtils that accepts Message instead of MessageLite. Depending on Message in ProtoUtils allows us to support extra features out-of-the-box without any changes to the generated code. For example, JSON encoding could be supported in this way if Marshaller is enhanced. However, now codegen must be aware of Lite in order to choose with Util class to use. That is new code. |
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README.md
gRPC Java Codegen Plugin for Protobuf Compiler
This generates the Java interfaces out of the service definition from a
.proto file. It works with the Protobuf Compiler (protoc).
Normally you don't need to compile the codegen by yourself, since pre-compiled binaries for common platforms are available on Maven Central. However, if the pre-compiled binaries are not compatible with your system, you may want to build your own codegen.
System requirement
- Linux, Mac OS X with Clang, or Windows with MSYS2
- Java 7 or up
- Protobuf 3.0.0-beta-2 or up
Compiling and testing the codegen
Change to the compiler directory:
$ cd $GRPC_JAVA_ROOT/compiler
To compile the plugin:
$ ../gradlew java_pluginExecutable
To test the plugin with the compiler:
$ ../gradlew test
You will see a PASS if the test succeeds.
To compile a proto file and generate Java interfaces out of the service definitions:
$ protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc-java=build/binaries/java_pluginExecutable/protoc-gen-grpc-java \
--grpc-java_out="$OUTPUT_FILE" --proto_path="$DIR_OF_PROTO_FILE" "$PROTO_FILE"
To generate Java interfaces with protobuf nano:
$ protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc-java=build/binaries/java_pluginExecutable/protoc-gen-grpc-java \
--grpc-java_out=nano=true:"$OUTPUT_FILE" --proto_path="$DIR_OF_PROTO_FILE" "$PROTO_FILE"
Installing the codegen to Maven local repository
This will compile a codegen and put it under your ~/.m2/repository. This
will make it available to any build tool that pulls codegens from Maven
repostiories.
$ ../gradlew install
Creating a release of GRPC Java
Please follow the instructions in RELEASING.md under the root directory for
details on how to create a new release.