1 // Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format 2 // Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved. 3 // https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/ 4 // 5 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 7 // met: 8 // 9 // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10 // notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11 // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above 12 // copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 13 // in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the 14 // distribution. 15 // * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its 16 // contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 17 // this software without specific prior written permission. 18 // 19 // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 20 // "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 21 // LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR 22 // A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT 23 // OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 24 // SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 25 // LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 26 // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 27 // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 28 // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE 29 // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30 31 // Author: kenton@google.com (Kenton Varda) 32 // 33 // Front-end for protoc code generator plugins written in C++. 34 // 35 // To implement a protoc plugin in C++, simply write an implementation of 36 // CodeGenerator, then create a main() function like: 37 // int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { 38 // MyCodeGenerator generator; 39 // return google::protobuf::compiler::PluginMain(argc, argv, &generator); 40 // } 41 // You must link your plugin against libprotobuf and libprotoc. 42 // 43 // The core part of PluginMain is to invoke the given CodeGenerator on a 44 // CodeGeneratorRequest to generate a CodeGeneratorResponse. This part is 45 // abstracted out and made into function GenerateCode so that it can be reused, 46 // for example, to implement a variant of PluginMain that does some 47 // preprocessing on the input CodeGeneratorRequest before feeding the request 48 // to the given code generator. 49 // 50 // To get protoc to use the plugin, do one of the following: 51 // * Place the plugin binary somewhere in the PATH and give it the name 52 // "protoc-gen-NAME" (replacing "NAME" with the name of your plugin). If you 53 // then invoke protoc with the parameter --NAME_out=OUT_DIR (again, replace 54 // "NAME" with your plugin's name), protoc will invoke your plugin to generate 55 // the output, which will be placed in OUT_DIR. 56 // * Place the plugin binary anywhere, with any name, and pass the --plugin 57 // parameter to protoc to direct it to your plugin like so: 58 // protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-NAME=path/to/mybinary --NAME_out=OUT_DIR 59 // On Windows, make sure to include the .exe suffix: 60 // protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-NAME=path/to/mybinary.exe --NAME_out=OUT_DIR 61 62 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_PLUGIN_H__ 63 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_PLUGIN_H__ 64 65 #include <string> 66 67 #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc> 68 69 namespace google { 70 namespace protobuf { 71 namespace compiler { 72 73 class CodeGenerator; // code_generator.h 74 class CodeGeneratorRequest; 75 class CodeGeneratorResponse; 76 77 // Implements main() for a protoc plugin exposing the given code generator. 78 PROTOC_EXPORT int PluginMain(int argc, char* argv[], 79 const CodeGenerator* generator); 80 81 // Generates code using the given code generator. Returns true if the code 82 // generation is successful. If the code geneartion fails, error_msg may be 83 // populated to describe the failure cause. 84 bool GenerateCode(const CodeGeneratorRequest& request, 85 const CodeGenerator& generator, 86 CodeGeneratorResponse* response, std::string* error_msg); 87 88 } // namespace compiler 89 } // namespace protobuf 90 } // namespace google 91 92 #include <google/protobuf/port_undef.inc> 93 94 #endif // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_PLUGIN_H__ 95