Oh, that was just curiosity by the way. The real answer (in c++) is to look at DescriptorPool, DescriptorDatabase, and DynamicMessage. I started going down this path yesterday but it was taking too long to figure out how it all goes together so I just wrote a quick and dirty tool and compiled the message type in.
--Pete On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Peter Keen <peter.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a reason why you can't compile the message types into the > message editor? It seems like they're pretty intimately tied together > as it is. > > --Pete > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM, David McClurg <dave.mccl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm trying to rebuild a message editor for a game engine using >> protocol buffers. Currently we are using an XML template to describe >> the message type and XML to store the message. I like the protocol >> buffer language ( .proto files ) as well as the memory and performance >> advantages over XML. >> >> The tricky part is the message editor. The message editor tool needs >> to... >> 1) parse all .proto files for the game >> 2) present the user with a input form for a selected message type >> 3) build a protocol message >> 4) save the message to disk for the game to load. >> >> The property editor doesn't know about any message types at compile >> time. The game knows about all message types at compile time. For >> the message editor, message types need to be dynamically generated >> from .proto files. For the game, messages are read from disk and used >> to construct game objects and populate the world. >> >> From other discussions, I've read this is possible but not obvious >> with protocol buffers. >> >> Could you please explain in specific terms how to parse a bunch >> of .proto files from disk into message types at runtime? How do I >> parse .proto files on-the-fly? >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Protocol Buffers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.
