Protobufs reflection support allows you to do this. We don't have a walkthrough, but you can create types dynamically using the Descriptors classes along with DynamicMessage. You can build the definitions you want into a FileDescriptorProto (along with any dependencies it may have) and call Descriptors.FileDescriptor.buildFrom(). This will give you descriptor objects that you can pass to DynamicMessage.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Robert <robert.panzer...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the protocol buffers and I am really impressed of the > encoding technique. > I am just wondering if there is a way to use them without having to > generate code from the .proto files. > > I would appreciate a way where you import or even generate the .proto > files at runtime and then pass a java.util.Map where the library picks > the properties from. > > Maybe there is already a way to do this, but I did not find it neither > in the tutorials nor the faq. > > Thanks & regards, > Robert > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@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 protobuf@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.
