My Scenario: I have defined four proto message types: A, B, C, D and want to compile using the C++ option. Proto file A is located in directory . \ProtoTop and proto files B, C, D are located in directory .\ProtoTop \Dir. The resulting class dependencies are A->B->C->D ( where -> is defines as depends on ). I have made this directory structure to accomadate the eventual build of libraries ( Msgs & Types ). Proto message class A does a import "Dir/B.proto". I have tried packaging each proto file to remove namespace conflicts but no joy.
The problems: 1) When I compile each class individually all is well and the source code is autogenerated. However there is a function called from A that is defined in B which does not exist: ::protobuf_AddDesc_Dir_2fB_2eproto() and as such a compilation error for A occurs in my c++ compile (VC90 version). Note: B contains what i believe is the intended function ::protobuf_AddDesc_B_2eproto(); Therefore it seems the autogenerated class A adds the import path into the function name for the above method. Can I get around this without excplicity editing autogenerated code, what did I do incorrectly? 2) I next tried compiling all proto files in one go, i.e one call to protoc with the intention of mitigating the above problem. However, this produces the following protoc errors: B.proto:6:30: ".B.C" is already defined in file "Dir/B.proto". 1>B.proto:4:9: ".B" is already defined in file "Dir/B.proto". Summary: The only methodology I have succeeded with is to compile all proto files in one directory within the same namespace. This will suffice, however it contrains my design and usage of the libraries in that I would be unable to seperate my 'messages' from my 'message types'. -- 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.
