Yes, that should work. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, you should just be able to do what Henner suggested above to accomplish this.
On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 5:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, on the same lines need help on an idea. > > Is it possible to define my enums in one .proto file and use them across > other .proto files. > In context of grpc protobuf3. > > Any help is appreciated. > > On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10:49:29 AM UTC+5:30, Henner Zeller wrote: >> >> On 6 December 2012 15:32, Milan Stankovic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is possible to use enum from external class ? I have couple .proto >>> definition and all need to use same enum Type with same tokens. I want to >>> avoid definition of same enum in every class and to avoid sync between, I >>> have that enum in regular external c++ class which I use in code. >> >> >> It is not possible to have an external C++ enum somewhere, as this would >> require the proto parser to parse C++. >> >> However, what I usually do in that case is to define my enumeration in a >> separate *.proto file >> myenums.proto --- >> enum Foo { >> a = 1; >> b = 2; >> c = 3; >> }; >> >> enum Bar { >> x = 1; >> } >> ------ >> >> from this, you can generate a myenums.pb.h - it essentially contains the >> enumerations as you would write them in C++ anyway, and some useful >> conversion functions (e.g. that convert it to a printable version). >> (also, this would generate enumeration for other languages as well, if >> you need it). From there, you can just use these enums as any other enums. >> >> Also, in your other proto-buffer files, you then can import this file and >> use the enumeration >> >> otherprotofile.proto ---- >> import "myenmus.proto"; >> >> message MyMessage { >> Foo foo_enum = 1; >> }; >> ---------- >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> g/protobuf/-/H0dBbyOrwrgJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
