Either way should work, you could either shell out to protoc at runtime or do that beforehand. Alternatively you could avoid calling protoc at all but just look at its implementation and do the same thing it does to parse the .proto file.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 9:07 AM Brett Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that something you can do during runtime or does protoc need to parse > the file beforehand? > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 9:43:49 AM UTC-4, Brett Smith wrote: >> >> Hello all, I'm brand new to protobufs and I've been following the >> AddressBook example given by Google ( >> https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/cpptutorial). I've >> been able to read and write protobufs but I've been wondering if it is >> possible to parse a proto file without compiling it beforehand and if you >> are still able to access the elements of that file. If it is possible, >> would someone be able to give me some assistance on how to do this? I have >> attached the proto file that I have been working with for reference. >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/2d38938e-0187-4b4e-9fec-09b50871f6d7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/2d38938e-0187-4b4e-9fec-09b50871f6d7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/CADqAXr4k72toSQ0aTAS7mHUAz%3DMYp6LMRUqYQQqBb%2B%2Bc_tVNRQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
