A framework to create protoc plugins in typescript.
The google protocol buffer compiler (protoc) has a plugin system. With a protoc plugin, it is possible to generate code for .proto files in any language, not just the ones supported directly by protoc.
A protoc plugin receives a CodeGeneratorRequest (a protobuf message)
via stdin and returns a CodeGeneratorResponse via stdout.
This framework aims to make it as easy as possible to write a protoc plugin in typescript. It has special support for generating typescript code, but can be used to generate code in other languages.
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provides a symbol table that can be used to track generated types in any language
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has special support for generating typescript code using the typescript compiler API. For example, it has a simple API to import objects from a package, or from the symbol table.
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provides a base class for plugins that supports parameters, error handling, supported features and easy setup.
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builds a tree of descriptors so that it is trivial to lookup the parent of a nested message, for example.
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builds a lookup object to find the descriptor for a given type name
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provides a string format object that can print a message field like it was typed by the user.
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provides a source code comment lookup that can be used to easily find comments for a given element in a .proto
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provides convenience methods to check if a field was declared optional or as a oneof member
- Check the types and comments of descriptor.proto and plugin.proto to get familiar with the plugin system of protoc.
- Take a look at
descriptor-registry.tsto see the if it can help you work with the descriptor protos that the compiler sends you. - Take a look at
plugin-base.tsfor a base class that can help with some plumbing. - Take a look at the source code of protobuf-ts, which uses this framework.
- The files plugin.ts and descriptor.ts are Copyright 2008 Google Inc., licensed under BSD-3-Clause
- All other files are licensed under Apache-2.0, see LICENSE.