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Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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[](https://travis-ci.org/google/protobuf)
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Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
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This directory contains the Java Protocol Buffers runtime library.
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Installation - With Maven
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The Protocol Buffers build is managed using Maven. If you would
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rather build without Maven, see below.
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1) Install Apache Maven if you don't have it:
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http://maven.apache.org/
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2) Build the C++ code, or obtain a binary distribution of protoc. If
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you install a binary distribution, make sure that it is the same
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version as this package. If in doubt, run:
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$ protoc --version
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You will need to place the protoc executable in ../src. (If you
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built it yourself, it should already be there.)
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3) Run the tests:
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$ mvn test
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If some tests fail, this library may not work correctly on your
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system. Continue at your own risk.
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4) Install the library into your Maven repository:
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$ mvn install
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5) If you do not use Maven to manage your own build, you can build a
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.jar file to use:
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$ mvn package
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The .jar will be placed in the "target" directory.
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Installation - 'Lite' Version - With Maven
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==========================================
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Building the 'lite' version of the Java Protocol Buffers library is
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the same as building the full version, except that all commands are
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run using the 'lite' profile. (see
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http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html)
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E.g. to install the lite version of the jar, you would run:
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$ mvn install -P lite
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The resulting artifact has the 'lite' classifier. To reference it
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for dependency resolution, you would specify it as:
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```
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<dependency>
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<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
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<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
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<version>${version}</version>
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<classifier>lite</classifier>
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</dependency>
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```
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Installation - Without Maven
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============================
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If you would rather not install Maven to build the library, you may
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follow these instructions instead. Note that these instructions skip
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running unit tests.
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1) Build the C++ code, or obtain a binary distribution of protoc. If
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you install a binary distribution, make sure that it is the same
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version as this package. If in doubt, run:
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$ protoc --version
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If you built the C++ code without installing, the compiler binary
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should be located in ../src.
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2) Invoke protoc to build DescriptorProtos.java:
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$ protoc --java_out=src/main/java -I../src \
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../src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto
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3) Compile the code in src/main/java using whatever means you prefer.
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4) Install the classes wherever you prefer.
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Usage
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=====
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The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
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web at:
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https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
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