Protobuf-Qt

This lib should help with usage of generated sources from Google Protobuf files with Qt and QML.

Idea

Just write plugin for current C++ generator:

• Add getter/setter for std::string as QString
• Mark all messages classes as QObject
• Add Q_PROPERTY for all messages fields
  • Wrap repeated fields by QQmlListProperty
  • Add signals for fields changes

Usage

• Build compiler
• Generate sources; example command:

    protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-qt=protoc-gen-qt --cpp_out=. --qt_out=. Test.proto

• Profit

List of known insertion points (look at orignal C++ generator)

$full_name$ mean:

• package.ClassName for message type
• package.ClassName.field_name for field

File (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_file.cc)

• includes
• namespace_scope
• global_scope

Message type (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_message.cc)

• class_definition:$full_name$
• dep_base_class_definition:$full_name$
• class_scope:$full_name$
• constructor:$full_name$
• arena_constructor:$full_name$
• copy_constructor:$full_name$
• destructor:$full_name$
• message_clear_start:$full_name$
• one_of_clear_start:$full_name$
• generalized_merge_from_start:$full_name$
• generalized_merge_from_cast_fail:$full_name$
• generalized_merge_from_cast_success:$full_name$
• class_specific_merge_from_start:$full_name$
• generalized_copy_from_start:$full_name$
• class_specific_copy_from_start:$full_name$
• parse_start:$full_name$
• parse_success:$full_name$
• parse_failure:$full_name$
• serialize_start:$full_name$
• serialize_end:$full_name$
• serialize_to_array_start:$full_name$
• serialize_to_array_end:$full_name$
• message_set_byte_size_start:$full_name$
• required_fields_byte_size_fallback_start:$full_name$
• message_byte_size_start:$full_name$

Primitive field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_primitive_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$

Primitive repeated field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_primitive_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$
• field_add:$full_name$
• field_list:$full_name$
• field_mutable_list:$full_name$

String field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_string_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$
• field_set_rvalue:$full_name$
• field_set_char:$full_name$
• field_set_pointer:$full_name$
• field_mutable:$full_name$
• field_release:$full_name$
• field_set_allocated:$full_name$
• field_unsafe_arena_release:$full_name$
• field_unsafe_arena_set_allocated:$full_name$

String repeated field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_string_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$
• field_set_rvalue:$full_name$
• field_set_char:$full_name$
• field_set_pointer:$full_name$
• field_mutable:$full_name$
• field_add_mutable:$full_name$
• field_add:$full_name$
• field_add_char:$full_name$
• field_add_pointer:$full_name$
• field_list:$full_name$
• field_mutable_list:$full_name$

Enum field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_enum_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$

Enum repeated field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_enum_field.cc)

• field_get:$full_name$
• field_set:$full_name$
• field_add:$full_name$
• field_list:$full_name$
• field_mutable_list:$full_name$

Map field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_map_field.cc)

• field_map:$full_name$
• field_mutable_map:$full_name$

Message field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_message_field.cc)

• field_unsafe_arena_set_allocated:$full_name$
• field_get:$full_name$
• field_release:$full_name$
• field_unsafe_arena_release:$full_name$
• field_mutable:$full_name$
• field_set_allocated:$full_name$

Message repeated field (google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_message_field.cc)

• field_add:$full_name$
• field_mutable:$full_name$
• field_get:$full_name$
• field_list:$full_name$