Runtime .proto parsing

[luke-jr]

It'd be nice to be able to handle .proto files at runtime. I have code that dynamically converts any protobuf-c structure to JSON and vice-versa (via Jansson), but protobuf-c needs the code generation so it can't be a completely generic interface

[edmonds]

Are you looking for a protobuf-c version of the DynamicMessage functionality in protobuf C++/Java? E.g., http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18836727/protocol-buffer-objects-generated-at-runtime.

[luke-jr]

Not really. More like generating the (protobuf-c) descriptors at runtime. I think everything else needed is already in the library.

[chrisdew]

+1 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28433976/converting-protocol-buffers-to-from-json-in-c-without-generating-c-code

[FabioBatSilva]

+1

I'd love to see this feature implemented,
If you guys need some help and are willing to point me to the right direction I can help..

[kondrenkov]

+1

[pshirshov]

+265

[lipnitsk]

Since the library already provides all that is needed - maybe except oneof names - I am closing this issue. This work is out of scope for protobuf-c