qtprotobuf/README.md

QtProtobuf

Protobuf plugin to generate Qt classes

Linux Build

Prerequesties

Check installation of protobuf and grpc in your system. Minimum required versions are protobuf-3.6.0 and grpc-1.15.0.

Note: Older versions could be supported as well but not officially tested.

All-in-one build

If required versions of libraries are not found in your system, you may use all-in-one build procedure for prerequesties

Clone grpc project from official repository to 3rdparty folder:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . [--config <RELEASE|DEBUG>] -- -j<N>

Windows Build

Prerequesties

Download and install:

• Qt 5.12.3 or higher 1
• cmake-3.1 or higher 2
• Strawberry perl 5.28 3
• GoLang 1.10 or higher 4
• Yasm 1.3 or higher 5
• Actual Visual Studio Compiler with cmake support that required by Qt 6

Note: All applications should be in PATH

Clone grpc project from official repository to 3rdparty folder:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Build

Open Qt MSVC command line and follow steps:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
cd <directory with qtprotobuf project>
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . [--config <RELEASE|DEBUG>] -- /m:<N>

Usage

protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-qtprotobuf=<path/to/bin>/qtprotobuf --qtprotobuf_out=<output_dir> <protofile>.proto [--qtprotobuf_opt=out=<output_dir>]

Running tests

cd <build directory>
ctest