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// Author: kenton@google.com (Kenton Varda)
//  Based on original Protocol Buffers design by
//  Sanjay Ghemawat, Jeff Dean, and others.
//
// Defines the abstract interface implemented by each of the language-specific
// code generators.
 
#ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_CODE_GENERATOR_H__
#define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_CODE_GENERATOR_H__
 
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <google/protobuf/stubs/common.h>
 
#include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
 
namespace google {
namespace protobuf {
 
namespace io {
class ZeroCopyOutputStream;
}
class FileDescriptor;
class GeneratedCodeInfo;
 
namespace compiler {
class AccessInfoMap;
 
class Version;
 
// Defined in this file.
class CodeGenerator;
class GeneratorContext;
 
// The abstract interface to a class which generates code implementing a
// particular proto file in a particular language.  A number of these may
// be registered with CommandLineInterface to support various languages.
class PROTOC_EXPORT CodeGenerator {
 public:
  inline CodeGenerator() {}
  virtual ~CodeGenerator();
 
  // Generates code for the given proto file, generating one or more files in
  // the given output directory.
  //
  // A parameter to be passed to the generator can be specified on the command
  // line. This is intended to be used to pass generator specific parameters.
  // It is empty if no parameter was given. ParseGeneratorParameter (below),
  // can be used to accept multiple parameters within the single parameter
  // command line flag.
  //
  // Returns true if successful.  Otherwise, sets *error to a description of
  // the problem (e.g. "invalid parameter") and returns false.
  virtual bool Generate(const FileDescriptor* file,
                        const std::string& parameter,
                        GeneratorContext* generator_context,
                        std::string* error) const = 0;
 
  // Generates code for all given proto files.
  //
  // WARNING: The canonical code generator design produces one or two output
  // files per input .proto file, and we do not wish to encourage alternate
  // designs.
  //
  // A parameter is given as passed on the command line, as in |Generate()|
  // above.
  //
  // Returns true if successful.  Otherwise, sets *error to a description of
  // the problem (e.g. "invalid parameter") and returns false.
  virtual bool GenerateAll(const std::vector<const FileDescriptor*>& files,
                           const std::string& parameter,
                           GeneratorContext* generator_context,
                           std::string* error) const;
 
  // This must be kept in sync with plugin.proto. See that file for
  // documentation on each value.
  enum Feature {
    FEATURE_PROTO3_OPTIONAL = 1,
  };
 
  // Implement this to indicate what features this code generator supports.
  //
  // This must be a bitwise OR of values from the Feature enum above (or zero).
  virtual uint64_t GetSupportedFeatures() const { return 0; }
 
  // This is no longer used, but this class is part of the opensource protobuf
  // library, so it has to remain to keep vtables the same for the current
  // version of the library. When protobufs does a api breaking change, the
  // method can be removed.
  virtual bool HasGenerateAll() const { return true; }
 
 private:
  GOOGLE_DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(CodeGenerator);
};
 
// CodeGenerators generate one or more files in a given directory.  This
// abstract interface represents the directory to which the CodeGenerator is
// to write and other information about the context in which the Generator
// runs.
class PROTOC_EXPORT GeneratorContext {
 public:
  inline GeneratorContext() {
  }
  virtual ~GeneratorContext();
 
  // Opens the given file, truncating it if it exists, and returns a
  // ZeroCopyOutputStream that writes to the file.  The caller takes ownership
  // of the returned object.  This method never fails (a dummy stream will be
  // returned instead).
  //
  // The filename given should be relative to the root of the source tree.
  // E.g. the C++ generator, when generating code for "foo/bar.proto", will
  // generate the files "foo/bar.pb.h" and "foo/bar.pb.cc"; note that
  // "foo/" is included in these filenames.  The filename is not allowed to
  // contain "." or ".." components.
  virtual io::ZeroCopyOutputStream* Open(const std::string& filename) = 0;
 
  // Similar to Open() but the output will be appended to the file if exists
  virtual io::ZeroCopyOutputStream* OpenForAppend(const std::string& filename);
 
  // Creates a ZeroCopyOutputStream which will insert code into the given file
  // at the given insertion point.  See plugin.proto (plugin.pb.h) for more
  // information on insertion points.  The default implementation
  // assert-fails -- it exists only for backwards-compatibility.
  //
  // WARNING:  This feature is currently EXPERIMENTAL and is subject to change.
  virtual io::ZeroCopyOutputStream* OpenForInsert(
      const std::string& filename, const std::string& insertion_point);
 
  // Similar to OpenForInsert, but if `info` is non-empty, will open (or create)
  // filename.pb.meta and insert info at the appropriate place with the
  // necessary shifts. The default implementation ignores `info`.
  //
  // WARNING:  This feature will be REMOVED in the near future.
  virtual io::ZeroCopyOutputStream* OpenForInsertWithGeneratedCodeInfo(
      const std::string& filename, const std::string& insertion_point,
      const google::protobuf::GeneratedCodeInfo& info);
 
  // Returns a vector of FileDescriptors for all the files being compiled
  // in this run.  Useful for languages, such as Go, that treat files
  // differently when compiled as a set rather than individually.
  virtual void ListParsedFiles(std::vector<const FileDescriptor*>* output);
 
  // Retrieves the version number of the protocol compiler associated with
  // this GeneratorContext.
  virtual void GetCompilerVersion(Version* version) const;
 
 
 private:
  GOOGLE_DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(GeneratorContext);
};
 
// The type GeneratorContext was once called OutputDirectory. This typedef
// provides backward compatibility.
typedef GeneratorContext OutputDirectory;
 
// Several code generators treat the parameter argument as holding a
// list of options separated by commas.  This helper function parses
// a set of comma-delimited name/value pairs: e.g.,
//   "foo=bar,baz,qux=corge"
// parses to the pairs:
//   ("foo", "bar"), ("baz", ""), ("qux", "corge")
PROTOC_EXPORT void ParseGeneratorParameter(
    const std::string&, std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >*);
 
// Strips ".proto" or ".protodevel" from the end of a filename.
PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename);
 
}  // namespace compiler
}  // namespace protobuf
}  // namespace google
 
#include <google/protobuf/port_undef.inc>
 
#endif  // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_COMPILER_CODE_GENERATOR_H__