[C# .NET] How to parse .proto file and generate some boilerplate code

[Michael Powell]

Hello,

I'm a frequent participant in the OR-tools group, but here I have a Protobuf specific question, I think.

I'm looking for a way to parse a .proto file and generate some really boilerplate code from it. I might use a JSON or Xml sister file to further inform the generator, but the core bits of it are focused on the .proto file.

From a C#, or any other language, perspective, am I accurate in saying the Protobuf API is the way to do just this?

If possibly, I'm also wanting to generate at compile time using either Roslyn code generation, a custom build task, or what have you. The only rub there would be whether it fits with the Roslyn/MSBuild work flow.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Michael Powell

[Michael Powell]

Short of leveraging the Protobuf API, I'm thinking of a Boost Spirit,
or similar, approach. But for this, I need to get my hands on the
*.proto language grammar itself.

> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Powell
>

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