| This directory contains example code that uses Protocol Buffers to manage an |
| address book. Two programs are provided, each with three different |
| implementations, one written in each of C++, Java, and Python. The add_person |
| example adds a new person to an address book, prompting the user to input |
| the person's information. The list_people example lists people already in the |
| address book. The examples use the exact same format in all three languages, |
| so you can, for example, use add_person_java to create an address book and then |
| use list_people_python to read it. |
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| You must install the protobuf package before you can build these. |
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| To build all the examples (on a unix-like system), simply run "make". This |
| creates the following executable files in the current directory: |
| add_person_cpp list_people_cpp |
| add_person_java list_people_java |
| add_person_python list_people_python |
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| If you only want to compile examples in one language, use "make cpp"*, |
| "make java", or "make python". |
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| All of these programs simply take an address book file as their parameter. |
| The add_person programs will create the file if it doesn't already exist. |
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| These examples are part of the Protocol Buffers tutorial, located at: |
| http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/tutorials.html |
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| * Note that on some platforms you may have to edit the Makefile and remove |
| "-lpthread" from the linker commands (perhaps replacing it with something else). |
| We didn't do this automatically because we wanted to keep the example simple. |
