1 This directory contains example code that uses Protocol Buffers to manage an 2 address book. Two programs are provided, each with three different 3 implementations, one written in each of C++, Java, and Python. The add_person 4 example adds a new person to an address book, prompting the user to input 5 the person's information. The list_people example lists people already in the 6 address book. The examples use the exact same format in all three languages, 7 so you can, for example, use add_person_java to create an address book and then 8 use list_people_python to read it. 9 10 You must install the protobuf package before you can build these. 11 12 To build all the examples (on a unix-like system), simply run "make". This 13 creates the following executable files in the current directory: 14 add_person_cpp list_people_cpp 15 add_person_java list_people_java 16 add_person_python list_people_python 17 18 If you only want to compile examples in one language, use "make cpp"*, 19 "make java", or "make python". 20 21 All of these programs simply take an address book file as their parameter. 22 The add_person programs will create the file if it doesn't already exist. 23 24 These examples are part of the Protocol Buffers tutorial, located at: 25 http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/tutorials.html 26 27 * Note that on some platforms you may have to edit the Makefile and remove 28 "-lpthread" from the linker commands (perhaps replacing it with something else). 29 We didn't do this automatically because we wanted to keep the example simple. 30
