API Reference

This section contains reference documentation for working with protocol buffer classes in C++, Java, and Python. The documentation for each language includes:

• A reference guide to the code generated by the protocol buffer compiler from your .proto files.
• Generated API documentation for the provided source code.

Note that there are APIs for several more languages in the pipeline – for details, see the other languages wiki page.

C++ Reference

• C++ Generated Code Guide
• C++ API

Java Reference

• Java Generated Code Guide
• Java API (Javadoc)

Python Reference

• Python Generated Code Guide
• Python API (Epydoc)