Protocol Buffers Development Tools

protobuf-dt is an Eclipse plug-in that provides support for Protocol Buffers (protobuf.)

News

• 04/15/12: protobuf-dt v1.2.5 released. More details can be found here
• 04/13/12: A Xtext-2.3-compatible version can be found in the update site http://protobuf-dt.googlecode.com/git/update-site/experimental/

Features

• Syntax highlighting
• Content-assist based on syntax, context and data types
• Automatic generation of numeric tags "as you type"
• 'Outline View' linked to editor
• "Open Declaration" (hyperlinking) support, including imported .proto files
• Content-assist for built-in and custom options
• Javadoc-like documentation
• Configurable integration with protoc
• Automatic removal of trailing whitespace
• Spell checking

See Also

• Releases
• Installing the plug-in
• Configuring import paths
• Getting the source code

This plug-in requires Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and Xtext 2.2.1.

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