lua-pb
A Protocol Buffer implementation that runs on World of Warcraft Addons. The lua-pb is based on the work of <https://github.com/Neopallium/lua-pb> by Neopallium
Generate lua stub for your addon
- install lpge
luarocks install lpeg
- generate with
saveast.lua
lua saveast.lua VARNAME < FILE.proto > STUB.lua
exmaple for using person.proto in wowtest folder
lua saveast.lua pbperson < person.proto > wowtest/person.lua
Import in your addon
You have two choices to use lua-pb
as a library
As files inside your addon
- Download relase zip from <https://www.wowace.com/projects/protobuf/files>
- Copy
lua-pb
folder to your addon - Add
path\to\lua-pb\lua-pb.xml
in your.toc
file - Add
path\to\pbstub.lua
in your.toc
file
After loaded, lua-pb would be availiable in your addon ctx
Example (you can find exmaple in <wowtest/pb-wow-test.lua>)
``` local _, ADDONSELF = ...
local luapb = ADDONSELF.luapb local person = luapb.loadprotoast(ADDONSELF.pbperson).Person
local msg0 = person()
msg0.name = "aa" msg0.id = 1
print("serialize: name " .. msg0.name .. " id " .. msg0.id)
local t = msg0:Serialize()
assert(#t > 0, "size of t > 0")
local msg1 = person() msg1:Parse(t)
assert(msg1.name == msg0.name, "name not equal") assert(msg1.id == msg0.id, "id not equal")
print("deserialize: name " .. msg1.name .. " id " .. msg1.id)
```
Use as an dependency (Optional for LibStub)
local luapb = LibStub:GetLibrary('luapb')