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// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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// Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
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// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
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// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
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// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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// * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
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// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
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// this software without specific prior written permission.
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// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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// Author: kenton@google.com (Kenton Varda)
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// Based on original Protocol Buffers design by
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// Sanjay Ghemawat, Jeff Dean, and others.
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// This file exists solely to document the google::protobuf::compiler namespace.
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// It is not compiled into anything, but it may be read by an automated
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// documentation generator.
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// Implementation of the Protocol Buffer compiler.
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// This package contains code for parsing .proto files and generating code
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// based on them. There are two reasons you might be interested in this
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// - You want to parse .proto files at runtime. In this case, you should
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// look at importer.h. Since this functionality is widely useful, it is
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// included in the libprotobuf base library; you do not have to link against
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// - You want to write a custom protocol compiler which generates different
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// kinds of code, e.g. code in a different language which is not supported
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// by the official compiler. For this purpose, command_line_interface.h
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// provides you with a complete compiler front-end, so all you need to do
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// is write a custom implementation of CodeGenerator and a trivial main()
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// function. You can even make your compiler support the official languages
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// in addition to your own. Since this functionality is only useful to those
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// writing custom compilers, it is in a separate library called "libprotoc"
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// which you will have to link against.
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} // namespace protobuf