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# capnproto-java: Cap'n Proto for Java
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2014-05-17 02:37:25 +00:00
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This is an experimental pure Java implementation of [Cap'n Proto](http://capnproto.org).
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2014-05-11 14:50:00 +00:00
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2014-05-17 02:37:25 +00:00
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It doesn't do much yet.
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2014-05-11 18:15:15 +00:00
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2014-05-17 02:37:25 +00:00
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## getting started
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2014-05-15 23:12:58 +00:00
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2014-05-17 02:37:25 +00:00
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You will need [SBT](http://scala-sbt.org). We recommend [this version](https://github.com/paulp/sbt-extras).
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2014-05-16 02:53:49 +00:00
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2014-05-24 19:14:44 +00:00
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To compile:
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2014-05-16 02:50:36 +00:00
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```
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$ sbt compile
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```
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To read a message:
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```
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$ echo '(people = [(id = 123, name = "Alice", email = "alice@example.com", employment = (school = "MIT"))])' \
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| capnp encode examples/src/main/schema/addressbook.capnp AddressBook \
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| java -cp runtime/target/scala-2.11/classes:examples/target/scala-2.11/classes/ \
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org.capnproto.examples.AddressbookMain read
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```
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2014-05-24 19:14:44 +00:00
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To write a message:
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```
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$ java -cp runtime/target/scala-2.11/classes:examples/target/scala-2.11/classes/ \
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org.capnproto.examples.AddressbookMain write \
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| capnp decode examples/src/main/schema/addressbook.capnp AddressBook
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```
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2014-05-17 02:37:25 +00:00
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To generate IntelliJ project files, do `sbt update gen-idea`.
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