ratpack-protobuf

Ratpack module for parsing and rendering proto3 Protocol buffers.

Enabling Ratpack Protobuf module

1. Add ratpack protobuf dependency to Gradle

    compile "smartthings:ratpack-protobuf:0.2.0"

Adding Google Protobuf support to your project

2. To use Google's protobuf library in the first place, add gradle dependencies (if you don't already have this set up). NB: Make sure you're using the latest version of gradle!!

    buildscript {
        repositories {
            jcenter()
            mavenCentral()
            maven {
                url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
            }
            mavenLocal()
        }
    
        dependencies {
            classpath "gradle.plugin.com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.0"
        }
    }
    
    plugins {
    	id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
    }
    
    protobuf {
        // Configure the protoc executable
        protoc {
            // Download from repositories
            artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.0.0"
        }
    }   
    
    dependencies {
        compile "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.0.0"
        compile "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.0.0"
    } 
    
    //If using Intellij, allow it to recognize the protobuf objects in your project.
    idea {
        module {
            sourceDirs += file("${protobuf.generatedFilesBaseDir}/main/java")
        }
    }    

3. Add module binding to Ratpack main. Your usage may vary depending on your configuration strategy, but it would look something like:

    bindings.moduleConfig(ProtobufModule.class,
            configData.get("/protobuf",
                    ProtobufModule.Config.class)

4. Add config properties to your project's .yml file, something like:

    protobuf:
      defaultRenderer: "JSON" # Informs ProtobufRenderer what to do when a match is not found on Accept header.
      cache:
        maximumSize: 1000
        minutesTTL: 60
        

5. Now it should just work automatically for parsing and rendering any objects you have defined as protocol buffers, with content type set as either application/json or application/x-protobuf.