using protobuf in java without having C++ installation on the machine

Question

I am a java guys and I dont have C++ installed on my computer (win 7). Is there some way I can generate Protos files(builder and message classes) without installing protoc compiler.

Answer 1

You don't have to install C++ or protoc compiler on your win 7. Just download the zip package for Windows platform from google code protoc-2.5.0-win32.zip . There is a protoc.exe in the zip file. It already built, so your don't need to build the protoc compiler yourself. Just use it in windows command line.