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# Protobuf Codec

Protobuf-codec provides codec for protobuf and other data formats like xml/json. It is fast and relies on proven frameworks like [jackson](http://jackson.codehaus.org/)

 for json and [woodstox]( http://woodstox.codehaus.org/) for xml for parsing. 



This library is listed under the protobuf third party addons page ( http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/wiki/ThirdPartyAddOns )

as "Another JSON encoder/decoder for Java"



[Project Wiki](https://github.com/sijuv/protobuf-codec/wiki)



## UPDATES:



20/Aug/11 : Disted version 1.2

     - Added support for text codec (courtesy aantono)

     - Support stripping of underscores and field name replacements for json (courtesy aantono)



03/Jan/11 : Disted version 1.1

     - Base64 encode unknownfields instead of hex

     - Added support for byte protobuf type, ByteString is written out as a base64 encoded

       string.

       

08/Dec : Disted version 1.0

     - Added support for xml

     - Added support for unknown fields

     - Split into a maven multi module project- core,xml and json

     - Removed com.google from package declaration.

     

06/Dec : 

	- Mavenized and disted verion 0.0.1











 

## BUILDING

 - Needs Maven

 - Needs [protoc](http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/proto.html#generating) to run test cases.





## DEPENDENCIES :

- Jackson for json parsing. 

- woodstox for xml parsing 

- commons-codec for base64 encode/decode





## BUGS & ISSUES

Raise bugs/issues on [git] (https://github.com/sijuv/protobuf-codec/issues)