Are there any plans to generate code from protobuf...

# kotlinx-rpc

[Isak Hansson]

Are there any plans to generate code from protobuf files for use with grpc and other protocols like connect in the future?

[Alexander Sysoev]

Hi! Yes, we are working on a prototype gRPC support

[Isak Hansson]

Will code generation and the client be multiplatform or only jvm?

[Alexander Sysoev]

Firstly just jvm, and then gradually introducing new targets

[Isak Hansson]

Thanks can the generated models be used standalone and are they kmp or jvm compatible?

[Alexander Sysoev]

You mean without grpc? Probably, yes, hard to say at this stage

Models will be kmp compatible from the beginning

[Isak Hansson]

Yes we might use the models to call a connect rpc api with ktor in kmp. Will proto serialization be handled by kotlinx.serialization?"

[Alexander Sysoev]

No, at least not at first
Hard to tell at this stage how it will end up, but for now it will be a lightweight wrapper for gRPC/proto code. And then we'll see

[Isak Hansson]

Sounds good thanks.