Using Protocol Buffers with Objective-C

Question

Has anyone used Google\'s Protocol Buffers when developing applications in Objective-C?

Are there any current projects for compiling .proto files into O

Answer 1

This may or may not be helpful, but Apache Thrift (originally developed at Facebook) supports Cocoa, and seems to have people attempting to use it in the iPhone.

Thrift officially supports more languages. But Protocol Buffers have 5x the Stack Overflow interest, so who knows if it's a good replacement in terms of maintenance—not to mention compatibility with your own project! Still, maybe it's worth consideration.

I just asked a related question you may find helpful if it gets good answers: Any success using Apache Thrift on iPhone?