Add a Go language example.

This follows the other examples so that it can be used as a tutorial,
such as the ones at:
  https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/tutorials

Even though Go generally does not use Makefiles, I added targets for the
Go examples to be consistent with the other languages.

Edit:

Fix Travis run. Change to use $HOME instead of ~. Add protoc to path.
GOPATH entry cannot start with shell metacharacter '~': "~/gocode"

Edit(2):

Fix Go code style to address comments.

.travis.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ env:
   - CONFIG=cpp
   - CONFIG=cpp_distcheck
   - CONFIG=csharp
+  - CONFIG=golang
   - CONFIG=java_jdk6
   - CONFIG=java_jdk7
   - CONFIG=java_oracle7
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ matrix:
     # which doesn't work on OS X.
     - os: osx
       env: CONFIG=csharp
+    # Requires installing golang, currently travis.sh is doing that with apt-get
+    # which doesn't work on OS X.
+    - os: osx
+      env: CONFIG=golang
   # Add into the matrix OS X tests of Objective C (needs Xcode, so it won't
   # work on other platforms). These are split so it doesn't take as long to run.
   include:

examples/Makefile

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 all: cpp java python
 
 cpp:    add_person_cpp    list_people_cpp
+go:     add_person_go     list_people_go
+gotest: add_person_gotest list_people_gotest
 java:   add_person_java   list_people_java
 python: add_person_python list_people_python
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -f javac_middleman AddPerson*.class ListPeople*.class com/example/tutorial/*.class
 	rm -f protoc_middleman addressbook.pb.cc addressbook.pb.h addressbook_pb2.py com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java
 	rm -f *.pyc
+	rm -f protoc_middleman_go tutorial/*.pb.go add_person_go list_people_go
+	rmdir tutorial 2>/dev/null || true
 	rmdir com/example/tutorial 2>/dev/null || true
 	rmdir com/example 2>/dev/null || true
 	rmdir com 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -21,6 +25,11 @@ protoc_middleman: addressbook.proto
 	protoc --cpp_out=. --java_out=. --python_out=. addressbook.proto
 	@touch protoc_middleman
 
+protoc_middleman_go: addressbook.proto
+	mkdir tutorial # make directory for go package
+	protoc --go_out=tutorial addressbook.proto
+	@touch protoc_middleman_go
+
 add_person_cpp: add_person.cc protoc_middleman
 	pkg-config --cflags protobuf  # fails if protobuf is not installed
 	c++ add_person.cc addressbook.pb.cc -o add_person_cpp `pkg-config --cflags --libs protobuf`
@@ -29,6 +38,18 @@ list_people_cpp: list_people.cc protoc_middleman
 	pkg-config --cflags protobuf  # fails if protobuf is not installed
 	c++ list_people.cc addressbook.pb.cc -o list_people_cpp `pkg-config --cflags --libs protobuf`
 
+add_person_go: add_person.go protoc_middleman_go
+	go build -o add_person_go add_person.go
+
+add_person_gotest: add_person_test.go add_person_go
+	go test add_person.go add_person_test.go
+
+list_people_go: list_people.go protoc_middleman_go
+	go build -o list_people_go list_people.go
+
+list_people_gotest: list_people.go list_people_go
+	go test list_people.go list_people_test.go
+
 javac_middleman: AddPerson.java ListPeople.java protoc_middleman
 	javac AddPerson.java ListPeople.java com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java
 	@touch javac_middleman

examples/README.txt

@@ -27,3 +27,28 @@ These examples are part of the Protocol Buffers tutorial, located at:
 * Note that on some platforms you may have to edit the Makefile and remove
 "-lpthread" from the linker commands (perhaps replacing it with something else).
 We didn't do this automatically because we wanted to keep the example simple.
+
+## Go ##
+
+The Go example requires a plugin to the protocol buffer compiler, so it is not
+build with all the other examples.  See:
+  https://github.com/golang/protobuf
+for more information about Go protocol buffer support.
+
+First, install the the Protocol Buffers compiler (protoc).
+Then, install the Go Protocol Buffers plugin
+($GOPATH/bin must be in your $PATH for protoc to find it):
+  go get github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+Build the Go samples in this directory with "make go".  This creates the
+following executable files in the current directory:
+  add_person_go      list_people_go
+To run the example:
+  ./add_person_go addressbook.data
+to add a person to the protocol buffer encoded file addressbook.data.  The file
+is created if it does not exist.  To view the data, run:
+  ./list_people_go addressbook.data
+
+Observe that the C++, Python, and Java examples in this directory run in a
+similar way and can view/modify files created by the Go example and vice
+versa.

examples/add_person.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	pb "github.com/google/protobuf/examples/tutorial"
+)
+
+func promptForAddress(r io.Reader) (*pb.Person, error) {
+	// A protocol buffer can be created like any struct.
+	p := &pb.Person{}
+
+	rd := bufio.NewReader(r)
+	fmt.Print("Enter person ID number: ")
+	// An int32 field in the .proto file is represented as an int32 field
+	// in the generated Go struct.
+	if _, err := fmt.Fscanf(rd, "%d\n", &p.Id); err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Print("Enter name: ")
+	name, err := rd.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+	// A string field in the .proto file results in a string field in Go.
+	// We trim the whitespace because rd.ReadString includes the trailing
+	// newline character in its output.
+	p.Name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
+
+	fmt.Print("Enter email address (blank for none): ")
+	email, err := rd.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+	p.Email = strings.TrimSpace(email)
+
+	for {
+		fmt.Print("Enter a phone number (or leave blank to finish): ")
+		phone, err := rd.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return p, err
+		}
+		phone = strings.TrimSpace(phone)
+		if phone == "" {
+			break
+		}
+		// The PhoneNumber message type is nested within the Person
+		// message in the .proto file.  This results in a Go struct
+		// named using the name of the parent prefixed to the name of
+		// the nested message.  Just as with pb.Person, it can be
+		// created like any other struct.
+		pn := &pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
+			Number: phone,
+		}
+
+		fmt.Print("Is this a mobile, home, or work phone? ")
+		ptype, err := rd.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return p, err
+		}
+		ptype = strings.TrimSpace(ptype)
+
+		// A proto enum results in a Go constant for each enum value.
+		switch ptype {
+		case "mobile":
+			pn.Type = pb.Person_MOBILE
+		case "home":
+			pn.Type = pb.Person_HOME
+		case "work":
+			pn.Type = pb.Person_WORK
+		default:
+			fmt.Printf("Unknown phone type %q.  Using default.\n", ptype)
+		}
+
+		// A repeated proto field maps to a slice field in Go.  We can
+		// append to it like any other slice.
+		p.Phones = append(p.Phones, pn)
+	}
+
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+// Main reads the entire address book from a file, adds one person based on
+// user input, then writes it back out to the same file.
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
+		log.Fatalf("Usage:  %s ADDRESS_BOOK_FILE\n", os.Args[0])
+	}
+	fname := os.Args[1]
+
+	// Read the existing address book.
+	in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fname)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			fmt.Printf("%s: File not found.  Creating new file.\n", fname)
+		} else {
+			log.Fatalln("Error reading file:", err)
+		}
+	}
+	book := &pb.AddressBook{}
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(in, book); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed to parse address book:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Add an address.
+	addr, err := promptForAddress(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Error with address:", err)
+	}
+	book.People = append(book.People, addr)
+
+	// Write the new address book back to disk.
+	out, err := proto.Marshal(book)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed to encode address book:", err)
+	}
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fname, out, 0644); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed to write address book:", err)
+	}
+}

examples/add_person_test.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	pb "github.com/google/protobuf/examples/tutorial"
+)
+
+func TestPromptForAddressReturnsAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	in := `12345
+Example Name
+name@example.com
+123-456-7890
+home
+222-222-2222
+mobile
+111-111-1111
+work
+777-777-7777
+unknown
+
+`
+	got, err := promptForAddress(strings.NewReader(in))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("promptForAddress(%q) had unexpected error: %s", in, err.Error())
+	}
+	if got.Id != 12345 {
+		t.Errorf("promptForAddress(%q) got %d, want ID %d", in, got.Id, 12345)
+	}
+	if got.Name != "Example Name" {
+		t.Errorf("promptForAddress(%q) => want name %q, got %q", "Example Name", got.Name)
+	}
+	if got.Email != "name@example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("promptForAddress(%q) => want email %q, got %q", "name@example.com", got.Email)
+	}
+
+	want := []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
+		{Number: "123-456-7890", Type: pb.Person_HOME},
+		{Number: "222-222-2222", Type: pb.Person_MOBILE},
+		{Number: "111-111-1111", Type: pb.Person_WORK},
+		{Number: "777-777-7777", Type: pb.Person_MOBILE},
+	}
+	if len(got.Phones) != len(want) {
+		t.Errorf("want %d phone numbers, got %d", len(want), len(got.Phones))
+	}
+	phones := len(got.Phones)
+	if phones > len(want) {
+		phones = len(want)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < phones; i++ {
+		if !proto.Equal(got.Phones[i], want[i]) {
+			t.Errorf("want phone %q, got %q", *want[i], *got.Phones[i])
+		}
+
+	}
+}

examples/list_people.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	pb "github.com/google/protobuf/examples/tutorial"
+)
+
+func listPeople(w io.Writer, book *pb.AddressBook) {
+	for _, p := range book.People {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "Person ID:", p.Id)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "  Name:", p.Name)
+		if p.Email != "" {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "  E-mail address:", p.Email)
+		}
+
+		for _, pn := range p.Phones {
+			switch pn.Type {
+			case pb.Person_MOBILE:
+				fmt.Fprint(w, "  Mobile phone #: ")
+			case pb.Person_HOME:
+				fmt.Fprint(w, "  Home phone #: ")
+			case pb.Person_WORK:
+				fmt.Fprint(w, "  Work phone #: ")
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, pn.Number)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Main reads the entire address book from a file and prints all the
+// information inside.
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
+		log.Fatalf("Usage:  %s ADDRESS_BOOK_FILE\n", os.Args[0])
+	}
+	fname := os.Args[1]
+
+	// Read the existing address book.
+	in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fname)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			fmt.Printf("%s: File not found.  Creating new file.\n", fname)
+		} else {
+			log.Fatalln("Error reading file:", err)
+		}
+	}
+	book := &pb.AddressBook{}
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(in, book); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed to parse address book:", err)
+	}
+
+	listPeople(os.Stdout, book)
+}

examples/list_people_test.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	pb "github.com/google/protobuf/examples/tutorial"
+)
+
+func TestListPeopleWritesList(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	in := pb.AddressBook{[]*pb.Person{
+		{
+			Name:  "John Doe",
+			Id:    101,
+			Email: "john@example.com",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "Jane Doe",
+			Id:   102,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:  "Jack Doe",
+			Id:    201,
+			Email: "jack@example.com",
+			Phones: []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
+				{Number: "555-555-5555", Type: pb.Person_WORK},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:  "Jack Buck",
+			Id:    301,
+			Email: "buck@example.com",
+			Phones: []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
+				{Number: "555-555-0000", Type: pb.Person_HOME},
+				{Number: "555-555-0001", Type: pb.Person_MOBILE},
+				{Number: "555-555-0002", Type: pb.Person_WORK},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:  "Janet Doe",
+			Id:    1001,
+			Email: "janet@example.com",
+			Phones: []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
+				{Number: "555-777-0000"},
+				{Number: "555-777-0001", Type: pb.Person_HOME},
+			},
+		},
+	}}
+	listPeople(buf, &in)
+	want := strings.Split(`Person ID: 101
+  Name: John Doe
+  E-mail address: john@example.com
+Person ID: 102
+  Name: Jane Doe
+Person ID: 201
+  Name: Jack Doe
+  E-mail address: jack@example.com
+  Work phone #: 555-555-5555
+Person ID: 301
+  Name: Jack Buck
+  E-mail address: buck@example.com
+  Home phone #: 555-555-0000
+  Mobile phone #: 555-555-0001
+  Work phone #: 555-555-0002
+Person ID: 1001
+  Name: Janet Doe
+  E-mail address: janet@example.com
+  Mobile phone #: 555-777-0000
+  Home phone #: 555-777-0001
+`, "\n")
+	got := strings.Split(buf.String(), "\n")
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"listPeople(%s) =>\n\t%q has %d lines, want %d",
+			in.String(),
+			buf.String(),
+			len(got),
+			len(want))
+	}
+	lines := len(got)
+	if lines > len(want) {
+		lines = len(want)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < lines; i++ {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Errorf(
+				"listPeople(%s) =>\n\tline %d %q, want %q",
+				in.String(),
+				i,
+				got[i],
+				want[i])
+		}
+	}
+}

travis.sh

@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ build_csharp() {
   cd conformance && make test_csharp && cd ..
 }
 
+build_golang() {
+  # Go build needs `protoc`.
+  internal_build_cpp
+  # Add protoc to the path so that the examples build finds it.
+  export PATH="`pwd`/src:$PATH"
+
+  # Install Go and the Go protobuf compiler plugin.
+  sudo apt-get update -qq
+  sudo apt-get install -qq golang
+  export GOPATH="$HOME/gocode"
+  mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/google"
+  ln -s "`pwd`" "$GOPATH/src/github.com/google/protobuf"
+  export PATH="$GOPATH/bin:$PATH"
+  go get github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+  cd examples && make gotest && cd ..
+}
+
 use_java() {
   version=$1
   case "$version" in