Interface Plugin

protoc-gen-go/generator/generator.go:57–69

A Plugin provides functionality to add to the output during Go code generation, such as to produce RPC stubs.

// A Plugin provides functionality to add to the output during Go code generation,
// such as to produce RPC stubs.
type Plugin interface {
	// Name identifies the plugin.
	Name() string
	// Init is called once after data structures are built but before
	// code generation begins.
	Init(g *Generator)
	// Generate produces the code generated by the plugin for this file,
	// except for the imports, by calling the generator's methods P, In, and Out.
	Generate(file *FileDescriptor)
	// GenerateImports produces the import declarations for this file.
	// It is called after Generate.
	GenerateImports(file *FileDescriptor)
}

var plugins []Plugin