Protocol Buffers and GRPC

Protocol Buffers

Protocol buffers是由Google推出来的用于描述结构化数据的一种数据格式,类似于XML,但更小更快更简单，语言无关，平台无关而且支持可扩展。通过描述性语言定义你所需要的数据结构,可以实现一次定义即可以生成多种语言的相关的代码。目前Protocal buffers基本上已支持大多数的编程语言。

本文将介绍在Go语言中怎么使用Protocol buffers

1.protoc安装
下载所需的版本，解压设置环境变量
2.protoc-gen-go的安装
go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go

3.新建一个Go Module

➜  gopro mkdir grpc
➜  gopro cd grpc
➜  grpc mkdir src
➜  cd src
➜  src go mod init example.com/grpc

整个目录的结构如下

4.在protofiles中编辑person.pb.go文件。如下代码用protobuf声明式语言定义了一个数据结构

syntax = "proto3";

message Person {
  string name = 1;
  int32 id = 2;
  string email = 3;
  enum PhoneType {
    MOBILE = 0;
    HOME = 1;
    WORK = 2;
  }
  message PhoneNumber {
    string number = 1;
    PhoneType type = 2;
  }
  repeated PhoneNumber phones = 4;
}

message AddressBook {
  repeated Person people = 1;
}

5.通过proto生成Go语言对应的文件
在grpc/src/protofiles执行protoc --go_out=. *.proto会在当前目录下生成
文件person.pb.go
6.编写main.go和main_json.go文件

// main.go
package main

import (
	pb "example.com/grpc/protofiles" //我们可以使用person.pb.go中的结构傅Person
	"fmt"
	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
)

func main() {
  // 对Person进行初始化，并将指针赋值给变量p
	p := &pb.Person{
		Id: 1234,
		Name: "Roger F",
		Email: "rf@gmail.com",
		Phones: []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
			{Number: "555-4321", Type: pb.Person_HOME},
		},
	}

	p1 := &pb.Person{}
	body, _ := proto.Marshal(p)
	_ = proto.Unmarshal(body, p1)
	fmt.Println("Original struct loadef from proto file:",p,"\n")
	fmt.Println("Marshaled proto data: ", body, "\n")
	fmt.Println("Unmarshaled struct: ", p1)
}

// main_json.go
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	pb "example.com/grpc/protofiles"
	"fmt"

)

func main() {
	p := &pb.Person{
		Id: 1234,
		Name: "Roger F",
		Email: "rf@gmail.com",
		Phones: []*pb.Person_PhoneNumber{
			{Number: "555-4321", Type: pb.Person_HOME},
		},
	}


	body, _ := json.Marshal(p)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

7.执行go mod tidy安装依赖。
8.分别执行main.go和main_json.go

Go类型与对应的Protobuf类型

Go	Protobuf type
float32	float
float64	double
uint32	fixed32
uint64	fixed64
[]byte	bytes

Protobut type	Default value
string	“”
bytes	empty bytes[]
bool	false
int,int32,int64,float,double	0
enum	0

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GRPC

1.安装grpcGo语言相关库
go get google.golang.org/grpc
go get google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc
2.在src目录下新建grpc文件夹，最终的目录结构如下。

3.定义transaction.proto

syntax = "proto3";
package grpc;

message TransactionRequest {
  string from = 1;
  string to = 2;
  float amount = 3;
}

message TransactionResponse {
  bool confirmation = 1;
}

service MoneyTransaction {
  rpc MakeTransaction(TransactionRequest) returns (TransactionResponse) {}
}

4.执行命令protoc --go_out=plugins=grpc:. transaction.proto,会在grpc目录下生成文件transaction.pb.go,文件中的部分内容。

type TransactionRequest struct {
	state         protoimpl.MessageState
	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields

	From   string  `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=from,proto3" json:"from,omitempty"`
	To     string  `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=to,proto3" json:"to,omitempty"`
	Amount float32 `protobuf:"fixed32,3,opt,name=amount,proto3" json:"amount,omitempty"`
}

type TransactionResponse struct {
	state         protoimpl.MessageState
	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields

	Confirmation bool `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=confirmation,proto3" json:"confirmation,omitempty"`
}

type moneyTransactionClient struct {
	cc grpc.ClientConnInterface
}

func NewMoneyTransactionClient(cc grpc.ClientConnInterface) MoneyTransactionClient {
	return &moneyTransactionClient{cc}
}

func (c *moneyTransactionClient) MakeTransaction(ctx context.Context, in *TransactionRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*TransactionResponse, error) {
	out := new(TransactionResponse)
	err := c.cc.Invoke(ctx, "/grpc.MoneyTransaction/MakeTransaction", in, out, opts...)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return out, nil
}

func RegisterMoneyTransactionServer(s *grpc.Server, srv MoneyTransactionServer) {
	s.RegisterService(&_MoneyTransaction_serviceDesc, srv)
}

5.编写client.go和server.go

// server.go
package main

import (
	"log"
	"net"

	pb "example.com/grpc/grpc"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"
	"google.golang.org/grpc"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/reflection"
)

const (
	port = ":50051"
)

// server is used to create MoneyTransactionServer.
type server struct{}

// MakeTransaction implements MoneyTransactionServer.MakeTransaction
func (s *server) MakeTransaction(ctx context.Context, in *pb.TransactionRequest) (*pb.TransactionResponse, error) {
	log.Printf("Got request for money Transfer....")
	log.Printf("Amount: %f, From A/c:%s, To A/c:%s", in.Amount, in.From, in.To)
	// Do database logic here....
	return &pb.TransactionResponse{Confirmation: true}, nil
}

func main() {
	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", port)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to listen: %v", err)
	}
	s := grpc.NewServer()
	pb.RegisterMoneyTransactionServer(s, &server{})
	// Register reflection service on gRPC server.
	reflection.Register(s)
	if err := s.Serve(lis); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to serve: %v", err)
	}
}

// client.go
package main

import (
	"log"

	pb "example.com/grpc/grpc"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"
	"google.golang.org/grpc"
)

const (
	address = "localhost:50051"
)

func main() {
	// Set up a connection to the server.
	conn, err := grpc.Dial(address, grpc.WithInsecure())
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Did not connect: %v", err)
	}
  defer conn.Close()
  //创建一个rpc客户端
	c := pb.NewMoneyTransactionClient(conn)

	// Prepare data. Get this from clients like Frontend or App
	from := "1234"
	to := "5678"
	amount := float32(1250.75)

	// Contact the server and print out its response.
	r, err := c.MakeTransaction(context.Background(), &pb.TransactionRequest{From: from,
		To: to, Amount: amount})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Could not transact: %v", err)
	}
	log.Printf("Transaction confirmed: %t", r.Confirmation)
}

6.分别执行server.go和client.go

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Ref：
1.https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/gotutorial
2.Building RESTful Web services with Go
3.GRPC