Integrate Protocol Buffers into Maven2 build

Question

I\'m experimenting with Protocol Buffers in an existing, fairly vanilla Maven 2 project. Currently, I invoke a shell script every time I need to update my generated sources. Thi

Answer 1

The accepted solution does not scale for multiple proto files. I had to come up with my own:

    
        
            maven-antrun-plugin
            
                
                    compile-protoc
                    generate-sources
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        run