diff --git a/Step_1.md b/Step_1.md deleted file mode 100644 index c7aed326c38b3e70a4d883ab00647d949f7b158f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 --- a/Step_1.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -# Step-1: Generate a service client. - -In this step, we use protoc to generate the Java Stub classes. A Stub is the -name gRPC uses for the code that initiates contact with a gRPC service running -remotely via the internet. - -If you did not install protoc on your system, you can skip this step and move -onto the next one where we examine the generated code. - -First, you'll need to build the protobuf plugin that generates the rpc -classes. `protoc` uses other tools called plugins to add additional features -to generated code. - -The gRPC Java Stub classes are created using a gRPC Java plugin, but first the -plugin must be built and installed. - -To build the plugin: -``` -$ pushd external/grpc_java -$ make java_plugin -$ popd -``` - -To use it to generate the code: -``` -$ mkdir -p src/main/java -$ protoc -I . helloworld.proto --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=external/grpc_java/bins/opt/java_plugin \ - --grpc_out=src/main/java \ - --java_out=src/main/java -``` - -Next, in [Step - 2](Step_2.md), we'll use the generated Stub implementation to -write a client that uses the generated code to make a call to a service.