Zebus Message DSL

This is a DSL which simplifies the writing of ProtoBuf contracts for Zebus.

NuGet packages

• Zebus.MessageDsl provides the DSL parser, C# and proto generators
• Zebus.MessageDsl.Build provides a MSBuild code generator which will translate .msg files in your project
• Zebus.MessageDsl.Generator provides a Roslyn source generator which will translate .msg files in your project
• Zebus.MessageDsl.Tool provides a CLI tool for processing .msg files

Documentation

• DSL Syntax
• CLI Tool
• Build-Time Code Generator (.msg files)

Example

Input file:

SomeMessage(int foo, string[] bar)

Generated code:

[ProtoContract]
public sealed partial class SomeMessage : IEvent
{
    [ProtoMember(1, IsRequired = true)]
    public int Foo { get; private set; }
        
    [ProtoMember(2, IsRequired = false)]
    public string[] Bar { get; private set; }
        
    private SomeMessage()
    {
        Bar = Array.Empty<string>();
    }
        
    public SomeMessage(int foo, string[] bar)
    {
        Foo = foo;
        Bar = bar;
    }
}