# Library to read and write protocol buffers data ## Features This crate has one feature, which is `with-bytes`. `with-bytes` enables `protobuf` crate support for [`bytes` crate](https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes): when parsing bytes or strings from `bytes::Bytes`, `protobuf` will be able to reference the input instead of allocating subarrays. Note, codegen also need to be instructed to generate `Bytes` or `Chars` for `bytes` or `string` protobuf types instead of default `Vec` or `String`, just enabling option on this crate is not enough. See `Customize` struct in [`protobuf-codegen` crate](https://docs.rs/protobuf-codegen). ## Accompanying crates * [`protobuf-json-mapping`](https://docs.rs/protobuf-json-mapping) implements JSON parsing and serialization for protobuf messages. * [`protobuf-codegen`](https://docs.rs/protobuf-codegen) can be used to rust code from `.proto` crates. * [`protoc-bin-vendored`](https://docs.rs/protoc-bin-vendored) contains `protoc` command packed into the crate. * [`protobuf-parse`](https://docs.rs/protobuf-parse) contains `.proto` file parser. Rarely need to be used directly, but can be used for mechanical processing of `.proto` files.