This repository contains a Python implementation of a Language Server Protocol types and classes code generator for various languages.

It simplifies the creation of language servers for different programming languages by providing a robust and easy-to-use type generation system.

You will need a Python environment to run the generator. Here are the steps:

1. Create a Python environment: python -m venv .venv

   Note: Python 3.8 is the minimum supported version

2. Install this repo's tool: python -m pip install git+https://github.com/microsoft/lsprotocol.git
3. Run your plugin. For example: python -m generator --plugin dotnet --output-dir ./code

Clone this repository and run generator as a Python module.

>python -m generator --help
usage: __main__.py [-h] [--model [MODEL [MODEL ...]]] --plugin PLUGIN
                   [--output-dir OUTPUT_DIR]

Generate types from LSP JSON model.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --model [MODEL [MODEL ...]], -m [MODEL [MODEL ...]]
                        Path to a model JSON file. By default uses packaged
                        model file.
  --plugin PLUGIN, -p PLUGIN
                        Name of a builtin plugin module. By default uses all
                        plugins.
  --output-dir OUTPUT_DIR, -o OUTPUT_DIR
                        Path to a directory where the generated content is

This project uses Nox as a task runner to run the code generator. You can install Nox and run a build_lsp session to generate code from the spec available in this repo.

> python -m pip install nox
> nox --session build_lsp

You can also use Nox to format code, run tests and run various tasks. Run nox --list to see all available tasks.

Follow these steps to generate boilerplate code for a new plugin:

1. Create a virtual environment for Python using Python >= 3.8 and activate that environment.
   1. If you are using the Python extension for VS Code, you can just run the Python: Create Environment command from the Command Palette. Be sure to select all the requirements.txt files in the repo. This command will install all packages needed and select the newly created environment for you.
2. Ensure nox is installed.
   1. Run nox --list in the terminal. If Nox is installed, you should see a list of all available sessions. Otherwise, run python -m pip install nox in the activated environment you created above.
3. Run nox --session create_plugin and follow the prompts to create a new plugin.

Example:

> nox --session create_plugin
nox > Running session create_plugin
nox > Creating virtual environment (virtualenv) using python.exe in .nox\create_plugin
Enter the name of the plugin: java
nox > Created plugin java.
nox > Session create_plugin was successful.

Below is the list of plugins already created using this package.

Language	Plugin Module	Package	Status
Python	generator.plugins.python		Active
Rust	generator.plugins.rust		Under development
Dotnet	generator.plugins.dotnet		Under development