Defined CodeGenerator Interface and implement C++ (#7771)

include/flatbuffers/code_generator.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLATBUFFERS_CODE_GENERATOR_H_
+#define FLATBUFFERS_CODE_GENERATOR_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "flatbuffers/idl.h"
+
+namespace flatbuffers {
+
+// An code generator interface for producing converting flatbuffer schema into
+// code.
+class CodeGenerator {
+ public:
+  virtual ~CodeGenerator() = default;
+
+  enum Status {
+    OK = 0,
+    ERROR = 1,
+    NOT_IMPLEMENTED = 2,
+  };
+
+  // Generate code from the provided `parser`.
+  //
+  // DEPRECATED: prefer using the other overload of GenerateCode for bfbs.
+  virtual Status GenerateCode(const Parser &parser, const std::string &path,
+                              const std::string &filename) = 0;
+
+  // Generate code from the provided `buffer` of given `length`. The buffer is a
+  // serialized reflection.fbs.
+  virtual Status GenerateCode(const uint8_t *buffer, int64_t length) = 0;
+
+  virtual Status GenerateMakeRule(const Parser &parser, const std::string &path,
+                                  const std::string &filename,
+                                  std::string &output) = 0;
+
+  virtual Status GenerateGrpcCode(const Parser &parser, const std::string &path,
+                                  const std::string &filename) = 0;
+
+  virtual bool IsSchemaOnly() const = 0;
+
+  virtual bool SupportsBfbsGeneration() const = 0;
+
+  virtual IDLOptions::Language Language() const = 0;
+  virtual std::string LanguageName() const = 0;
+
+ protected:
+  CodeGenerator() = default;
+
+ private:
+  // Copying is not supported.
+  CodeGenerator(const CodeGenerator &) = delete;
+  CodeGenerator &operator=(const CodeGenerator &) = delete;
+};
+
+}  // namespace flatbuffers
+
+#endif  // FLATBUFFERS_CODE_GENERATOR_H_