</p>
<pre><code class="clj">:test {
  :java-source-paths [
    "target/examples"
    "target/testing"]}
</code></pre>
<p></p><blockquote> Fore convenience, the Clojure protobuf project always compiles the examples and the tests before starting up the REPL, so they are always freshly available to developers. </blockquote><p></p>
<h2><a href="#the-protocol-buffer-api" name="the-protocol-buffer-api"></a>The Protocol Buffer API</h2>
<p>Let’s fire up the REPL and see how to use the compiled code from Clojure:<