function(protobuf_generate_cpp)
  set(OPTIONS)
  set(SINGLE_VALUE_KEYWORDS
      PROTO_PATH
      CPP_PATH
      HPP_PATH
      )
  set(MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS)
  cmake_parse_arguments(protobuf
                        "${OPTIONS}"
                        "${SINGLE_VALUE_KEYWORDS}"
                        "${MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS}"
                        ${ARGN})

    FILE(GLOB PROTO_FILES ${protobuf_PROTO_PATH}/*.proto)
    set(PROTOC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libs/protobuf/protoc)
    # set(PROTOC protoc)

   FOREACH(proto ${PROTO_FILES})
     FILE(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${proto} proto_native)
     get_filename_component(protoFILENAME ${proto} NAME_WLE )
     get_filename_component(protoDIR ${proto} DIRECTORY)


     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT "${protoDIR}/${protoFILENAME}.pb.cc"
         DEPENDS "${protoDIR}/${protoFILENAME}.proto"
         COMMAND ${PROTOC} --cpp_out=${protoDIR} --proto_path=${protoDIR} --proto_path="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/protobuf/src" "${protoDIR}/${protoFILENAME}.proto"
     )
    
  ENDFOREACH(proto)

  
endfunction()