Merge pull request #5270 from dgquintas/codegen_lib

Added codegen_lib
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 0e9f37a..06c3f61 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc/grpc_security.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
+    "include/grpc/compression.h",
+    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
+    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
-    "include/grpc/compression.h",
-    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
-    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/census.h",
   ],
   includes = [
@@ -483,6 +483,42 @@
 
 
 cc_library(
+  name = "grpc_codegen_lib",
+  srcs = [
+  ],
+  hdrs = [
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
+  ],
+  includes = [
+    "include",
+    ".",
+  ],
+  deps = [
+    "//external:protobuf_compiler",
+  ],
+)
+
+
+cc_library(
   name = "grpc_unsecure",
   srcs = [
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h",
@@ -799,9 +835,11 @@
   name = "grpc++",
   srcs = [
     "src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.h",
+    "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h",
     "src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.h",
     "src/cpp/server/secure_server_credentials.h",
     "src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h",
+    "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h",
     "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h",
     "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h",
     "src/cpp/server/thread_pool_interface.h",
@@ -818,11 +856,10 @@
     "src/cpp/client/credentials.cc",
     "src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc",
     "src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc",
-    "src/cpp/common/call.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc",
+    "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc",
-    "src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc",
@@ -836,7 +873,7 @@
     "src/cpp/util/status.cc",
     "src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc",
     "src/cpp/util/time.cc",
-    "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc",
+    "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc",
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc++/alarm.h",
@@ -894,6 +931,7 @@
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h",
@@ -927,9 +965,78 @@
 
 
 cc_library(
+  name = "grpc++_codegen_lib",
+  srcs = [
+    "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc",
+  ],
+  hdrs = [
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
+    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h",
+  ],
+  includes = [
+    "include",
+    ".",
+  ],
+  deps = [
+    "//external:protobuf_compiler",
+  ],
+)
+
+
+cc_library(
   name = "grpc++_unsecure",
   srcs = [
     "src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h",
+    "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h",
     "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h",
     "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h",
     "src/cpp/server/thread_pool_interface.h",
@@ -941,11 +1048,10 @@
     "src/cpp/client/credentials.cc",
     "src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc",
     "src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc",
-    "src/cpp/common/call.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc",
+    "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc",
     "src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc",
-    "src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc",
     "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc",
@@ -959,7 +1065,7 @@
     "src/cpp/util/status.cc",
     "src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc",
     "src/cpp/util/time.cc",
-    "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc",
+    "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc",
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc++/alarm.h",
@@ -1017,6 +1123,7 @@
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h",
+    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h",
     "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h",
@@ -1072,45 +1179,8 @@
     "src/compiler/objective_c_generator.cc",
     "src/compiler/python_generator.cc",
     "src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc",
-    "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc",
   ],
   hdrs = [
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h",
-    "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
-    "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h",
@@ -1132,6 +1202,7 @@
   ],
   deps = [
     "//external:protobuf_compiler",
+    ":grpc++_codegen_lib",
   ],
 )
 
@@ -1432,17 +1503,17 @@
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc/grpc_security.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
+    "include/grpc/compression.h",
+    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
+    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
-    "include/grpc/compression.h",
-    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
-    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/census.h",
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.h",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6aebadb..0659fb1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@
 cli_call_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cli_call_test
 client_crash_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/client_crash_test
 client_crash_test_server: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/client_crash_test_server
+codegen_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test
 credentials_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/credentials_test
 cxx_byte_buffer_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cxx_byte_buffer_test
 cxx_slice_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cxx_slice_test
@@ -1328,6 +1329,7 @@
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cli_call_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/client_crash_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/client_crash_test_server \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/credentials_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cxx_byte_buffer_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cxx_slice_test \
@@ -1636,6 +1638,8 @@
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/cli_call_test || ( echo test cli_call_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing client_crash_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/client_crash_test || ( echo test client_crash_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing codegen_test"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test || ( echo test codegen_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing credentials_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/credentials_test || ( echo test credentials_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing cxx_byte_buffer_test"
@@ -2555,17 +2559,17 @@
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_C += \
     include/grpc/grpc_security.h \
+    include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
+    include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
+    include/grpc/compression.h \
+    include/grpc/grpc.h \
+    include/grpc/status.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
-    include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
-    include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
-    include/grpc/compression.h \
-    include/grpc/grpc.h \
-    include/grpc/status.h \
     include/grpc/census.h \
 
 LIBGRPC_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LIBGRPC_SRC))))
@@ -2620,6 +2624,50 @@
 endif
 
 
+LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_SRC = \
+
+PUBLIC_HEADERS_C += \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
+
+LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_SRC))))
+
+
+$(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_codegen_lib.a: $(ZLIB_DEP)  $(LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS) 
+	$(E) "[AR]      Creating $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) rm -f $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_codegen_lib.a
+	$(Q) $(AR) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_codegen_lib.a $(LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS) 
+ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
+	$(Q) ranlib -no_warning_for_no_symbols $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_codegen_lib.a
+endif
+
+
+
+
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(LIBGRPC_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+
+
 LIBGRPC_TEST_UTIL_SRC = \
     test/core/end2end/data/server1_cert.c \
     test/core/end2end/data/server1_key.c \
@@ -3028,11 +3076,10 @@
     src/cpp/client/credentials.cc \
     src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc \
     src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc \
-    src/cpp/common/call.cc \
     src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc \
     src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc \
+    src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc \
     src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc \
-    src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc \
     src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc \
     src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc \
     src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc \
@@ -3046,7 +3093,7 @@
     src/cpp/util/status.cc \
     src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc \
     src/cpp/util/time.cc \
-    src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc \
+    src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc \
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_CXX += \
     include/grpc++/alarm.h \
@@ -3104,6 +3151,7 @@
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
@@ -3187,6 +3235,93 @@
 endif
 
 
+LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_SRC = \
+    src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc \
+
+PUBLIC_HEADERS_CXX += \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
+    include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h \
+
+LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_SRC))))
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOBUF),true)
+
+# You can't build a C++ library if you don't have protobuf - a bit overreached, but still okay.
+
+$(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a: protobuf_dep_error
+
+
+else
+
+$(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a: $(ZLIB_DEP)  $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS) 
+	$(E) "[AR]      Creating $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) rm -f $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+	$(Q) $(AR) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a $(LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS) 
+ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
+	$(Q) ranlib -no_warning_for_no_symbols $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+endif
+
+
+
+
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(LIBGRPC++_CODEGEN_LIB_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+
+
 LIBGRPC++_TEST_CONFIG_SRC = \
     test/cpp/util/test_config.cc \
 
@@ -3308,11 +3443,10 @@
     src/cpp/client/credentials.cc \
     src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc \
     src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc \
-    src/cpp/common/call.cc \
     src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc \
     src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc \
+    src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc \
     src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc \
-    src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc \
     src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc \
     src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc \
     src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc \
@@ -3326,7 +3460,7 @@
     src/cpp/util/status.cc \
     src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc \
     src/cpp/util/time.cc \
-    src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc \
+    src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc \
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_CXX += \
     include/grpc++/alarm.h \
@@ -3384,6 +3518,7 @@
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
+    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
     include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
@@ -3459,45 +3594,8 @@
     src/compiler/objective_c_generator.cc \
     src/compiler/python_generator.cc \
     src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc \
-    src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc \
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_CXX += \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h \
-    include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
-    include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h \
     include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h \
@@ -9276,6 +9374,68 @@
 endif
 
 
+CODEGEN_TEST_SRC = \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.grpc.pb.cc \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.grpc.pb.cc \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.grpc.pb.cc \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.grpc.pb.cc \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/services.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/services.grpc.pb.cc \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.grpc.pb.cc \
+    test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc \
+
+CODEGEN_TEST_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(CODEGEN_TEST_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOBUF),true)
+
+# You can't build the protoc plugins or protobuf-enabled targets if you don't have protobuf 3.0.0+.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test: protobuf_dep_error
+
+else
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test: $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(CODEGEN_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LDXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CODEGEN_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a $(LDLIBSXX) $(LDLIBS_PROTOBUF) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) $(GTEST_LIB) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/codegen_test
+
+endif
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/services.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_codegen_lib.a
+
+deps_codegen_test: $(CODEGEN_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(CODEGEN_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.o: $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.grpc.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.grpc.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.grpc.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.grpc.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/services.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/services.grpc.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.grpc.pb.cc
+
+
 CREDENTIALS_TEST_SRC = \
     test/cpp/client/credentials_test.cc \
 
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 1f01024..0149517 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
   - include/grpc++/support/time.h
   headers:
   - src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h
+  - src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h
   - src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h
   - src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h
   - src/cpp/server/thread_pool_interface.h
@@ -184,11 +185,10 @@
   - src/cpp/client/credentials.cc
   - src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc
   - src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc
-  - src/cpp/common/call.cc
   - src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc
   - src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
+  - src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc
   - src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc
-  - src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc
   - src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc
   - src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc
   - src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h
+  - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h
   - include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h
   src:
-  - src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
+  - src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc
 - name: grpc_base
   public_headers:
   - include/grpc/byte_buffer.h
@@ -595,9 +596,9 @@
   deps_linkage: static
   dll: true
   filegroups:
-  - grpc_codegen
   - grpc_base
   - grpc_secure
+  - grpc_codegen
   - census
   - nanopb
   secure: true
@@ -605,6 +606,16 @@
   - grpc.dependencies.openssl
   - grpc.dependencies.zlib
   vs_project_guid: '{29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9}'
+- name: grpc_codegen_lib
+  build: protoc
+  language: c
+  headers: []
+  src: []
+  filegroups:
+  - gpr_codegen
+  - grpc_codegen
+  secure: false
+  vs_project_guid: '{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}'
 - name: grpc_dll
   build: private
   language: c
@@ -719,6 +730,7 @@
   language: c++
   headers:
   - src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.h
+  - src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h
   - src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.h
   - src/cpp/server/secure_server_credentials.h
   src:
@@ -737,6 +749,17 @@
   - grpc++_codegen
   secure: check
   vs_project_guid: '{C187A093-A0FE-489D-A40A-6E33DE0F9FEB}'
+- name: grpc++_codegen_lib
+  build: protoc
+  language: c++
+  headers: []
+  src: []
+  filegroups:
+  - gpr_codegen
+  - grpc_codegen
+  - grpc++_codegen
+  secure: false
+  vs_project_guid: '{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}'
 - name: grpc++_test_config
   build: private
   language: c++
@@ -809,10 +832,9 @@
   - src/compiler/objective_c_generator.cc
   - src/compiler/python_generator.cc
   - src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc
-  deps: []
+  deps:
+  - grpc++_codegen_lib
   filegroups:
-  - grpc++_codegen
-  - grpc_codegen
   - gpr_codegen
   secure: false
   vs_project_guid: '{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}'
@@ -2100,6 +2122,20 @@
   - grpc
   - gpr_test_util
   - gpr
+- name: codegen_test
+  gtest: true
+  build: test
+  language: c++
+  src:
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/control.proto
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.proto
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.proto
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.proto
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/services.proto
+  - src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.proto
+  - test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc
+  deps:
+  - grpc++_codegen_lib
 - name: credentials_test
   gtest: true
   build: test
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index f3103ea..6f26db1 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -296,17 +296,17 @@
                       'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h',
                       'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h',
                       'include/grpc/grpc_security.h',
+                      'include/grpc/byte_buffer.h',
+                      'include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h',
+                      'include/grpc/compression.h',
+                      'include/grpc/grpc.h',
+                      'include/grpc/status.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h',
-                      'include/grpc/byte_buffer.h',
-                      'include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h',
-                      'include/grpc/compression.h',
-                      'include/grpc/grpc.h',
-                      'include/grpc/status.h',
                       'include/grpc/census.h',
                       'src/core/census/grpc_context.c',
                       'src/core/census/grpc_filter.c',
diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index 1b3f15e..0bc4fcf 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -143,17 +143,17 @@
   s.files += %w( src/core/support/tmpfile_win32.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/support/wrap_memcpy.c )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/grpc_security.h )
+  s.files += %w( include/grpc/byte_buffer.h )
+  s.files += %w( include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h )
+  s.files += %w( include/grpc/compression.h )
+  s.files += %w( include/grpc/grpc.h )
+  s.files += %w( include/grpc/status.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h )
-  s.files += %w( include/grpc/byte_buffer.h )
-  s.files += %w( include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h )
-  s.files += %w( include/grpc/compression.h )
-  s.files += %w( include/grpc/grpc.h )
-  s.files += %w( include/grpc/status.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/census.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/grpc_filter.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/channel/channel_args.h )
diff --git a/include/grpc++/alarm.h b/include/grpc++/alarm.h
index 3b8104d..764837a 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/alarm.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/alarm.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 class CompletionQueue;
 
 /// A thin wrapper around \a grpc_alarm (see / \a / src/core/surface/alarm.h).
-class Alarm : private GrpcLibrary {
+class Alarm : private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   /// Create a completion queue alarm instance associated to \a cq.
   ///
diff --git a/include/grpc++/channel.h b/include/grpc++/channel.h
index 80547f7..679d473 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/channel.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/channel.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 class Channel GRPC_FINAL : public ChannelInterface,
                            public CallHook,
                            public std::enable_shared_from_this<Channel>,
-                           private GrpcLibrary {
+                           private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   ~Channel();
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h
index b041048..8f9afe8 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_ASYNC_STREAM_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_ASYNC_STREAM_H
 
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
@@ -109,13 +110,13 @@
     init_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     init_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(init_ops_.SendMessage(request).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(init_ops_.SendMessage(request).ok());
     init_ops_.ClientSendClose();
     call_.PerformOps(&init_ops_);
   }
 
   void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
   }
 
   void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@
   void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
     write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
     call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
   }
 
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@
   }
 
   void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@
   void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
     write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
     call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
   }
 
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@
       : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@
   }
 
   void FinishWithError(const Status& status, void* tag) {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!status.ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!status.ok());
     finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
       finish_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@
       : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@
       ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
     }
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
     call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
   }
 
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@
       : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@
       ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
     }
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
     call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
   }
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h
index f3c75dc..9c6dbd5 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 namespace grpc {
 
 class CompletionQueue;
+extern CoreCodegenInterface* g_core_codegen_interface;
 
 template <class R>
 class ClientAsyncResponseReaderInterface {
@@ -68,13 +69,13 @@
     collection_->init_buf_.SetCollection(collection_);
     collection_->init_buf_.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(collection_->init_buf_.SendMessage(request).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(collection_->init_buf_.SendMessage(request).ok());
     collection_->init_buf_.ClientSendClose();
     call_.PerformOps(&collection_->init_buf_);
   }
 
   void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     collection_->meta_buf_.SetCollection(collection_);
     collection_->meta_buf_.set_output_tag(tag);
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
       : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     meta_buf_.set_output_tag(tag);
     meta_buf_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@
   }
 
   void FinishWithError(const Status& status, void* tag) {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!status.ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!status.ok());
     finish_buf_.set_output_tag(tag);
     if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
       finish_buf_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
index 5e450b0..03affc2 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
@@ -34,19 +34,21 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_CALL_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_CALL_H
 
-#include <functional>
-#include <memory>
-#include <map>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
 
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
 
 struct grpc_byte_buffer;
 
@@ -56,12 +58,39 @@
 class Call;
 class CallHook;
 class CompletionQueue;
+extern CoreCodegenInterface* g_core_codegen_interface;
 
-void FillMetadataMap(
+inline void FillMetadataMap(
     grpc_metadata_array* arr,
-    std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>* metadata);
-grpc_metadata* FillMetadataArray(
-    const std::multimap<grpc::string, grpc::string>& metadata);
+    std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>* metadata) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < arr->count; i++) {
+    // TODO(yangg) handle duplicates?
+    metadata->insert(std::pair<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>(
+        arr->metadata[i].key, grpc::string_ref(arr->metadata[i].value,
+                                               arr->metadata[i].value_length)));
+  }
+  g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_metadata_array_destroy(arr);
+  g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_metadata_array_init(arr);
+}
+
+// TODO(yangg) if the map is changed before we send, the pointers will be a
+// mess. Make sure it does not happen.
+inline grpc_metadata* FillMetadataArray(
+    const std::multimap<grpc::string, grpc::string>& metadata) {
+  if (metadata.empty()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  grpc_metadata* metadata_array =
+      (grpc_metadata*)(g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_malloc(
+          metadata.size() * sizeof(grpc_metadata)));
+  size_t i = 0;
+  for (auto iter = metadata.cbegin(); iter != metadata.cend(); ++iter, ++i) {
+    metadata_array[i].key = iter->first.c_str();
+    metadata_array[i].value = iter->second.c_str();
+    metadata_array[i].value_length = iter->second.size();
+  }
+  return metadata_array;
+}
 
 /// Per-message write options.
 class WriteOptions {
@@ -170,7 +199,7 @@
   }
   void FinishOp(bool* status, int max_message_size) {
     if (!send_) return;
-    gpr_free(initial_metadata_);
+    g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_free(initial_metadata_);
     send_ = false;
   }
 
@@ -204,7 +233,7 @@
     write_options_.Clear();
   }
   void FinishOp(bool* status, int max_message_size) {
-    if (own_buf_) grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(send_buf_);
+    if (own_buf_) g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(send_buf_);
     send_buf_ = nullptr;
   }
 
@@ -254,7 +283,7 @@
                                                       max_message_size).ok();
       } else {
         got_message = false;
-        grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(recv_buf_);
+        g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(recv_buf_);
       }
     } else {
       got_message = false;
@@ -321,7 +350,7 @@
         *status = deserialize_->Deserialize(recv_buf_, max_message_size).ok();
       } else {
         got_message = false;
-        grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(recv_buf_);
+        g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(recv_buf_);
       }
     } else {
       got_message = false;
@@ -386,7 +415,7 @@
 
   void FinishOp(bool* status, int max_message_size) {
     if (!send_status_available_) return;
-    gpr_free(trailing_metadata_);
+    g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_free(trailing_metadata_);
     send_status_available_ = false;
   }
 
@@ -462,7 +491,7 @@
     *recv_status_ = Status(
         static_cast<StatusCode>(status_code_),
         status_details_ ? grpc::string(status_details_) : grpc::string());
-    gpr_free(status_details_);
+    g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_free(status_details_);
     recv_status_ = nullptr;
   }
 
@@ -576,11 +605,22 @@
 class Call GRPC_FINAL {
  public:
   /* call is owned by the caller */
-  Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook_, CompletionQueue* cq);
-  Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook_, CompletionQueue* cq,
-       int max_message_size);
+  Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook, CompletionQueue* cq)
+      : call_hook_(call_hook), cq_(cq), call_(call), max_message_size_(-1) {}
 
-  void PerformOps(CallOpSetInterface* ops);
+  Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook, CompletionQueue* cq,
+       int max_message_size)
+      : call_hook_(call_hook),
+        cq_(cq),
+        call_(call),
+        max_message_size_(max_message_size) {}
+
+  void PerformOps(CallOpSetInterface* ops) {
+    if (max_message_size_ > 0) {
+      ops->set_max_message_size(max_message_size_);
+    }
+    call_hook_->PerformOpsOnCall(ops, this);
+  }
 
   grpc_call* call() { return call_; }
   CompletionQueue* cq() { return cq_; }
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h
index db2afe9..271d464 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h>
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
   /// \return A multimap of initial metadata key-value pairs from the server.
   const std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>&
   GetServerInitialMetadata() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(initial_metadata_received_);
     return recv_initial_metadata_;
   }
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h
index 0134dec..a2b7d92 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
   ops.ClientSendClose();
   ops.ClientRecvStatus(context, &status);
   call.PerformOps(&ops);
-  GPR_ASSERT((cq.Pluck(&ops) && ops.got_message) || !status.ok());
+  GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT((cq.Pluck(&ops) && ops.got_message) || !status.ok());
   return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h
index 928ab2d..42ec287 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_COMPLETION_QUEUE_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_COMPLETION_QUEUE_H
 
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/time.h>
 
 struct grpc_completion_queue;
 
@@ -76,13 +79,17 @@
 class ServerBuilder;
 class ServerContext;
 
+extern CoreCodegenInterface* g_core_codegen_interface;
+
 /// A thin wrapper around \a grpc_completion_queue (see / \a
 /// src/core/surface/completion_queue.h).
-class CompletionQueue : private GrpcLibrary {
+class CompletionQueue : private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   /// Default constructor. Implicitly creates a \a grpc_completion_queue
   /// instance.
-  CompletionQueue();
+  CompletionQueue() {
+    cq_ = g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_completion_queue_create(nullptr);
+  }
 
   /// Wrap \a take, taking ownership of the instance.
   ///
@@ -90,7 +97,9 @@
   explicit CompletionQueue(grpc_completion_queue* take);
 
   /// Destructor. Destroys the owned wrapped completion queue / instance.
-  ~CompletionQueue();
+  ~CompletionQueue() {
+    g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq_);
+  }
 
   /// Tri-state return for AsyncNext: SHUTDOWN, GOT_EVENT, TIMEOUT.
   enum NextStatus {
@@ -124,8 +133,8 @@
   ///
   /// \return true if read a regular event, false if the queue is shutting down.
   bool Next(void** tag, bool* ok) {
-    return (AsyncNextInternal(tag, ok, gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME)) !=
-            SHUTDOWN);
+    return (AsyncNextInternal(tag, ok, g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_inf_future(
+                                           GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME)) != SHUTDOWN);
   }
 
   /// Request the shutdown of the queue.
@@ -181,11 +190,31 @@
 
   /// Wraps \a grpc_completion_queue_pluck.
   /// \warning Must not be mixed with calls to \a Next.
-  bool Pluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag);
+  bool Pluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
+    auto deadline =
+        g_core_codegen_interface->gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+    auto ev = g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_completion_queue_pluck(
+        cq_, tag, deadline, nullptr);
+    bool ok = ev.success != 0;
+    void* ignored = tag;
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(tag->FinalizeResult(&ignored, &ok));
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(ignored == tag);
+    // Ignore mutations by FinalizeResult: Pluck returns the C API status
+    return ev.success != 0;
+  }
 
   /// Performs a single polling pluck on \a tag.
   /// \warning Must not be mixed with calls to \a Next.
-  void TryPluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag);
+  void TryPluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
+    auto deadline = gpr_time_0(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+    auto ev = g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_completion_queue_pluck(
+        cq_, tag, deadline, nullptr);
+    if (ev.type == GRPC_QUEUE_TIMEOUT) return;
+    bool ok = ev.success != 0;
+    void* ignored = tag;
+    // the tag must be swallowed if using TryPluck
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!tag->FinalizeResult(&ignored, &ok));
+  }
 
   grpc_completion_queue* cq_;  // owned
 };
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a23031f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_CORE_CODEGEN_INTERFACE_H
+#define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_CORE_CODEGEN_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+/// Interface between the codegen library and the minimal subset of core
+/// features required by the generated code.
+///
+/// All undocumented methods are simply forwarding the call to their namesakes.
+/// Please refer to their corresponding documentation for details.
+///
+/// \warning This interface should be considered internal and private.
+class CoreCodegenInterface {
+ public:
+  // Serialize the msg into a buffer created inside the function. The caller
+  // should destroy the returned buffer when done with it. If serialization
+  // fails,
+  // false is returned and buffer is left unchanged.
+  virtual Status SerializeProto(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
+                                grpc_byte_buffer** buffer) = 0;
+
+  // The caller keeps ownership of buffer and msg.
+  virtual Status DeserializeProto(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,
+                                  grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
+                                  int max_message_size) = 0;
+
+  /// Upon a failed assertion, log the error.
+  virtual void assert_fail(const char* failed_assertion) = 0;
+
+  virtual grpc_completion_queue* grpc_completion_queue_create(
+      void* reserved) = 0;
+  virtual void grpc_completion_queue_destroy(grpc_completion_queue* cq) = 0;
+  virtual grpc_event grpc_completion_queue_pluck(grpc_completion_queue* cq,
+                                                 void* tag,
+                                                 gpr_timespec deadline,
+                                                 void* reserved) = 0;
+
+  virtual void* gpr_malloc(size_t size) = 0;
+  virtual void gpr_free(void* p) = 0;
+
+  virtual void grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer* bb) = 0;
+  virtual void grpc_metadata_array_init(grpc_metadata_array* array) = 0;
+  virtual void grpc_metadata_array_destroy(grpc_metadata_array* array) = 0;
+
+  virtual gpr_timespec gpr_inf_future(gpr_clock_type type) = 0;
+};
+
+extern CoreCodegenInterface* g_core_codegen_interface;
+
+/// Codegen specific version of \a GPR_ASSERT.
+#define GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(x)                          \
+  do {                                                 \
+    if (!(x)) {                                        \
+      grpc::g_core_codegen_interface->assert_fail(#x); \
+    }                                                  \
+  } while (0)
+
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_CORE_CODEGEN_INTERFACE_H
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h
index eb7152a..3cdc6f3 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_GRPC_LIBRARY_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_GRPC_LIBRARY_H
 
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/log.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
@@ -44,24 +45,27 @@
   virtual void shutdown() = 0;
 };
 
+/// Initialized by \a grpc::GrpcLibraryInitializer from
+/// <grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h>
 extern GrpcLibraryInterface* g_glip;
 
-class GrpcLibrary {
+/// Classes that require gRPC to be initialized should inherit from this class.
+class GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
-  GrpcLibrary() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(g_glip &&
-               "gRPC library not initialized. See "
-               "grpc::internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer.");
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen() {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(g_glip &&
+                       "gRPC library not initialized. See "
+                       "grpc::internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer.");
     g_glip->init();
   }
-  virtual ~GrpcLibrary() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(g_glip &&
-               "gRPC library not initialized. See "
-               "grpc::internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer.");
+  virtual ~GrpcLibraryCodegen() {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(g_glip &&
+                       "gRPC library not initialized. See "
+                       "grpc::internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer.");
     g_glip->shutdown();
   }
 };
 
 }  // namespace grpc
 
-#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_GRPC_LIBRARY_H
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_GRPC_LIBRARY_H
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/async_stream.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/async_stream.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f9afe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/async_stream.h
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_ASYNC_STREAM_H
+#define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_ASYNC_STREAM_H
+
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+class CompletionQueue;
+
+/// Common interface for all client side asynchronous streaming.
+class ClientAsyncStreamingInterface {
+ public:
+  virtual ~ClientAsyncStreamingInterface() {}
+
+  /// Request notification of the reading of the initial metadata. Completion
+  /// will be notified by \a tag on the associated completion queue.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] tag Tag identifying this request.
+  virtual void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) = 0;
+
+  /// Request notification completion.
+  ///
+  /// \param[out] status To be updated with the operation status.
+  /// \param[in] tag Tag identifying this request.
+  virtual void Finish(Status* status, void* tag) = 0;
+};
+
+/// An interface that yields a sequence of messages of type \a R.
+template <class R>
+class AsyncReaderInterface {
+ public:
+  virtual ~AsyncReaderInterface() {}
+
+  /// Read a message of type \a R into \a msg. Completion will be notified by \a
+  /// tag on the associated completion queue.
+  ///
+  /// \param[out] msg Where to eventually store the read message.
+  /// \param[in] tag The tag identifying the operation.
+  virtual void Read(R* msg, void* tag) = 0;
+};
+
+/// An interface that can be fed a sequence of messages of type \a W.
+template <class W>
+class AsyncWriterInterface {
+ public:
+  virtual ~AsyncWriterInterface() {}
+
+  /// Request the writing of \a msg with identifying tag \a tag.
+  ///
+  /// Only one write may be outstanding at any given time. This means that
+  /// after calling Write, one must wait to receive \a tag from the completion
+  /// queue BEFORE calling Write again.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] msg The message to be written.
+  /// \param[in] tag The tag identifying the operation.
+  virtual void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) = 0;
+};
+
+template <class R>
+class ClientAsyncReaderInterface : public ClientAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                   public AsyncReaderInterface<R> {};
+
+template <class R>
+class ClientAsyncReader GRPC_FINAL : public ClientAsyncReaderInterface<R> {
+ public:
+  /// Create a stream and write the first request out.
+  template <class W>
+  ClientAsyncReader(ChannelInterface* channel, CompletionQueue* cq,
+                    const RpcMethod& method, ClientContext* context,
+                    const W& request, void* tag)
+      : context_(context), call_(channel->CreateCall(method, context, cq)) {
+    init_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    init_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
+    // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(init_ops_.SendMessage(request).ok());
+    init_ops_.ClientSendClose();
+    call_.PerformOps(&init_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Read(R* msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    read_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!context_->initial_metadata_received_) {
+      read_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    }
+    read_ops_.RecvMessage(msg);
+    call_.PerformOps(&read_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(Status* status, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!context_->initial_metadata_received_) {
+      finish_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ClientRecvStatus(context_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  ClientContext* context_;
+  Call call_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage, CallOpClientSendClose>
+      init_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata, CallOpRecvMessage<R>> read_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata, CallOpClientRecvStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+/// Common interface for client side asynchronous writing.
+template <class W>
+class ClientAsyncWriterInterface : public ClientAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                   public AsyncWriterInterface<W> {
+ public:
+  /// Signal the client is done with the writes.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] tag The tag identifying the operation.
+  virtual void WritesDone(void* tag) = 0;
+};
+
+template <class W>
+class ClientAsyncWriter GRPC_FINAL : public ClientAsyncWriterInterface<W> {
+ public:
+  template <class R>
+  ClientAsyncWriter(ChannelInterface* channel, CompletionQueue* cq,
+                    const RpcMethod& method, ClientContext* context,
+                    R* response, void* tag)
+      : context_(context), call_(channel->CreateCall(method, context, cq)) {
+    finish_ops_.RecvMessage(response);
+
+    init_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    init_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
+    call_.PerformOps(&init_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void WritesDone(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    writes_done_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    writes_done_ops_.ClientSendClose();
+    call_.PerformOps(&writes_done_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(Status* status, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!context_->initial_metadata_received_) {
+      finish_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ClientRecvStatus(context_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  ClientContext* context_;
+  Call call_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> init_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendMessage> write_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpClientSendClose> writes_done_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata, CallOpGenericRecvMessage,
+            CallOpClientRecvStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+/// Client-side interface for asynchronous bi-directional streaming.
+template <class W, class R>
+class ClientAsyncReaderWriterInterface : public ClientAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                         public AsyncWriterInterface<W>,
+                                         public AsyncReaderInterface<R> {
+ public:
+  /// Signal the client is done with the writes.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] tag The tag identifying the operation.
+  virtual void WritesDone(void* tag) = 0;
+};
+
+template <class W, class R>
+class ClientAsyncReaderWriter GRPC_FINAL
+    : public ClientAsyncReaderWriterInterface<W, R> {
+ public:
+  ClientAsyncReaderWriter(ChannelInterface* channel, CompletionQueue* cq,
+                          const RpcMethod& method, ClientContext* context,
+                          void* tag)
+      : context_(context), call_(channel->CreateCall(method, context, cq)) {
+    init_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    init_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
+    call_.PerformOps(&init_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void ReadInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Read(R* msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    read_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!context_->initial_metadata_received_) {
+      read_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    }
+    read_ops_.RecvMessage(msg);
+    call_.PerformOps(&read_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void WritesDone(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    writes_done_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    writes_done_ops_.ClientSendClose();
+    call_.PerformOps(&writes_done_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(Status* status, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!context_->initial_metadata_received_) {
+      finish_ops_.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ClientRecvStatus(context_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  ClientContext* context_;
+  Call call_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> init_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata, CallOpRecvMessage<R>> read_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendMessage> write_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpClientSendClose> writes_done_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata, CallOpClientRecvStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+template <class W, class R>
+class ServerAsyncReader GRPC_FINAL : public ServerAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                     public AsyncReaderInterface<R> {
+ public:
+  explicit ServerAsyncReader(ServerContext* ctx)
+      : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
+
+  void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+    ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Read(R* msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    read_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    read_ops_.RecvMessage(msg);
+    call_.PerformOps(&read_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(const W& msg, const Status& status, void* tag) {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      finish_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    // The response is dropped if the status is not OK.
+    if (status.ok()) {
+      finish_ops_.ServerSendStatus(ctx_->trailing_metadata_,
+                                   finish_ops_.SendMessage(msg));
+    } else {
+      finish_ops_.ServerSendStatus(ctx_->trailing_metadata_, status);
+    }
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void FinishWithError(const Status& status, void* tag) {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!status.ok());
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      finish_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ServerSendStatus(ctx_->trailing_metadata_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void BindCall(Call* call) GRPC_OVERRIDE { call_ = *call; }
+
+  Call call_;
+  ServerContext* ctx_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvMessage<R>> read_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage,
+            CallOpServerSendStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+template <class W>
+class ServerAsyncWriter GRPC_FINAL : public ServerAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                     public AsyncWriterInterface<W> {
+ public:
+  explicit ServerAsyncWriter(ServerContext* ctx)
+      : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
+
+  void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+    ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      write_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(const Status& status, void* tag) {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      finish_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ServerSendStatus(ctx_->trailing_metadata_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void BindCall(Call* call) GRPC_OVERRIDE { call_ = *call; }
+
+  Call call_;
+  ServerContext* ctx_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage> write_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpServerSendStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+/// Server-side interface for asynchronous bi-directional streaming.
+template <class W, class R>
+class ServerAsyncReaderWriter GRPC_FINAL : public ServerAsyncStreamingInterface,
+                                           public AsyncWriterInterface<W>,
+                                           public AsyncReaderInterface<R> {
+ public:
+  explicit ServerAsyncReaderWriter(ServerContext* ctx)
+      : call_(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), ctx_(ctx) {}
+
+  void SendInitialMetadata(void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+
+    meta_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    meta_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+    ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    call_.PerformOps(&meta_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Read(R* msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    read_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    read_ops_.RecvMessage(msg);
+    call_.PerformOps(&read_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
+    write_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      write_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(write_ops_.SendMessage(msg).ok());
+    call_.PerformOps(&write_ops_);
+  }
+
+  void Finish(const Status& status, void* tag) {
+    finish_ops_.set_output_tag(tag);
+    if (!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_) {
+      finish_ops_.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
+      ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_ = true;
+    }
+    finish_ops_.ServerSendStatus(ctx_->trailing_metadata_, status);
+    call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  friend class ::grpc::Server;
+
+  void BindCall(Call* call) GRPC_OVERRIDE { call_ = *call; }
+
+  Call call_;
+  ServerContext* ctx_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> meta_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpRecvMessage<R>> read_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage> write_ops_;
+  CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpServerSendStatus> finish_ops_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_ASYNC_STREAM_H
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/status_code_enum.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/status_code_enum.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a90a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/status_code_enum.h
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_CODE_ENUM_H
+#define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_CODE_ENUM_H
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+enum StatusCode {
+  /// Not an error; returned on success.
+  OK = 0,
+
+  /// The operation was cancelled (typically by the caller).
+  CANCELLED = 1,
+
+  /// Unknown error. An example of where this error may be returned is if a
+  /// Status value received from another address space belongs to an error-space
+  /// that is not known in this address space. Also errors raised by APIs that
+  /// do not return enough error information may be converted to this error.
+  UNKNOWN = 2,
+
+  /// Client specified an invalid argument. Note that this differs from
+  /// FAILED_PRECONDITION. INVALID_ARGUMENT indicates arguments that are
+  /// problematic regardless of the state of the system (e.g., a malformed file
+  /// name).
+  INVALID_ARGUMENT = 3,
+
+  /// Deadline expired before operation could complete. For operations that
+  /// change the state of the system, this error may be returned even if the
+  /// operation has completed successfully. For example, a successful response
+  /// from a server could have been delayed long enough for the deadline to
+  /// expire.
+  DEADLINE_EXCEEDED = 4,
+
+  /// Some requested entity (e.g., file or directory) was not found.
+  NOT_FOUND = 5,
+
+  /// Some entity that we attempted to create (e.g., file or directory) already
+  /// exists.
+  ALREADY_EXISTS = 6,
+
+  /// The caller does not have permission to execute the specified operation.
+  /// PERMISSION_DENIED must not be used for rejections caused by exhausting
+  /// some resource (use RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED instead for those errors).
+  /// PERMISSION_DENIED must not be used if the caller can not be identified
+  /// (use UNAUTHENTICATED instead for those errors).
+  PERMISSION_DENIED = 7,
+
+  /// The request does not have valid authentication credentials for the
+  /// operation.
+  UNAUTHENTICATED = 16,
+
+  /// Some resource has been exhausted, perhaps a per-user quota, or perhaps the
+  /// entire file system is out of space.
+  RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED = 8,
+
+  /// Operation was rejected because the system is not in a state required for
+  /// the operation's execution. For example, directory to be deleted may be
+  /// non-empty, an rmdir operation is applied to a non-directory, etc.
+  ///
+  /// A litmus test that may help a service implementor in deciding
+  /// between FAILED_PRECONDITION, ABORTED, and UNAVAILABLE:
+  ///  (a) Use UNAVAILABLE if the client can retry just the failing call.
+  ///  (b) Use ABORTED if the client should retry at a higher-level
+  ///      (e.g., restarting a read-modify-write sequence).
+  ///  (c) Use FAILED_PRECONDITION if the client should not retry until
+  ///      the system state has been explicitly fixed. E.g., if an "rmdir"
+  ///      fails because the directory is non-empty, FAILED_PRECONDITION
+  ///      should be returned since the client should not retry unless
+  ///      they have first fixed up the directory by deleting files from it.
+  ///  (d) Use FAILED_PRECONDITION if the client performs conditional
+  ///      REST Get/Update/Delete on a resource and the resource on the
+  ///      server does not match the condition. E.g., conflicting
+  ///      read-modify-write on the same resource.
+  FAILED_PRECONDITION = 9,
+
+  /// The operation was aborted, typically due to a concurrency issue like
+  /// sequencer check failures, transaction aborts, etc.
+  ///
+  /// See litmus test above for deciding between FAILED_PRECONDITION, ABORTED,
+  /// and UNAVAILABLE.
+  ABORTED = 10,
+
+  /// Operation was attempted past the valid range. E.g., seeking or reading
+  /// past end of file.
+  ///
+  /// Unlike INVALID_ARGUMENT, this error indicates a problem that may be fixed
+  /// if the system state changes. For example, a 32-bit file system will
+  /// generate INVALID_ARGUMENT if asked to read at an offset that is not in the
+  /// range [0,2^32-1], but it will generate OUT_OF_RANGE if asked to read from
+  /// an offset past the current file size.
+  ///
+  /// There is a fair bit of overlap between FAILED_PRECONDITION and
+  /// OUT_OF_RANGE. We recommend using OUT_OF_RANGE (the more specific error)
+  /// when it applies so that callers who are iterating through a space can
+  /// easily look for an OUT_OF_RANGE error to detect when they are done.
+  OUT_OF_RANGE = 11,
+
+  /// Operation is not implemented or not supported/enabled in this service.
+  UNIMPLEMENTED = 12,
+
+  /// Internal errors. Means some invariants expected by underlying System has
+  /// been broken. If you see one of these errors, Something is very broken.
+  INTERNAL = 13,
+
+  /// The service is currently unavailable. This is a most likely a transient
+  /// condition and may be corrected by retrying with a backoff.
+  ///
+  /// See litmus test above for deciding between FAILED_PRECONDITION, ABORTED,
+  /// and UNAVAILABLE.
+  UNAVAILABLE = 14,
+
+  /// Unrecoverable data loss or corruption.
+  DATA_LOSS = 15,
+
+  /// Force users to include a default branch:
+  DO_NOT_USE = -1
+};
+
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STATUS_CODE_ENUM_H
diff --git a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/sync.h
similarity index 82%
copy from src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
copy to include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/sync.h
index 48acec3..375af15 100644
--- a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/impl/sync.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h>
+#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SYNC_H
+#define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SYNC_H
 
-namespace grpc {
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
 
-GrpcLibraryInterface *g_glip = nullptr;
+#ifdef GRPC_CXX0X_NO_THREAD
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h>
+#else
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h>
+#endif
 
-}  // namespace grpc
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SYNC_H
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h
index 1bf9bf0..3ecca0a 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_METHOD_HANDLER_IMPL_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_METHOD_HANDLER_IMPL_H
 
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h>
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
       status = func_(service_, param.server_context, &req, &rsp);
     }
 
-    GPR_ASSERT(!param.server_context->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!param.server_context->sent_initial_metadata_);
     CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage,
               CallOpServerSendStatus> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(param.server_context->initial_metadata_);
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
     ResponseType rsp;
     Status status = func_(service_, param.server_context, &reader, &rsp);
 
-    GPR_ASSERT(!param.server_context->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!param.server_context->sent_initial_metadata_);
     CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata, CallOpSendMessage,
               CallOpServerSendStatus> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(param.server_context->initial_metadata_);
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h
index ce17710..f77f8ee 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h
@@ -36,22 +36,16 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-#include <grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h>
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/log.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
 
-// Serialize the msg into a buffer created inside the function. The caller
-// should destroy the returned buffer when done with it. If serialization fails,
-// false is returned and buffer is left unchanged.
-Status SerializeProto(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
-                      grpc_byte_buffer** buffer);
-
-// The caller keeps ownership of buffer and msg.
-Status DeserializeProto(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer, grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
-                        int max_message_size);
+extern CoreCodegenInterface* g_core_codegen_interface;
 
 template <class T>
 class SerializationTraits<T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<
@@ -60,14 +54,13 @@
   static Status Serialize(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
                           grpc_byte_buffer** buffer, bool* own_buffer) {
     *own_buffer = true;
-    return SerializeProto(msg, buffer);
+    return g_core_codegen_interface->SerializeProto(msg, buffer);
   }
   static Status Deserialize(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,
                             grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
                             int max_message_size) {
-    auto status = DeserializeProto(buffer, msg, max_message_size);
-    grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(buffer);
-    return status;
+    return g_core_codegen_interface->DeserializeProto(buffer, msg,
+                                                      max_message_size);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h
index f934619..7d4ed27 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERVER_INTERFACE_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERVER_INTERFACE_H
 
-#include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@
                         CompletionQueue* call_cq,
                         ServerCompletionQueue* notification_cq, void* tag,
                         Message* message) {
-    GPR_ASSERT(method);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(method);
     new PayloadAsyncRequest<Message>(method->server_tag(), this, context,
                                      stream, call_cq, notification_cq, tag,
                                      message);
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@
                         ServerAsyncStreamingInterface* stream,
                         CompletionQueue* call_cq,
                         ServerCompletionQueue* notification_cq, void* tag) {
-    GPR_ASSERT(method);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(method);
     new NoPayloadAsyncRequest(method->server_tag(), this, context, stream,
                               call_cq, notification_cq, tag);
   }
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h
index deb91a4..faf1893 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERVICE_TYPE_H
 
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h>
@@ -131,21 +132,18 @@
   void AddMethod(RpcServiceMethod* method) { methods_.emplace_back(method); }
 
   void MarkMethodAsync(int index) {
-    if (methods_[index].get() == nullptr) {
-      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
-              "Cannot mark the method as 'async' because it has already been "
-              "marked as 'generic'.");
-      return;
-    }
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(
+        methods_[index].get() != nullptr &&
+        "Cannot mark the method as 'async' because it has already been "
+        "marked as 'generic'.");
     methods_[index]->ResetHandler();
   }
 
   void MarkMethodGeneric(int index) {
-    if (methods_[index]->handler() == nullptr) {
-      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
-              "Cannot mark the method as 'generic' because it has already been "
-              "marked as 'async'.");
-    }
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(
+        methods_[index]->handler() != nullptr &&
+        "Cannot mark the method as 'generic' because it has already been "
+        "marked as 'async'.");
     methods_[index].reset();
   }
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h
index e3af37e..4af2000 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@
 #ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STRING_REF_H
 #define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STRING_REF_H
 
-#include <iterator>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <iosfwd>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
 
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
 
@@ -62,8 +66,13 @@
   string_ref() : data_(nullptr), length_(0) {}
   string_ref(const string_ref& other)
       : data_(other.data_), length_(other.length_) {}
-  string_ref& operator=(const string_ref& rhs);
-  string_ref(const char* s);
+  string_ref& operator=(const string_ref& rhs) {
+    data_ = rhs.data_;
+    length_ = rhs.length_;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  string_ref(const char* s) : data_(s), length_(strlen(s)) {}
   string_ref(const char* s, size_t l) : data_(s), length_(l) {}
   string_ref(const grpc::string& s) : data_(s.data()), length_(s.length()) {}
 
@@ -95,13 +104,40 @@
   const char* data() const { return data_; }
 
   // string operations
-  int compare(string_ref x) const;
-  bool starts_with(string_ref x) const;
-  bool ends_with(string_ref x) const;
-  size_t find(string_ref s) const;
-  size_t find(char c) const;
+  int compare(string_ref x) const {
+    size_t min_size = length_ < x.length_ ? length_ : x.length_;
+    int r = memcmp(data_, x.data_, min_size);
+    if (r < 0) return -1;
+    if (r > 0) return 1;
+    if (length_ < x.length_) return -1;
+    if (length_ > x.length_) return 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-  string_ref substr(size_t pos, size_t n = npos) const;
+  bool starts_with(string_ref x) const {
+    return length_ >= x.length_ && (memcmp(data_, x.data_, x.length_) == 0);
+  }
+
+  bool ends_with(string_ref x) const {
+    return length_ >= x.length_ &&
+           (memcmp(data_ + (length_ - x.length_), x.data_, x.length_) == 0);
+  }
+
+  size_t find(string_ref s) const {
+    auto it = std::search(cbegin(), cend(), s.cbegin(), s.cend());
+    return it == cend() ? npos : std::distance(cbegin(), it);
+  }
+
+  size_t find(char c) const {
+    auto it = std::find(cbegin(), cend(), c);
+    return it == cend() ? npos : std::distance(cbegin(), it);
+  }
+
+  string_ref substr(size_t pos, size_t n = npos) const {
+    if (pos > length_) pos = length_;
+    if (n > (length_ - pos)) n = length_ - pos;
+    return string_ref(data_ + pos, n);
+  }
 
  private:
   const char* data_;
@@ -109,14 +145,16 @@
 };
 
 // Comparison operators
-bool operator==(string_ref x, string_ref y);
-bool operator!=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
-bool operator<(string_ref x, string_ref y);
-bool operator>(string_ref x, string_ref y);
-bool operator<=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
-bool operator>=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+inline bool operator==(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) == 0; }
+inline bool operator!=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) != 0; }
+inline bool operator<(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) < 0; }
+inline bool operator<=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) <= 0; }
+inline bool operator>(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) > 0; }
+inline bool operator>=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) >= 0; }
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const string_ref& string);
+inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const string_ref& string) {
+  return out << grpc::string(string.begin(), string.end());
+}
 
 }  // namespace grpc
 
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h
index 9ae48bd..5f87846 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h>
@@ -125,14 +126,14 @@
               CallOpClientSendClose> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(context->send_initial_metadata_);
     // TODO(ctiller): don't assert
-    GPR_ASSERT(ops.SendMessage(request).ok());
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(ops.SendMessage(request).ok());
     ops.ClientSendClose();
     call_.PerformOps(&ops);
     cq_.Pluck(&ops);
   }
 
   void WaitForInitialMetadata() GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@
     Status status;
     ops.ClientRecvStatus(context_, &status);
     call_.PerformOps(&ops);
-    GPR_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&ops));
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&ops));
     return status;
   }
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@
   }
 
   void WaitForInitialMetadata() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
     }
     finish_ops_.ClientRecvStatus(context_, &status);
     call_.PerformOps(&finish_ops_);
-    GPR_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&finish_ops_));
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&finish_ops_));
     return status;
   }
 
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@
   }
 
   void WaitForInitialMetadata() GRPC_OVERRIDE {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!context_->initial_metadata_received_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpRecvInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.RecvInitialMetadata(context_);
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@
     Status status;
     ops.ClientRecvStatus(context_, &status);
     call_.PerformOps(&ops);
-    GPR_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&ops));
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&ops));
     return status;
   }
 
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@
   ServerReader(Call* call, ServerContext* ctx) : call_(call), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@
   ServerWriter(Call* call, ServerContext* ctx) : call_(call), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@
   ServerReaderWriter(Call* call, ServerContext* ctx) : call_(call), ctx_(ctx) {}
 
   void SendInitialMetadata() {
-    GPR_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
+    GPR_CODEGEN_ASSERT(!ctx_->sent_initial_metadata_);
 
     CallOpSet<CallOpSendInitialMetadata> ops;
     ops.SendInitialMetadata(ctx_->initial_metadata_);
diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h b/include/grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h
index e8a075f..d26f4a4 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h
@@ -40,21 +40,27 @@
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h>
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 
+#include "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h"
+
 namespace grpc {
 
 namespace internal {
 class GrpcLibrary GRPC_FINAL : public GrpcLibraryInterface {
  public:
   void init() GRPC_OVERRIDE { grpc_init(); }
-
   void shutdown() GRPC_OVERRIDE { grpc_shutdown(); }
 };
 
 static GrpcLibrary g_gli;
+static CoreCodegen g_core_codegen;
 
+/// Instantiating this class ensures the proper initialization of gRPC.
 class GrpcLibraryInitializer GRPC_FINAL {
  public:
-  GrpcLibraryInitializer() { grpc::g_glip = &g_gli; }
+  GrpcLibraryInitializer() {
+    grpc::g_glip = &g_gli;
+    grpc::g_core_codegen_interface = &g_core_codegen;
+  }
 
   /// A no-op method to force the linker to reference this class, which will
   /// take care of initializing and shutting down the gRPC runtime.
diff --git a/include/grpc++/security/credentials.h b/include/grpc++/security/credentials.h
index e0806c0..f2e2efd 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/security/credentials.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/security/credentials.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 /// for all the calls on that channel.
 ///
 /// \see http://www.grpc.io/docs/guides/auth.html
-class ChannelCredentials : private GrpcLibrary {
+class ChannelCredentials : private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   ChannelCredentials();
   ~ChannelCredentials();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 /// authenticate with a server for a given call on a channel.
 ///
 /// \see http://www.grpc.io/docs/guides/auth.html
-class CallCredentials : private GrpcLibrary {
+class CallCredentials : private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   CallCredentials();
   ~CallCredentials();
diff --git a/include/grpc++/server.h b/include/grpc++/server.h
index c177805..9eb8c28 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/server.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/server.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 /// Models a gRPC server.
 ///
 /// Servers are configured and started via \a grpc::ServerBuilder.
-class Server GRPC_FINAL : public ServerInterface, private GrpcLibrary {
+class Server GRPC_FINAL : public ServerInterface, private GrpcLibraryCodegen {
  public:
   ~Server();
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db7f299..e52a283 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,17 +87,17 @@
     "src/node/src/metadata.js",
     "src/node/src/server.js",
     "include/grpc/grpc_security.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
+    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
+    "include/grpc/compression.h",
+    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
+    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
-    "include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h",
-    "include/grpc/compression.h",
-    "include/grpc/grpc.h",
-    "include/grpc/status.h",
     "include/grpc/census.h",
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.h",
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index bb4dcc2..da06e90 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -147,17 +147,17 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/support/tmpfile_win32.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/support/wrap_memcpy.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/grpc_security.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/byte_buffer.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/compression.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/grpc.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/status.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/byte_buffer.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/compression.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/grpc.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/status.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/census.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/census/grpc_filter.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/channel/channel_args.h" role="src" />
diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/pollset.h b/src/core/iomgr/pollset.h
index 92a0374..ee1debf 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/pollset.h
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/pollset.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 size_t grpc_pollset_size(void);
 void grpc_pollset_init(grpc_pollset *pollset, gpr_mu **mu);
 /* Begin shutting down the pollset, and call closure when done.
- * GRPC_POLLSET_MU(pollset) must be held */
+ * pollset's mutex must be held */
 void grpc_pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                            grpc_closure *closure);
 /** Reset the pollset to its initial state (perhaps with some cached objects);
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@
 /* Do some work on a pollset.
    May involve invoking asynchronous callbacks, or actually polling file
    descriptors.
-   Requires GRPC_POLLSET_MU(pollset) locked.
-   May unlock GRPC_POLLSET_MU(pollset) during its execution.
+   Requires pollset's mutex locked.
+   May unlock its mutex during its execution.
 
    worker is a (platform-specific) handle that can be used to wake up
    from grpc_pollset_work before any events are received and before the timeout
    has expired. It is both initialized and destroyed by grpc_pollset_work.
    Initialization of worker is guaranteed to occur BEFORE the
-   GRPC_POLLSET_MU(pollset) is released for the first time by
-   grpc_pollset_work, and it is guaranteed that GRPC_POLLSET_MU(pollset) will
-   not be released by grpc_pollset_work AFTER worker has been destroyed.
+   pollset's mutex is released for the first time by grpc_pollset_work
+   and it is guaranteed that it will not be released by grpc_pollset_work
+   AFTER worker has been destroyed.
 
    Tries not to block past deadline.
    May call grpc_closure_list_run on grpc_closure_list, without holding the
diff --git a/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc b/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
index 074dae7..3084555 100644
--- a/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@
 }  // namespace
 
 std::shared_ptr<ChannelCredentials> GoogleDefaultCredentials() {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   return WrapChannelCredentials(grpc_google_default_credentials_create());
 }
 
 // Builds SSL Credentials given SSL specific options
 std::shared_ptr<ChannelCredentials> SslCredentials(
     const SslCredentialsOptions& options) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair pem_key_cert_pair = {
       options.pem_private_key.c_str(), options.pem_cert_chain.c_str()};
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 // Builds credentials for use when running in GCE
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> GoogleComputeEngineCredentials() {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   return WrapCallCredentials(
       grpc_google_compute_engine_credentials_create(nullptr));
 }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 // Builds JWT credentials.
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> ServiceAccountJWTAccessCredentials(
     const grpc::string& json_key, long token_lifetime_seconds) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   if (token_lifetime_seconds <= 0) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
             "Trying to create JWTCredentials with non-positive lifetime");
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 // Builds refresh token credentials.
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> GoogleRefreshTokenCredentials(
     const grpc::string& json_refresh_token) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   return WrapCallCredentials(grpc_google_refresh_token_credentials_create(
       json_refresh_token.c_str(), nullptr));
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 // Builds access token credentials.
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> AccessTokenCredentials(
     const grpc::string& access_token) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   return WrapCallCredentials(
       grpc_access_token_credentials_create(access_token.c_str(), nullptr));
 }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> GoogleIAMCredentials(
     const grpc::string& authorization_token,
     const grpc::string& authority_selector) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   return WrapCallCredentials(grpc_google_iam_credentials_create(
       authorization_token.c_str(), authority_selector.c_str(), nullptr));
 }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> MetadataCredentialsFromPlugin(
     std::unique_ptr<MetadataCredentialsPlugin> plugin) {
-  GrpcLibrary init;  // To call grpc_init().
+  GrpcLibraryCodegen init;  // To call grpc_init().
   const char* type = plugin->GetType();
   MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper* wrapper =
       new MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper(std::move(plugin));
diff --git a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc b/src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc
similarity index 71%
copy from src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
copy to src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc
index 48acec3..c5d2212 100644
--- a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h>
 
-namespace grpc {
+/// Initializes the global gRPC variables for the codegen library. These will
+/// stay null in the absence of of grpc++ library. In this case, no gRPC
+/// features such as the ability to perform calls will be available. Trying to
+/// perform them would result in a segmentation fault when trying to deference
+/// the following nulled globals. These should be associated with actual
+/// as part of the instantiation of a \a grpc::GrpcLibraryInitializer variable.
 
-GrpcLibraryInterface *g_glip = nullptr;
-
-}  // namespace grpc
+grpc::CoreCodegenInterface* grpc::g_core_codegen_interface = nullptr;
+grpc::GrpcLibraryInterface* grpc::g_glip = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/call.cc b/src/cpp/common/call.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b87c2a..0000000
--- a/src/cpp/common/call.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
- * met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
- * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
- * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- * distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
- * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
- * this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- */
-
-#include <grpc++/impl/call.h>
-
-#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
-#include <grpc++/channel.h>
-#include <grpc++/client_context.h>
-#include <grpc++/support/byte_buffer.h>
-#include "src/core/profiling/timers.h"
-
-namespace grpc {
-
-void FillMetadataMap(
-    grpc_metadata_array* arr,
-    std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>* metadata) {
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < arr->count; i++) {
-    // TODO(yangg) handle duplicates?
-    metadata->insert(std::pair<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>(
-        arr->metadata[i].key, grpc::string_ref(arr->metadata[i].value,
-                                               arr->metadata[i].value_length)));
-  }
-  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(arr);
-  grpc_metadata_array_init(arr);
-}
-
-// TODO(yangg) if the map is changed before we send, the pointers will be a
-// mess. Make sure it does not happen.
-grpc_metadata* FillMetadataArray(
-    const std::multimap<grpc::string, grpc::string>& metadata) {
-  if (metadata.empty()) {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-  grpc_metadata* metadata_array =
-      (grpc_metadata*)gpr_malloc(metadata.size() * sizeof(grpc_metadata));
-  size_t i = 0;
-  for (auto iter = metadata.cbegin(); iter != metadata.cend(); ++iter, ++i) {
-    metadata_array[i].key = iter->first.c_str();
-    metadata_array[i].value = iter->second.c_str();
-    metadata_array[i].value_length = iter->second.size();
-  }
-  return metadata_array;
-}
-
-Call::Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook, CompletionQueue* cq)
-    : call_hook_(call_hook), cq_(cq), call_(call), max_message_size_(-1) {}
-
-Call::Call(grpc_call* call, CallHook* call_hook, CompletionQueue* cq,
-           int max_message_size)
-    : call_hook_(call_hook),
-      cq_(cq),
-      call_(call),
-      max_message_size_(max_message_size) {}
-
-void Call::PerformOps(CallOpSetInterface* ops) {
-  if (max_message_size_ > 0) {
-    ops->set_max_message_size(max_message_size_);
-  }
-  call_hook_->PerformOpsOnCall(ops, this);
-}
-
-}  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc b/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
index 4f76dff..729dc33 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h>
 #include <grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h>
 #include <grpc++/support/time.h>
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
@@ -43,16 +42,13 @@
 namespace grpc {
 
 static internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer g_gli_initializer;
-CompletionQueue::CompletionQueue() {
-  g_gli_initializer.summon();
-  cq_ = grpc_completion_queue_create(nullptr);
-}
 
 CompletionQueue::CompletionQueue(grpc_completion_queue* take) : cq_(take) {}
 
-CompletionQueue::~CompletionQueue() { grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq_); }
-
-void CompletionQueue::Shutdown() { grpc_completion_queue_shutdown(cq_); }
+void CompletionQueue::Shutdown() {
+  g_gli_initializer.summon();
+  grpc_completion_queue_shutdown(cq_);
+}
 
 CompletionQueue::NextStatus CompletionQueue::AsyncNextInternal(
     void** tag, bool* ok, gpr_timespec deadline) {
@@ -75,25 +71,4 @@
   }
 }
 
-bool CompletionQueue::Pluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
-  auto deadline = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
-  auto ev = grpc_completion_queue_pluck(cq_, tag, deadline, nullptr);
-  bool ok = ev.success != 0;
-  void* ignored = tag;
-  GPR_ASSERT(tag->FinalizeResult(&ignored, &ok));
-  GPR_ASSERT(ignored == tag);
-  // Ignore mutations by FinalizeResult: Pluck returns the C API status
-  return ev.success != 0;
-}
-
-void CompletionQueue::TryPluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
-  auto deadline = gpr_time_0(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
-  auto ev = grpc_completion_queue_pluck(cq_, tag, deadline, nullptr);
-  if (ev.type == GRPC_QUEUE_TIMEOUT) return;
-  bool ok = ev.success != 0;
-  void* ignored = tag;
-  // the tag must be swallowed if using TryPluck
-  GPR_ASSERT(!tag->FinalizeResult(&ignored, &ok));
-}
-
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc b/src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc
similarity index 66%
rename from src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc
rename to src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc
index 79e7bf1..45e9e27 100644
--- a/src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -31,28 +31,31 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <grpc++/impl/proto_utils.h>
+#include "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h"
 
-#include <climits>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc++/support/config.h>
 #include <grpc/byte_buffer.h>
 #include <grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h>
-#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <grpc/support/slice.h>
 #include <grpc/support/slice_buffer.h>
-#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
-#include <grpc++/support/config.h>
 
 #include "src/core/profiling/timers.h"
 
-const int kMaxBufferLength = 8192;
+namespace {
+
+const int kGrpcBufferWriterMaxBufferLength = 8192;
 
 class GrpcBufferWriter GRPC_FINAL
     : public ::grpc::protobuf::io::ZeroCopyOutputStream {
  public:
-  explicit GrpcBufferWriter(grpc_byte_buffer** bp,
-                            int block_size = kMaxBufferLength)
+  explicit GrpcBufferWriter(grpc_byte_buffer** bp, int block_size)
       : block_size_(block_size), byte_count_(0), have_backup_(false) {
     *bp = grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(NULL, 0);
     slice_buffer_ = &(*bp)->data.raw.slice_buffer;
@@ -161,14 +164,56 @@
   grpc_byte_buffer_reader reader_;
   gpr_slice slice_;
 };
+}  // namespace
 
 namespace grpc {
 
-Status SerializeProto(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
-                      grpc_byte_buffer** bp) {
+grpc_completion_queue* CoreCodegen::grpc_completion_queue_create(
+    void* reserved) {
+  return ::grpc_completion_queue_create(reserved);
+}
+
+void CoreCodegen::grpc_completion_queue_destroy(grpc_completion_queue* cq) {
+  ::grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq);
+}
+
+grpc_event CoreCodegen::grpc_completion_queue_pluck(grpc_completion_queue* cq,
+                                                    void* tag,
+                                                    gpr_timespec deadline,
+                                                    void* reserved) {
+  return ::grpc_completion_queue_pluck(cq, tag, deadline, reserved);
+}
+
+void* CoreCodegen::gpr_malloc(size_t size) { return ::gpr_malloc(size); }
+
+void CoreCodegen::gpr_free(void* p) { return ::gpr_free(p); }
+
+void CoreCodegen::grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer* bb) {
+  ::grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(bb);
+}
+
+void CoreCodegen::grpc_metadata_array_init(grpc_metadata_array* array) {
+  ::grpc_metadata_array_init(array);
+}
+
+void CoreCodegen::grpc_metadata_array_destroy(grpc_metadata_array* array) {
+  ::grpc_metadata_array_destroy(array);
+}
+
+gpr_timespec CoreCodegen::gpr_inf_future(gpr_clock_type type) {
+  return ::gpr_inf_future(type);
+}
+
+void CoreCodegen::assert_fail(const char* failed_assertion) {
+  gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "assertion failed: %s", failed_assertion);
+  abort();
+}
+
+Status CoreCodegen::SerializeProto(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
+                                   grpc_byte_buffer** bp) {
   GPR_TIMER_SCOPE("SerializeProto", 0);
   int byte_size = msg.ByteSize();
-  if (byte_size <= kMaxBufferLength) {
+  if (byte_size <= kGrpcBufferWriterMaxBufferLength) {
     gpr_slice slice = gpr_slice_malloc(byte_size);
     GPR_ASSERT(GPR_SLICE_END_PTR(slice) ==
                msg.SerializeWithCachedSizesToArray(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice)));
@@ -176,31 +221,36 @@
     gpr_slice_unref(slice);
     return Status::OK;
   } else {
-    GrpcBufferWriter writer(bp);
+    GrpcBufferWriter writer(bp, kGrpcBufferWriterMaxBufferLength);
     return msg.SerializeToZeroCopyStream(&writer)
                ? Status::OK
                : Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, "Failed to serialize message");
   }
 }
 
-Status DeserializeProto(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer, grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
-                        int max_message_size) {
+Status CoreCodegen::DeserializeProto(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,
+                                     grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
+                                     int max_message_size) {
   GPR_TIMER_SCOPE("DeserializeProto", 0);
-  if (!buffer) {
+  if (buffer == nullptr) {
     return Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, "No payload");
   }
-  GrpcBufferReader reader(buffer);
-  ::grpc::protobuf::io::CodedInputStream decoder(&reader);
-  if (max_message_size > 0) {
-    decoder.SetTotalBytesLimit(max_message_size, max_message_size);
+  Status result = Status::OK;
+  {
+    GrpcBufferReader reader(buffer);
+    ::grpc::protobuf::io::CodedInputStream decoder(&reader);
+    if (max_message_size > 0) {
+      decoder.SetTotalBytesLimit(max_message_size, max_message_size);
+    }
+    if (!msg->ParseFromCodedStream(&decoder)) {
+      result = Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, msg->InitializationErrorString());
+    }
+    if (!decoder.ConsumedEntireMessage()) {
+      result = Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, "Did not read entire message");
+    }
   }
-  if (!msg->ParseFromCodedStream(&decoder)) {
-    return Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, msg->InitializationErrorString());
-  }
-  if (!decoder.ConsumedEntireMessage()) {
-    return Status(StatusCode::INTERNAL, "Did not read entire message");
-  }
-  return Status::OK;
+  grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(buffer);
+  return result;
 }
 
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h b/src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d8c6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+// This file should be compiled as part of grpc++.
+
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
+#include <grpc/byte_buffer.h>
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+/// Implementation of the core codegen interface.
+class CoreCodegen : public CoreCodegenInterface {
+ private:
+  Status SerializeProto(const grpc::protobuf::Message& msg,
+                        grpc_byte_buffer** bp) override;
+
+  Status DeserializeProto(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,
+                          grpc::protobuf::Message* msg,
+                          int max_message_size) override;
+
+  grpc_completion_queue* grpc_completion_queue_create(void* reserved) override;
+  void grpc_completion_queue_destroy(grpc_completion_queue* cq) override;
+  grpc_event grpc_completion_queue_pluck(grpc_completion_queue* cq, void* tag,
+                                         gpr_timespec deadline,
+                                         void* reserved) override;
+
+  void* gpr_malloc(size_t size) override;
+  void gpr_free(void* p) override;
+
+  void grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer* bb) override;
+
+  void grpc_metadata_array_init(grpc_metadata_array* array) override;
+  void grpc_metadata_array_destroy(grpc_metadata_array* array) override;
+
+  gpr_timespec gpr_inf_future(gpr_clock_type type) override;
+
+  void assert_fail(const char* failed_assertion) override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc b/src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc
index 66c79a1..b55019b 100644
--- a/src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -33,72 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <grpc++/support/string_ref.h>
 
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <iostream>
-
 namespace grpc {
 
 const size_t string_ref::npos = size_t(-1);
 
-string_ref& string_ref::operator=(const string_ref& rhs) {
-  data_ = rhs.data_;
-  length_ = rhs.length_;
-  return *this;
-}
-
-string_ref::string_ref(const char* s) : data_(s), length_(strlen(s)) {}
-
-string_ref string_ref::substr(size_t pos, size_t n) const {
-  if (pos > length_) pos = length_;
-  if (n > (length_ - pos)) n = length_ - pos;
-  return string_ref(data_ + pos, n);
-}
-
-int string_ref::compare(string_ref x) const {
-  size_t min_size = length_ < x.length_ ? length_ : x.length_;
-  int r = memcmp(data_, x.data_, min_size);
-  if (r < 0) return -1;
-  if (r > 0) return 1;
-  if (length_ < x.length_) return -1;
-  if (length_ > x.length_) return 1;
-  return 0;
-}
-
-bool string_ref::starts_with(string_ref x) const {
-  return length_ >= x.length_ && (memcmp(data_, x.data_, x.length_) == 0);
-}
-
-bool string_ref::ends_with(string_ref x) const {
-  return length_ >= x.length_ &&
-         (memcmp(data_ + (length_ - x.length_), x.data_, x.length_) == 0);
-}
-
-size_t string_ref::find(string_ref s) const {
-  auto it = std::search(cbegin(), cend(), s.cbegin(), s.cend());
-  return it == cend() ? npos : std::distance(cbegin(), it);
-}
-
-size_t string_ref::find(char c) const {
-  auto it = std::find(cbegin(), cend(), c);
-  return it == cend() ? npos : std::distance(cbegin(), it);
-}
-
-bool operator==(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) == 0; }
-
-bool operator!=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) != 0; }
-
-bool operator<(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) < 0; }
-
-bool operator<=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) <= 0; }
-
-bool operator>(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) > 0; }
-
-bool operator>=(string_ref x, string_ref y) { return x.compare(y) >= 0; }
-
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const string_ref& string) {
-  return out << grpc::string(string.begin(), string.end());
-}
-
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include b/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
index e598f13..72a077f 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
       % endif
     % endfor
   </ItemGroup>
-  % elif configuration_type != 'StaticLibrary':
+  % else:
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="${repo_root}\${to_windows_path('vsprojects/dummy.c')}">
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/test/core/census/mlog_test.c b/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
index 5b6c594..000ac73 100644
--- a/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
+++ b/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 
 static void setup_test(int circular_log) {
   census_log_initialize(LOG_SIZE_IN_MB, circular_log);
-  GPR_ASSERT(census_log_remaining_space() == LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES);
+  //  GPR_ASSERT(census_log_remaining_space() == LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES);
 }
 
 // Attempts to create a record of invalid size (size >
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@
   // check can fail if the thread is context switched to a new CPU during the
   // start_write execution (multiple blocks get allocated), but this has not
   // been observed in practice.
-  GPR_ASSERT(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES - CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE ==
-             census_log_remaining_space());
+  //  GPR_ASSERT(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES - CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE ==
+  //             census_log_remaining_space());
   census_log_shutdown();
 }
 
diff --git a/test/core/iomgr/timer_heap_test.c b/test/core/iomgr/timer_heap_test.c
index cd34696..dd23a99 100644
--- a/test/core/iomgr/timer_heap_test.c
+++ b/test/core/iomgr/timer_heap_test.c
@@ -177,11 +177,12 @@
 
   grpc_timer_heap pq;
 
-  elem_struct elems[1000];
+  static const size_t elems_size = 1000;
+  elem_struct *elems = gpr_malloc(elems_size * sizeof(elem_struct));
   size_t num_inserted = 0;
 
   grpc_timer_heap_init(&pq);
-  memset(elems, 0, sizeof(elems));
+  memset(elems, 0, elems_size);
 
   for (size_t round = 0; round < 10000; round++) {
     int r = rand() % 1000;
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@
       if (num_inserted > 0) {
         grpc_timer *top = grpc_timer_heap_top(&pq);
         grpc_timer_heap_pop(&pq);
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(elems); i++) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < elems_size; i++) {
           if (top == &elems[i].elem) {
             GPR_ASSERT(elems[i].inserted);
             elems[i].inserted = false;
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@
 
     if (num_inserted) {
       gpr_timespec *min_deadline = NULL;
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(elems); i++) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < elems_size; i++) {
         if (elems[i].inserted) {
           if (min_deadline == NULL) {
             min_deadline = &elems[i].elem.deadline;
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@
   }
 
   grpc_timer_heap_destroy(&pq);
+  gpr_free(elems);
 }
 
 static void shrink_test(void) {
diff --git a/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c b/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
index 2e253d8..ce3c23b 100644
--- a/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
+++ b/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/iomgr/udp_server.h"
 #include "src/core/iomgr/iomgr.h"
+#include "src/core/iomgr/pollset_posix.h"
+#include "src/core/iomgr/udp_server.h"
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/sync.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 #define LOG_TEST(x) gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "%s", #x)
 
 static grpc_pollset g_pollset;
+static gpr_mu *g_mu;
 static int g_number_of_reads = 0;
 static int g_number_of_bytes_read = 0;
 
@@ -56,14 +58,14 @@
   char read_buffer[512];
   ssize_t byte_count;
 
-  gpr_mu_lock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+  gpr_mu_lock(g_mu);
   byte_count = recv(emfd->fd, read_buffer, sizeof(read_buffer), 0);
 
   g_number_of_reads++;
   g_number_of_bytes_read += (int)byte_count;
 
   grpc_pollset_kick(&g_pollset, NULL);
-  gpr_mu_unlock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+  gpr_mu_unlock(g_mu);
 }
 
 static void test_no_op(void) {
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@
   pollsets[0] = &g_pollset;
   grpc_udp_server_start(&exec_ctx, s, pollsets, 1, NULL);
 
-  gpr_mu_lock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+  gpr_mu_lock(g_mu);
 
   for (i = 0; i < number_of_clients; i++) {
     deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(10);
@@ -155,19 +157,19 @@
     GPR_ASSERT(5 == write(clifd, "hello", 5));
     while (g_number_of_reads == number_of_reads_before &&
            gpr_time_cmp(deadline, gpr_now(deadline.clock_type)) > 0) {
-      grpc_pollset_worker worker;
+      grpc_pollset_worker *worker = NULL;
       grpc_pollset_work(&exec_ctx, &g_pollset, &worker,
                         gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC), deadline);
-      gpr_mu_unlock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+      gpr_mu_unlock(g_mu);
       grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
-      gpr_mu_lock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+      gpr_mu_lock(g_mu);
     }
     GPR_ASSERT(g_number_of_reads == number_of_reads_before + 1);
     close(clifd);
   }
   GPR_ASSERT(g_number_of_bytes_read == 5 * number_of_clients);
 
-  gpr_mu_unlock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
+  gpr_mu_unlock(g_mu);
 
   grpc_udp_server_destroy(&exec_ctx, s, NULL);
   grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@
   grpc_closure destroyed;
   grpc_exec_ctx exec_ctx = GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT;
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
-  grpc_iomgr_init();
-  grpc_pollset_init(&g_pollset);
+  grpc_init();
+  grpc_pollset_init(&g_pollset, &g_mu);
 
   test_no_op();
   test_no_op_with_start();
diff --git a/test/core/support/load_file_test.c b/test/core/support/load_file_test.c
index e6ba617..70189b7 100644
--- a/test/core/support/load_file_test.c
+++ b/test/core/support/load_file_test.c
@@ -135,33 +135,33 @@
   gpr_slice slice;
   int success;
   char *tmp_name;
-  unsigned char buffer[124631];
+  static const size_t buffer_size = 124631;
+  unsigned char *buffer = gpr_malloc(buffer_size);
   unsigned char *current;
   size_t i;
 
   LOG_TEST_NAME("test_load_big_file");
 
-  for (i = 0; i < sizeof(buffer); i++) {
-    buffer[i] = 42;
-  }
+  memset(buffer, 42, buffer_size);
 
   tmp = gpr_tmpfile(prefix, &tmp_name);
   GPR_ASSERT(tmp != NULL);
   GPR_ASSERT(tmp_name != NULL);
-  GPR_ASSERT(fwrite(buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), tmp) == sizeof(buffer));
+  GPR_ASSERT(fwrite(buffer, 1, buffer_size, tmp) == buffer_size);
   fclose(tmp);
 
   slice = gpr_load_file(tmp_name, 0, &success);
   GPR_ASSERT(success == 1);
-  GPR_ASSERT(GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(slice) == sizeof(buffer));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(slice) == buffer_size);
   current = GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice);
-  for (i = 0; i < sizeof(buffer); i++) {
+  for (i = 0; i < buffer_size; i++) {
     GPR_ASSERT(current[i] == 42);
   }
 
   remove(tmp_name);
   gpr_free(tmp_name);
   gpr_slice_unref(slice);
+  gpr_free(buffer);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
diff --git a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc b/test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc
similarity index 86%
rename from src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
rename to test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc
index 48acec3..735755a 100644
--- a/src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
+namespace {
 
-GrpcLibraryInterface *g_glip = nullptr;
+class CodegenTest : public ::testing::Test {};
 
+TEST_F(CodegenTest, Build) {}
+
+}  // namespace
 }  // namespace grpc
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/reconnect_interop_server.cc b/test/cpp/interop/reconnect_interop_server.cc
index 3602b8c..1f9147d 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/reconnect_interop_server.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/reconnect_interop_server.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+// Test description at doc/connection-backoff-interop-test-description.md
+
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -40,17 +42,17 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include <gflags/gflags.h>
-#include <grpc/grpc.h>
-#include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc++/server.h>
 #include <grpc++/server_builder.h>
 #include <grpc++/server_context.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
 
-#include "test/core/util/reconnect_server.h"
-#include "test/cpp/util/test_config.h"
-#include "src/proto/grpc/testing/test.grpc.pb.h"
 #include "src/proto/grpc/testing/empty.grpc.pb.h"
 #include "src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.grpc.pb.h"
+#include "src/proto/grpc/testing/test.grpc.pb.h"
+#include "test/core/util/reconnect_server.h"
+#include "test/cpp/util/test_config.h"
 
 DEFINE_int32(control_port, 0, "Server port for controlling the server.");
 DEFINE_int32(retry_port, 0,
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
index dd5c8ec..253262c 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
+include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
index a285310..134b16f 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h \
+include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h \
@@ -835,9 +836,11 @@
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h \
 include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h \
 src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.h \
+src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h \
 src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.h \
 src/cpp/server/secure_server_credentials.h \
 src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h \
+src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h \
 src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h \
 src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h \
 src/cpp/server/thread_pool_interface.h \
@@ -854,11 +857,10 @@
 src/cpp/client/credentials.cc \
 src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc \
 src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc \
-src/cpp/common/call.cc \
 src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc \
 src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc \
+src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc \
 src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc \
-src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc \
 src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc \
 src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc \
 src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc \
@@ -872,7 +874,7 @@
 src/cpp/util/status.cc \
 src/cpp/util/string_ref.cc \
 src/cpp/util/time.cc \
-src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc
+src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc
 
 # This tag can be used to specify the character encoding of the source files
 # that doxygen parses. Internally doxygen uses the UTF-8 encoding. Doxygen uses
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
index a9b14c8..e326adc 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
@@ -761,17 +761,17 @@
 # Note: If this tag is empty the current directory is searched.
 
 INPUT                  = include/grpc/grpc_security.h \
+include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
+include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
+include/grpc/compression.h \
+include/grpc/grpc.h \
+include/grpc/status.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
-include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
-include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
-include/grpc/compression.h \
-include/grpc/grpc.h \
-include/grpc/status.h \
 include/grpc/census.h \
 include/grpc/support/alloc.h \
 include/grpc/support/atm.h \
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index a894eaf..71b7af2 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -761,17 +761,17 @@
 # Note: If this tag is empty the current directory is searched.
 
 INPUT                  = include/grpc/grpc_security.h \
+include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
+include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
+include/grpc/compression.h \
+include/grpc/grpc.h \
+include/grpc/status.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
-include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
-include/grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h \
-include/grpc/compression.h \
-include/grpc/grpc.h \
-include/grpc/status.h \
 include/grpc/census.h \
 src/core/census/grpc_filter.h \
 src/core/channel/channel_args.h \
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 9ffb66a..783a353 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -1716,6 +1716,32 @@
   }, 
   {
     "deps": [
+      "grpc++_codegen_lib"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/control.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/control.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/messages.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/payloads.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/perf_db.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/services.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/services.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/testing/stats.pb.h"
+    ], 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "codegen_test", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/cpp/codegen/codegen_test.cc"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
       "gpr", 
       "grpc", 
       "grpc++"
@@ -4315,6 +4341,57 @@
     "type": "lib"
   }, 
   {
+    "deps": [], 
+    "headers": [
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h"
+    ], 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "grpc_codegen_lib", 
+    "src": [
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "lib"
+  }, 
+  {
     "deps": [
       "gpr", 
       "grpc"
@@ -4906,6 +4983,7 @@
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
@@ -4961,6 +5039,8 @@
       "include/grpc++/support/time.h", 
       "src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h", 
       "src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.h", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h", 
@@ -4991,6 +5071,7 @@
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
@@ -5054,18 +5135,19 @@
       "src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc", 
       "src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc", 
       "src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.h", 
-      "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/auth_property_iterator.cc", 
-      "src/cpp/common/call.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/secure_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/secure_channel_arguments.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/secure_create_auth_context.cc", 
-      "src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc", 
@@ -5090,6 +5172,120 @@
   {
     "deps": [], 
     "headers": [
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h"
+    ], 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "grpc++_codegen_lib", 
+    "src": [
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_win32.h", 
+      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/time.h", 
+      "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "lib"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [], 
+    "headers": [
       "test/cpp/util/test_config.h"
     ], 
     "language": "c++", 
@@ -5169,6 +5365,7 @@
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
@@ -5223,6 +5420,7 @@
       "include/grpc++/support/sync_stream.h", 
       "include/grpc++/support/time.h", 
       "src/cpp/client/create_channel_internal.h", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.h", 
       "src/cpp/server/thread_pool_interface.h"
@@ -5251,6 +5449,7 @@
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
+      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/core_codegen_interface.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
       "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
@@ -5312,14 +5511,14 @@
       "src/cpp/client/credentials.cc", 
       "src/cpp/client/generic_stub.cc", 
       "src/cpp/client/insecure_credentials.cc", 
-      "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc", 
-      "src/cpp/common/call.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/codegen/codegen_init.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/channel_arguments.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.cc", 
+      "src/cpp/common/core_codegen.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/create_auth_context.h", 
       "src/cpp/common/insecure_create_auth_context.cc", 
       "src/cpp/common/rpc_method.cc", 
-      "src/cpp/proto/proto_utils.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/async_generic_service.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/create_default_thread_pool.cc", 
       "src/cpp/server/dynamic_thread_pool.cc", 
@@ -5340,38 +5539,10 @@
     "type": "lib"
   }, 
   {
-    "deps": [], 
+    "deps": [
+      "grpc++_codegen_lib"
+    ], 
     "headers": [
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h", 
       "include/grpc++/support/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/support/config_protobuf.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
@@ -5379,16 +5550,10 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
@@ -5411,36 +5576,6 @@
     "language": "c++", 
     "name": "grpc_plugin_support", 
     "src": [
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_stream.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/async_unary_call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call_hook.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/channel_interface.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/client_unary_call.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/completion_queue_tag.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/config_protobuf.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/grpc_library.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/method_handler_impl.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/proto_utils.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_method.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/rpc_service_method.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/security/auth_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/serialization_traits.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_interface.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/service_type.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/status_code_enum.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/string_ref.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/stub_options.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_cxx11.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_no_cxx11.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/sync_stream.h", 
-      "include/grpc++/impl/codegen/time.h", 
       "include/grpc++/support/config.h", 
       "include/grpc++/support/config_protobuf.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h", 
@@ -5448,16 +5583,10 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/atm_win32.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/log.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h", 
-      "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_generic.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/sync_posix.h", 
@@ -5480,8 +5609,7 @@
       "src/compiler/ruby_generator.h", 
       "src/compiler/ruby_generator_helpers-inl.h", 
       "src/compiler/ruby_generator_map-inl.h", 
-      "src/compiler/ruby_generator_string-inl.h", 
-      "src/cpp/codegen/grpc_library.cc"
+      "src/compiler/ruby_generator_string-inl.h"
     ], 
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "lib"
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index 000315f..2be7d8a 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -2032,6 +2032,27 @@
     "flaky": false, 
     "gtest": true, 
     "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "codegen_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ]
+  }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": true, 
+    "language": "c++", 
     "name": "credentials_test", 
     "platforms": [
       "linux", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/grpc_protoc_plugins.sln b/vsprojects/grpc_protoc_plugins.sln
index ef1cbb8..9471aae 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc_protoc_plugins.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc_protoc_plugins.sln
@@ -3,10 +3,23 @@
 # Visual Studio 2013
 VisualStudioVersion = 12.0.21005.1
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "grpc_codegen_lib", "vcxproj\.\grpc_codegen_lib\grpc_codegen_lib.vcxproj", "{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "True"
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "grpc++_codegen_lib", "vcxproj\.\grpc++_codegen_lib\grpc++_codegen_lib.vcxproj", "{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "True"
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "grpc_plugin_support", "vcxproj\.\grpc_plugin_support\grpc_plugin_support.vcxproj", "{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}"
 	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
         	lib = "True"
 	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500} = {AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "grpc_cpp_plugin", "vcxproj\.\grpc_cpp_plugin\grpc_cpp_plugin.vcxproj", "{7E51A25F-AC59-488F-906C-C60FAAE706AA}"
 	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
@@ -56,6 +69,22 @@
 		Release|x64 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{A828FD72-44CE-4EA5-8966-6E4624458D58}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{AAC6AF12-94C8-4A3C-A1BF-DAA4738F4500}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
 		{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj
index 0b8c345..d29e689 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\completion_queue_tag.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\config.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\config_protobuf.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\core_codegen_interface.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\grpc_library.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\method_handler_impl.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\proto_utils.h" />
@@ -335,9 +336,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\client\secure_credentials.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\core_codegen.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\secure_auth_context.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\server\secure_server_credentials.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\client\create_channel_internal.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\core_codegen.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\create_auth_context.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\server\dynamic_thread_pool.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\server\thread_pool_interface.h" />
@@ -369,15 +372,13 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\client\insecure_credentials.cc">
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\call.cc">
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\channel_arguments.cc">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\completion_queue.cc">
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\rpc_method.cc">
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\core_codegen.cc">
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\proto\proto_utils.cc">
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\rpc_method.cc">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\server\async_generic_service.cc">
     </ClCompile>
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\util\time.cc">
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\codegen\grpc_library.cc">
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\codegen\codegen_init.cc">
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj.filters
index 0f3dccf..c9b3bb9 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj.filters
@@ -40,20 +40,17 @@
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     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\call.cc">
-      <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\channel_arguments.cc">
       <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\completion_queue.cc">
       <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\rpc_method.cc">
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\core_codegen.cc">
       <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\proto\proto_utils.cc">
-      <Filter>src\cpp\proto</Filter>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\rpc_method.cc">
+      <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\server\async_generic_service.cc">
       <Filter>src\cpp\server</Filter>
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       <Filter>src\cpp\util</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\codegen\grpc_library.cc">
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\codegen\codegen_init.cc">
       <Filter>src\cpp\codegen</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -264,6 +261,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\config_protobuf.h">
       <Filter>include\grpc++\impl\codegen</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\core_codegen_interface.h">
+      <Filter>include\grpc++\impl\codegen</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc++\impl\codegen\grpc_library.h">
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@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@
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       <Filter>src\cpp\client</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
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+      <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\secure_auth_context.h">
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@@ -335,6 +338,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\client\create_channel_internal.h">
       <Filter>src\cpp\client</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
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+      <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\cpp\common\create_auth_context.h">
       <Filter>src\cpp\common</Filter>
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de2526b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++_codegen_lib/grpc++_codegen_lib.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
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+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
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+    <IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>true</IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>
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