6.0.0

• v6 supports .NET 7 only.
• Introduced new interface "IEnum<in TKey, T>" which is going to be implemented by the source generator
• The key equality comparer is static abstract property in .NET 7
• The property "Items" is "static abstract"
• Keyed value objects implement IKeyedValueObject<T, TKey>
• Replaced KeyedValueObjectAttribute with non-generic interface IKeyedValueObject
• The delegate "Validate" is obsolete
• Replaced ValueObjectConstructorAttribute with IComplexValueObject
• Renamed ValueObjectMetadata to KeyedValueObjectMetadata
• Introduced ComplexValueObjectMetadata because it easier to use and faster then reflection
• Configurable whether to generate code for ToString()
• Member comparers are provided via generic attributes instead of strings.
• ValueObjectTypeConverter doesn't have to be generated thanks to abstract static members
• Introduced non-generic IValidatableEnum which is used by serializers
• Renamed ValueObjectIgnoreAttribute to ValueObjectMemberIgnoreAttribute
• Renamed SkipCompareTo to SkipIComparables
• Smart Enums and Value Object implement IComparable, IFormattable and IParsable
• Minimal WebApi is able to bind Smart Enums and Value Objects thanks to IParsable
• Introduced new setting "SkipIFormattables"
• ToString doesn't return null
• Added implementation of IAdditionOperators, ISubtractionOperatorss, IMultiplyOperators, IDivisionOperators, IComparisonOperators
  • Added operators that work with key-member-types
• Always-valid-smart-enums are considered equal if the object references are equal.
• Smart enums implement comparison operators as well.
• ValueObjectEqualityMemberAttribute is obsolete because we have ValueObjectMemberEqualityComparerAttribute

6.0.0-beta02

• v6 supports .NET 7 only.
• Introduced new interface "IEnum<in TKey, T>" which is going to be implemented by the source generator
• The key equality comparer is static abstract property in .NET 7
• The property "Items" is "static abstract"
• Keyed value objects implement IKeyedValueObject<T, TKey>
• Replaced KeyedValueObjectAttribute with non-generic interface IKeyedValueObject
• The delegate "Validate" is obsolete
• Replaced ValueObjectConstructorAttribute with IComplexValueObject
• Renamed ValueObjectMetadata to KeyedValueObjectMetadata
• Introduced ComplexValueObjectMetadata because it easier to use and faster then reflection
• Configurable whether to generate code for ToString()
• Member comparers are provided via generic attributes instead of strings.
• ValueObjectTypeConverter doesn't have to be generated thanks to abstract static members
• Introduced non-generic IValidatableEnum which is used by serializers
• Renamed ValueObjectIgnoreAttribute to ValueObjectMemberIgnoreAttribute
• Renamed SkipCompareTo to SkipIComparables
• Smart Enums and Value Object implement IComparable, IFormattable and IParsable
• Minimal WebApi is able to bind Smart Enums and Value Objects thanks to IParsable
• Introduced new setting "SkipIFormattables"
• ToString doesn't return null
• Added implementation of IAdditionOperators, ISubtractionOperatorss, IMultiplyOperators, IDivisionOperators, IComparisonOperators
• Always-valid-smart-enums are considered equal if the object references are equal.
• Smart enums implement comparison operators as well.
• ValueObjectEqualityMemberAttribute is obsolete because we have ValueObjectMemberEqualityComparerAttribute

5.2.0

• EF 7 support

5.1.0

• Keyed value objects: Handling for empty strings: EmptyStringInFactoryMethodsYieldsNull
• Smart enums Switch-case replacement

5.0.1

Struct-ValueObjects with struct-key-member need 2 implicit conversions.

5.0.0

• Removed support for "Extensible" enums because it felt like a nasty hack till the end.
• Base classes of value objects and smart enums are checks for immutability as well.
• Split Thinktecture.Runtime.Extensions.EntityFrameworkCore into *.EntityFrameworkCore5 and *.EntityFrameworkCore6.
• Added single-item read-only collections/set/dictionary to reduce memory allocations.
• The name of static property "Empty" of a struct-enum is now configurable.
• Analyzer: ValueObjects must be sealed

4.3.3

Workaround for Rider until SharedAttribute + CodeAnalysis 4.2.0 are supported.

4.3.2

• Updated to Microsoft.CodeAnalysis to 4.2.0 (requires SDK 6.0.300 or higher)

4.3.1

• Reverted Microsoft.CodeAnalysis back to 4.1.0 because JetBrains Rider does not support 4.2.0 yet.

4.3.0

• Updated for SDK 6.0.300