Resolved HTTP headers issue

• Fixed an issue whereby HTTP headers were not being correctly passed as request parameters from Consumers to Providers.

Upgraded to support .NET 6 and Entity Framework Core

• GENERAL CHANGES
  • Created Sif.Framework technology specific projects for ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core.
    • Sif.Framework.AspNetCore
    • Sif.Framework.EntityFrameworkCore
  • Created a new Environment Provider project based upon ASP.NET Core.
    • Sif.Framework.AspNetCore.EnvironmentProvider
  • Added unit tests for Entity Framework Core specific code.
  • Added training projects to supplement the documented training exercises.
    • Sif.Framework.Training.TestConsumer
    • Sif.Framework.Training.TestProvider
  • Refactored methods from the EnvironmentUtils, HttpUtils and ProviderUtils classes into corresponding extension methods.
  • Fixed error managment issues in the SessionService class.
  • Updated the demo projects to .NET Framework 4.7.2.
    • Sif.Framework.Demo.Au.Consumer
  • Replace some exception classes with equivalent exception classes from the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet package.
  • Created documentation specific to the ASP.NET Core version of the SIF Framework.
  • Created demo set-up, Consumer and Provider projects specific to the ASP.NET Core version of the SIF Framework.
    • Sif.Framework.Demo.Consumer
    • Sif.Framework.Demo.NetCore.Setup
    • Sif.Framework.Demo.Provider
  • Created shell scripts to run the ASP.NET Core demo projects.
  • Upgraded all ASP.NET Web API, Demo and Unit Test projects from .NET Framework 4.6.1 to 4.7.2.
  • Split the functionality of EnvironmentService into 2 classes to better reflect the original intent of the service - EnvironmentService and EnvironmentDtoService. Updated references to reflect this change.
  • Corrected a return type design issue with the IEnvironmentService interface.
  • Updated the DbContext to eager load all relationships.
  • Updated the ArrayOfOutputFormatter class constructor to accept a string rather than the IFrameworkSettings interface.
  • Deprecating the following classes:
    • Model/Settings/ConfigFileBasedFrameworkSettings
    • Model/Settings/ConsumerSettings
    • Model/Settings/ProviderSettings
    • Utils/SettingsManager
  • Updated XML documentation in classes.
  • Updated third-party NuGet packages.
  • General code clean-up.
• CHANGES AFFECTING BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
  • Added .NET 6 as a Target Framework to the Sif.Framework project and dropped .NET Framework 4.7.2.
  • Removed .NET Framework 4.6.1 as a Target Framework from all SDK-style library projects.
  • Deprecated the IPersistable interface for the IHasUniqueIdentitifer interface from the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet package.
  • Re-designed the ISifService interface.
  • Re-designed the IAuthorisationService and IAuthenticationService interfaces.
  • Infrastructure model objects that referenced associations using an IDictionary have been refactored to use ICollection instead. These changes have been reflected in the NHibernate mapping files and AutoMapper mappings.
    • Environment
    • EnvironmentRegister
    • Job
    • Phase
    • Service
    • Zone
  • Re-ordered the constructor parameters for the RequestParameter class.
  • Replaced references to the IGenericRepository interface with the IRepository interface from the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet package.
  • Replaced references to the IGenericService interface with the IObjectService interface from the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet package.
  • Replaced references to the GenericService class with the ObjectService class from the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet package.
  • Refactored the constructor of all infrastructure service classes to allow for injection of repositories and services.
  • Updated the NHibernate mapping for the Environment class to save the EnvironmentType enum property as a string rather than integer.
• CHANGES WHICH BREAK BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY WITH IMPLEMENTED CONSUMERS AND PROVIDERS
  • Split the Sif.Framework project into multiple technology specific projects for ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework and NHibernate.
    • Sif.Framework.AspNet
    • Sif.Framework.EntityFramework
    • Sif.Framework.NHibernate
  • Renamed the Sif.Framework.Model namespace to Sif.Framework.Models.
  • Renamed the Sif.Framework.Service namespace to Sif.Framework.Services.
  • Removed the Sif.Framework.EntityFramework.Services.Sessions namespace and migrated classes to Sif.Framework.Services.Sessions.
  • Updated all Controllers/Providers so that services are passed to the constructor as opposed to instantiated by the Controller/Provider.

Enabled session tokens to be stored in a database

• Created a service for storing session tokens in a database using Entity Framework.
• Created a new Sif.Framework.EntityFramework project containing the Entity Framework implementation of the session service.
• Updated the Consumer and Provider classes to utilise the session service.
• Updated the AU Demo Consumer and Provider projects to enable the use of the session service.
• Created unit tests for the session service.
• Performed general code improvements based upon ReSharper recommendations.

Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.8 Data Model

Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.8 Data Model.

Enable application settings to be read from a database

• Added classes to enable application settings to be read from a database.
• Re-designed the Provider classes to better accommodate passing of application settings.
• Updated the Consumer and Provider constructors to accept the application settings to be used.
• Updated the business layer to reference the application settings passed rather than inherently read them from the SifFramework.config file.
• Create a Solution to manage unit test projects.
• Updated the AU Demo Consumer and Provider projects to read the application settings from a database rather than the SifFramework.config file.
• Created documentation to explain how to configure the Consumers and Providers to read application settings from a database.
• Moved Markdown documentation to the Documentation directory.
• Incorporated the Tardigrade.Framework NuGet packages into the SIF Framework projects.
• Updated all third-party NuGet packages.
• General code clean-up.

Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.7 Data Model

• Resolved issues with SIF_HMACSHA256 authentication.
• Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.7 Data Model.
• Updated the Demo projects with the latest version of the SIF Framework.
• Refactored the AU Demo Consumer and Provider to reflect the data model updates.

Corrected the SIF AU 3.4.6 Data Model

• Corrected the SIF AU 3.4.6 Data Model release provided with the SIF Framework.
• Refactored the AU Demo Consumer and Provider to reflect the data model updates.

Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.6 Data Model

• Updated to the official release of the SIF AU 3.4.6 Data Model.
• Refactored the AU Demo Consumer and Provider to reflect the data model updates.
• Added the SIF NA Unity 4.0 Data Model to the Sif.Specification project.

Enable Goessner notation JSON for Consumers and SIF Events

• Created a custom (XML to) JSON serialiser complying with Goessner notation that can be used by SIF Consumers.
• Configured the Sif.Framework.EnvironmentProvider project to use the new JSON Media Type Formatter.
• Enhanced SIF Providers to enable JSON payloads with SIF Events.
• Updated demo projects to use the new JSON formatters and serialisers.
• Created/updated documentation and templates regarding configuration for JSON usage.

Created a custom JSON Formatter which complies with Goessner notation

• Created a custom JSON Media Type Formatter that complies with Goessner notation that can be used by SIF Providers.
• Configured the Sif.Framework.Demo.Au.Provider project to use the new JSON Media Type Formatter.
• Created/updated documentation and templates regarding the new JSON Media Type Formatter