- Refactor all serializer options to use properties returning new instances (no shared mutable state); update all usages accordingly
- Extract AcSerializerOptions, BinaryTypeCode, and BinaryPropertyFilterContext to dedicated files for clarity and reuse
- Add DEBUG-only string interning analysis/reporting tools to AcBinarySerializer
- Improve AcBinarySerializer string property serialization with direct typed getter and SIMD-optimized ASCII path
- Increase benchmark/test warmup iterations and add JIT warmup delays for more reliable performance measurements
- Remove redundant usings and update documentation/comments throughout
- No breaking API changes, but static readonly options fields are now properties
- Replace UseReferenceHandling bool with ReferenceHandlingMode enum across all serializers and options
- Move AcBinary string interning to footer (no header shifting); remove bloom filter
- Overhaul benchmark console: multi-serializer, grouped/colorized results, CSV/log output, more test data
- Set UseMetadata = false by default (header property names unused)
- Update all context Reset/Pool logic for new options signature
- Update AcJson/Toon serializers for new reference handling
- Update tests and usages for new enum-based options
- Add Newtonsoft.Json to benchmark dependencies
- Misc: code cleanups, improved comments, clarify logic
- Introduced a high-performance, reusable "chain" API for JSON deserialization and object population, enabling parsed JSON to be reused for multiple deserializations without reparsing. Exposed via new extension methods and interfaces (`IDeserializeChain<T>`, `IPopulateChain`).
- Added comprehensive infrastructure for serializing and deserializing .NET Expression trees to a universal DTO (`AcExpressionNode`), with full round-trip support and robust handling of constants, closures, and queryable expressions.
- Centralized all property accessor and expression utilities in `AcSerializerCommon` to avoid duplication and improve maintainability.
- Enhanced both JSON and binary serializers to support Expression and IQueryable types, with automatic conversion to/from `AcExpressionNode`.
- Refactored type metadata and property accessor logic for performance and code reuse.
- Added extensive unit tests for the new chain API and expression serialization, and reorganized test models and namespaces for clarity.
- Improved logging, error handling, and test infrastructure.
- Misc: Added settings for local builds, updated project files, and cleaned up obsolete code.
Major overhaul of binary serializer/deserializer tests: split and expand test coverage for primitives, objects, navigation, generics, circular refs, and edge cases. Fix critical bugs in property skipping, string interning, type mismatch diagnostics, nullable assignment, and VarInt decoding. Add WASM-optimized deserialization options with string caching. Switch SignalR compression from Brotli to Gzip and introduce GzipHelper. Add comprehensive StockTaking test models and real-world bug reproductions. Improve diagnostics, test discovery, and add benchmark/utility scripts.
Split SignalRDataSourceTests into multiple focused files and introduce an abstract base test class for comprehensive coverage. Add concrete test classes for all serializer and collection type combinations. Move data source implementations to separate files. Test coverage now includes edge cases, interface compliance, and advanced scenarios.
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