- Introduce AcNavigationPropertyInfo for unified, cached relationship metadata per property (primary key, navigation type, FK, other key, inverse, target type)
- Refactor relationship detection to use AcNavigationPropertyInfo, replacing ad-hoc logic and old RelationshipMetadata
- Add AcSerializerCommon.GetCSharpTypeName for consistent, C#-style type name formatting (handles primitives, generics, nullables, enums, collections)
- Use topological sort for @types output to ensure dependency order
- Improve enum handling: avoid redundant constraints, use new type name formatter for underlying types
- Output navigation, foreign-key, other-key, and inverse-property metadata consistently in meta section
- Enhance convention-based detection for inverse properties and "other key", including unidirectional/polymorphic support
- Add comprehensive test for navigation metadata completeness and demo test entities
- Add "source-code-language: C#" to meta section
- Misc: code cleanup, remove unused cache, improve property filtering
- Remove redundant constraints (nullable, numeric, boolean) from metadata; only explicit [Required] is documented.
- Exclude enum values from constraints; add "readonly" for readonly/init-only properties.
- Filter out primitives from documented types; only complex types and enums are included.
- Detect and document enum backing fields with "enum-type" constraint.
- Only output descriptions if explicitly provided; no fallback/inferred text.
- Add "not-mapped" constraint for [NotMapped]/[NotColumn] properties.
- Switch FruitBankHybrid.Shared.Tests.csproj to direct AyCode.Core project reference.
- Add both LinqToDB and DataAnnotations [Table] attributes to DTOs for ORM compatibility.
- Refined type metadata serialization: collections and dictionaries are now detected and described more accurately, avoiding generic type names (e.g., List`1) and redundant "object" element types.
- Added circular reference protection to type name generation to prevent stack overflows and duplicate type names.
- Updated AcToonSerializerOptions.Compact to use indentation for better readability.
- Introduced ToonTests with unit tests to ensure type metadata correctness, uniqueness, and clarity.
- Added AyCode.Core project to the solution and adjusted namespaces/usings for consistency.
Refactored object serialization to use fixed property order and a new PropertySkip marker for default/null values, removing property count and index overhead. Updated deserialization logic to handle skip markers and set defaults efficiently. Added WritePropertyOrSkip and SetPropertyToDefault methods for single-pass, boxing-free property handling. SkipObject now throws for new format. Updated BinaryTypeCode, .gitignore, and settings.local.json.
Introduce AcDynamicMethodRegistry<TAttribute> for efficient, static caching and lookup of SignalR methods by messageTag and type. Replace per-instance method lists with a high-performance registry, update all registration and invocation logic to use the new approach, and make method metadata caching type-based and immutable. Also expand Bash permissions in settings.local.json and rename ReadVarUIntFromBytes for consistency. This improves performance, maintainability, and code clarity for dynamic SignalR method invocation.
- Enable deserialization and population from TSource to TDest with automatic or custom property mapping (by name or via PropertyMapper).
- Add PropertyMapperDelegate and options for custom mapping logic.
- Implement PropertyMappingCache and BinaryIndexMappingCache for efficient, thread-safe mapping reuse.
- Ensure stable, inheritance-aware property ordering in TypeMetadataBase for reliable cross-type mapping.
- Add CrossTypeDeserializerBase utility for shared cross-type logic.
- Add AcBinaryDeserializer.CrossType with new Deserialize<TSource, TDest> and Populate<TSource, TDest> overloads.
- Update settings.local.json to allow additional Bash commands for development.
- Improve documentation and add missing using directives.
- 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.
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