7.0.0

• See Migration from v6 to v7
• [BREAKING] Use SmartEnumAttribute<T> instead of IEnum<T>/IValidatableEnum<T>
• [BREAKING] Smart Enums and Value Object are using (custom) ValidationError instead of ValidationResult
  • Use ValueObjectValidationErrorAttribute<TError> to define the type of a custom validation error
• The names of the factory methods Create and TryCreate can be changed.
• Added support for keyless Smart Enums
• [BREAKING] Split ValueObjectAttribute in keyed ValueObjectAttribute<T> and ComplexValueObject
  • Key member is implemented by the source generator by default.
  • Key member generation can be disabled via SkipKeyMember
  • Attribute property KeyPropertyName has been renamed to KeyMemberName
  • Key member can be renamed via attribute-property KeyMemberName
  • Access modifier of the key member can be configured via KeyMemberAccessModifier
  • Key member kind can be configured via KeyMemberKind
  • Key member comparers can be configured via ValueObjectKeyMemberComparerAttribute and ValueObjectKeyMemberEqualityComparerAttribute
  • IEnum<TKey>.KeyEqualityComparer has been replaced by ValueObjectKeyMemberEqualityComparerAttribute
  • default (equality) comparer of string-based keyed value object is OrdinalIgnoreCase (as with Smart Enums)
• Added support for EF Core 8
  • [BREAKING] Renamed extension method AddEnumAndValueObjectConverters to AddValueObjectConverters
• [C# 12] Analyzer prevents the usage of primary constructors with Smart Enums and Value Objects.
• Json converter for complex value object uses converters instead of reader/writer, this is approach is better because it supports custom converters.
• Several performance optimizations

6.5.2

• [SourceGen] Generate Map/Switch if the number of items is less than 1000

6.5.1

• Bugfix: [Source Gen] Use ComputeHashCode for collections

6.5.0

• Added ValueObjectFactoryAttribute to create another factory method
  • ValueObjectFactoryAttribute can alter the serialization
  • Added new interface IValueObjectFactory with method Validate having parameter of type IFormatProvider
  • Added new interface IValueObjectConverter with method ToValue
• ValueObjectModelBinderProvider looks for a string-based IValueObjectFactory before falling back to the type of the key-property
• Added combination out of AllowNull and NotNull to not-nullable reference parameters of ValidateFactoryArguments to ensures that the value is validated/handled by the developer

6.4.1

• Bugfix: Source gen should regenerate the code if SkipToString, SkipSwitchMethods or SkipMapMethods change their values.

7.0.0-beta04

• Added ValueObjectFactoryAttribute to create another factory method, which can alter the serialization as well
• Moved method Validate to a new interface IValueObjectFactory and added a new parameter of type IFormatProvider
• ValueObjectModelBinderProvider looks for a string-based IValueObjectFactory before falling back to the type of the key-property
• ValueObjectFactoryAttribute can alter the serialization
• Moved the method GetKey from IKeyedValueObject to IValueObjectConverter and renamed it to ToValue

7.0.0-beta03

• Smart Enums: Switched to FrozenDictionary when running in .NET 8

7.0.0-beta02

• EF Core 8 RC2

7.0.0-beta01

• BREAKING: Use SmartEnumAttribute<T> instead of IEnum<T>/IValidatableEnum<T>
• Added support for EF Core 8

6.4.0

• Implemented new method Map on smart enums that returns the provided instances for a specific item.