Target .NET Standard 2.1, .NET 6, .NET 8 only (#8184)

* Target .NET Standard 2.1, .NET 6, .NET 8 only

* Remove mono usage

* Fix bat name ref

* Up deps

* Up deps

* Reinstate build-windows

* Fix name

---------

Co-authored-by: Derek Bailey <derekbailey@google.com>

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           # Clang++15 10.3.0 stdlibc++ doesn't fully support std 23
           - cxx: clang++-15
-            std: 23        
+            std: 23
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -186,34 +186,6 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: echo "hashes=$(sha256sum Windows.flatc.binary.zip | base64 -w0)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  build-windows-2017:
-    name: Build Windows 2017
-    runs-on: windows-2019
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
-      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1
-    - name: cmake
-      run: cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DFLATBUFFERS_STRICT_MODE=ON .
-    - name: build tool version 15 (VS 2017)
-      run: msbuild.exe FlatBuffers.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:VisualStudioVersion=15.0
-    - name: test
-      run: Release\flattests.exe
-
-  build-windows-2015:
-    name: Build Windows 2015
-    runs-on: windows-2019
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
-      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1
-    - name: cmake
-      run: cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DFLATBUFFERS_STRICT_MODE=ON .
-    - name: build tool version 14 (VS 2015)
-      run: msbuild.exe FlatBuffers.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0
-    - name: test
-      run: Release\flattests.exe
-
   build-dotnet-windows:
     name: Build .NET Windows
     runs-on: windows-2022-64core
@@ -230,17 +202,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET Core SDK
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
-        dotnet-version: '3.1.x'
+        dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
     - name: Build
       run: |
         cd tests\FlatBuffers.Test
-        dotnet new sln --force --name FlatBuffers.Core.Test
+        dotnet new sln --force --name FlatBuffers.Test
-        dotnet sln FlatBuffers.Core.Test.sln add FlatBuffers.Core.Test.csproj
+        dotnet sln FlatBuffers.Test.sln add FlatBuffers.Test.csproj
-        dotnet build -c Release ${{matrix.configuration}} -o out FlatBuffers.Core.Test.sln
+        dotnet build -c Release ${{matrix.configuration}} -o out FlatBuffers.Test.sln
     - name: Run
       run: |
         cd tests\FlatBuffers.Test
-        out\FlatBuffers.Core.Test.exe
+        out\FlatBuffers.Test.exe
 
   build-mac-intel:
     permissions:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
         with:
-          dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
+          dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
-
       - name: Build
         run: |
           dotnet build Google.FlatBuffers.csproj -c Release

docs/source/CsharpUsage.md

@@ -24,17 +24,14 @@ FlatBuffers).
 ## Building the FlatBuffers C# library
 
 The `FlatBuffers.csproj` project contains multitargeting for .NET Standard 2.1,
-.NET Standard 2.0, and .NET Framework 4.6 (Unity 2017). Support for .NET
+.NET 6 and .NET 8.
-Framework 3.5 (Unity 5) is provided by the `FlatBuffers.net35.csproj` project.
-In most cases (including Unity 2018 and newer), .NET Standard 2.0 is
-recommended.
 
 You can build for a specific framework target when using the cross-platform
 [.NET Core SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download) by adding the `-f`
 command line option:
 
 ~~~{.sh}
-    dotnet build -f netstandard2.0 "FlatBuffers.csproj"
+    dotnet build -f netstandard2.1 "FlatBuffers.csproj"
 ~~~
 
 The `FlatBuffers.csproj` project also provides support for defining various
@@ -142,10 +139,10 @@ To use it:
     `ByKey` only works if the vector has been sorted, it will
     likely not find elements if it hasn't been sorted.
 
-## Buffer verification 
+## Buffer verification
 
 As mentioned in [C++ Usage](@ref flatbuffers_guide_use_cpp) buffer
-accessor functions do not verify buffer offsets at run-time. 
+accessor functions do not verify buffer offsets at run-time.
 If it is necessary, you can optionally use a buffer verifier before you
 access the data. This verifier will check all offsets, all sizes of
 fields, and null termination of strings to ensure that when a buffer
@@ -158,17 +155,17 @@ e.g. `Monster.VerifyMonster`. This can be called as shown:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 if `ok` is true, the buffer is safe to read.
 
-For a more detailed control of verification `MonsterVerify.Verify` 
+For a more detailed control of verification `MonsterVerify.Verify`
-for `Monster` type can be used: 
+for `Monster` type can be used:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.cs}
     # Sequence of calls
     FlatBuffers.Verifier verifier = new FlatBuffers.Verifier(buf);
     var ok = verifier.VerifyBuffer("MONS", false, MonsterVerify.Verify);
-    
+
-    # Or single line call 
+    # Or single line call
     var ok = new FlatBuffers.Verifier(bb).setStringCheck(true).\
              VerifyBuffer("MONS", false, MonsterVerify.Verify);
-       
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 if `ok` is true, the buffer is safe to read.
 
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ Verifier supports options that can be set using appropriate fluent methods:
 * SetMaxTables - total amount of tables the verifier may encounter. Default: 64
 * SetAlignmentCheck - check content alignment. Default: True
 * SetStringCheck - check if strings contain termination '0' character. Default: true
- 
+
 
 ## Text parsing
 

net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 #endif
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && !UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER && !NETSTANDARD2_1
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && !UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
 #warning ENABLE_SPAN_T requires UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER to also be defined
 #endif
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
 {
     public abstract class ByteBufferAllocator
     {
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public abstract Span<byte> Span { get; }
         public abstract ReadOnlySpan<byte> ReadOnlySpan { get; }
         public abstract Memory<byte> Memory { get; }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             InitBuffer();
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public override Span<byte> Span => _buffer;
         public override ReadOnlySpan<byte> ReadOnlySpan => _buffer;
         public override Memory<byte> Memory => _buffer;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             return SizeOf<T>() * x.Count;
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public static int ArraySize<T>(Span<T> x)
         {
             return SizeOf<T>() * x.Length;
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
 
         // Get a portion of the buffer casted into an array of type T, given
         // the buffer position and length.
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public T[] ToArray<T>(int pos, int len)
             where T : struct
         {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             return ToArray<byte>(0, Length);
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> ToReadOnlyMemory(int pos, int len)
         {
             return _buffer.ReadOnlyMemory.Slice(pos, len);
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
                     ((input & 0xFF00000000000000UL) >> 56));
         }
 
-#if !UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER && (!ENABLE_SPAN_T || !NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if !UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER && !ENABLE_SPAN_T
         // Helper functions for the safe (but slower) version.
         protected void WriteLittleEndian(int offset, int count, ulong data)
         {
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             }
             return r;
         }
-#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T && NETSTANDARD2_1
+#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T
         protected void WriteLittleEndian(int offset, int count, ulong data)
         {
             if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
 #endif
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
 
         public void PutSbyte(int offset, sbyte value)
         {
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
                 }
             }
         }
-#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T && NETSTANDARD2_1
+#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T
         public void PutStringUTF8(int offset, string value)
         {
             AssertOffsetAndLength(offset, value.Length);
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             // that contains it.
             ConversionUnion union;
             union.intValue = 0;
-            union.floatValue = value;    
+            union.floatValue = value;
             WriteLittleEndian(offset, sizeof(float), (ulong)union.intValue);
         }
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
 
 #endif // UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public sbyte GetSbyte(int index)
         {
             AssertOffsetAndLength(index, sizeof(sbyte));
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
                 return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, len);
             }
         }
-#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T && NETSTANDARD2_1
+#elif ENABLE_SPAN_T
         public string GetStringUTF8(int startPos, int len)
         {
             return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(_buffer.Span.Slice(startPos, len));
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
 #if ENABLE_SPAN_T // && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
             ReadOnlySpan<byte> span = _buffer.ReadOnlySpan.Slice(offset);
             return BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(span);
-#else            
+#else
             fixed (byte* ptr = _buffer.Buffer)
             {
                 return BitConverter.IsLittleEndian
@@ -885,16 +885,16 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Copies an array segment of type T into this buffer, ending at the 
+        /// Copies an array segment of type T into this buffer, ending at the
-        /// given offset into this buffer. The starting offset is calculated 
+        /// given offset into this buffer. The starting offset is calculated
         /// based on the count of the array segment and is the value returned.
         /// </summary>
         /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the input data (must be a struct)
         /// </typeparam>
-        /// <param name="offset">The offset into this buffer where the copy 
+        /// <param name="offset">The offset into this buffer where the copy
         /// will end</param>
         /// <param name="x">The array segment to copy data from</param>
-        /// <returns>The 'start' location of this buffer now, after the copy 
+        /// <returns>The 'start' location of this buffer now, after the copy
         /// completed</returns>
         public int Put<T>(int offset, ArraySegment<T> x)
             where T : struct
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
                 offset -= numBytes;
                 AssertOffsetAndLength(offset, numBytes);
                 // if we are LE, just do a block copy
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
                 MemoryMarshal.Cast<T, byte>(x).CopyTo(_buffer.Span.Slice(offset, numBytes));
 #else
                 var srcOffset = ByteBuffer.SizeOf<T>() * x.Offset;
@@ -942,17 +942,17 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Copies an array segment of type T into this buffer, ending at the 
+        /// Copies an array segment of type T into this buffer, ending at the
-        /// given offset into this buffer. The starting offset is calculated 
+        /// given offset into this buffer. The starting offset is calculated
         /// based on the count of the array segment and is the value returned.
         /// </summary>
         /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the input data (must be a struct)
         /// </typeparam>
-        /// <param name="offset">The offset into this buffer where the copy 
+        /// <param name="offset">The offset into this buffer where the copy
         /// will end</param>
         /// <param name="ptr">The pointer to copy data from</param>
         /// <param name="sizeInBytes">The number of bytes to copy</param>
-        /// <returns>The 'start' location of this buffer now, after the copy 
+        /// <returns>The 'start' location of this buffer now, after the copy
         /// completed</returns>
         public int Put<T>(int offset, IntPtr ptr, int sizeInBytes)
             where T : struct
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
                 // if we are LE, just do a block copy
 #if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
                 unsafe
-                { 
+                {
                     var span = new Span<byte>(ptr.ToPointer(), sizeInBytes);
                     span.CopyTo(_buffer.Span.Slice(offset, sizeInBytes));
                 }
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             return offset;
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         public int Put<T>(int offset, Span<T> x)
             where T : struct
         {

net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             _space = _bb.Put<T>(_space, ptr, sizeInBytes);
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         /// <summary>
         /// Puts a span of type T into this builder at the
         /// current offset
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             Put<T>(ptr, sizeInBytes);
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a span of type T to the buffer (aligns the data and grows if necessary).
         /// </summary>
@@ -533,10 +533,10 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable boolean value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>       
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddBool(int o, bool? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddBool(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a SByte to the Table at index `o` in its vtable using the value `x` and default `d`
         /// </summary>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable sbyte value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddSbyte(int o, sbyte? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddSbyte(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable byte value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddByte(int o, byte? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddByte(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable int16 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddShort(int o, short? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddShort(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable uint16 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddUshort(int o, ushort? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddUshort(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable int32 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddInt(int o, int? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddInt(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable uint32 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddUint(int o, uint? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddUint(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable int64 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddLong(int o, long? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddLong(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable int64 value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddUlong(int o, ulong? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddUlong(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable single value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddFloat(int o, float? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddFloat(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="o">The index into the vtable</param>
         /// <param name="x">The nullable double value to put into the buffer. If it doesn't have a value
-        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>  
+        /// it will skip writing to the buffer.</param>
         public void AddDouble(int o, double? x) { if (x.HasValue) { AddDouble(x.Value); Slot(o); } }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         }
 
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a string in the buffer from a Span containing
         /// a UTF8 string.

net/FlatBuffers/FlatBuffers.net35.csproj

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
-    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProjectGuid>{28C00774-1E73-4A75-AD8F-844CD21A064D}</ProjectGuid>
-    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
-    <RootNamespace>FlatBuffers</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>FlatBuffers</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\net35</OutputPath>
-    <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\Debug\net35</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\net35</OutputPath>
-    <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\Release\net35</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="ByteBuffer.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ByteBufferUtil.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBufferBuilder.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBufferConstants.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBufferVerify.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="IFlatbufferObject.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Offset.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Struct.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Table.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
-       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
-  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
-  </Target>
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
-  </Target>
-  -->
-</Project>

net/FlatBuffers/Google.FlatBuffers.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.1;netstandard2.0;net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>A cross-platform memory efficient serialization library</Description>
     <PackageVersion>23.5.26</PackageVersion>
     <Authors>Google LLC</Authors>
@@ -30,12 +30,8 @@
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);ENABLE_SPAN_T</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(ENABLE_SPAN_T)' == 'true') And (('$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0') Or ('$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46'))">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.4" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             return offset + bb.GetInt(offset) + sizeof(int);  // data starts after the length
         }
 
-#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && (UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER || NETSTANDARD2_1)
+#if ENABLE_SPAN_T && UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER
         // Get the data of a vector whoses offset is stored at "offset" in this object as an
         // Spant<byte>. If the vector is not present in the ByteBuffer,
         // then an empty span will be returned.

tests/FlatBuffers.Test/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.csproj

@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Remove="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UnsafeByteBuffer)' == 'true'">
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(EnableSpanT)' == 'true'">
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);ENABLE_SPAN_T</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\ByteBufferUtil.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\ByteBufferUtil.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\IFlatbufferObject.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\IFlatbufferObject.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\Offset.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\Offset.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\FlatBufferBuilder.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\FlatBufferBuilder.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\FlatBufferConstants.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\FlatBufferConstants.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\FlatBufferVerify.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\FlatBufferVerify.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\Struct.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\Struct.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\Table.cs">
-      <Link>FlatBuffers\Table.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example2\Monster.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example2\Monster.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Any.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Any.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\AnyAmbiguousAliases.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\AnyAmbiguousAliases.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\AnyUniqueAliases.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\AnyUniqueAliases.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Color.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Color.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Race.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Race.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Monster.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Monster.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Referrable.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Referrable.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Stat.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Stat.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Test.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Test.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\TestSimpleTableWithEnum.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\TestSimpleTableWithEnum.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\TypeAliases.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\TypeAliases.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Vec3.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Vec3.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\Ability.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\Ability.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\ArrayTable.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\ArrayTable.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\ArrayStruct.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\ArrayStruct.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\NestedStruct.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\NestedStruct.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\TestEnum.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\TestEnum.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\InParentNamespace.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\InParentNamespace.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\namespace_test\NamespaceA\NamespaceB\EnumInNestedNS.cs">
-      <Link>NamespaceA\NamespaceB\EnumInNestedNS.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\namespace_test\NamespaceA\NamespaceB\StructInNestedNS.cs">
-      <Link>NamespaceA\NamespaceB\StructInNestedNS.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\namespace_test\NamespaceA\NamespaceB\TableInNestedNS.cs">
-      <Link>NamespaceA\NamespaceB\TableInNestedNS.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\namespace_test\NamespaceA\NamespaceB\UnionInNestedNS.cs">
-      <Link>NamespaceA\NamespaceB\UnionInNestedNS.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\namespace_test\NamespaceA\TableInFirstNS.cs">
-      <Link>NamespaceA\TableInFirstNS.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_vector\Attacker.cs">
-      <Link>union_vector\Attacker.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_vector\BookReader.cs">
-      <Link>union_vector\BookReader.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_vector\Character.cs">
-      <Link>union_vector\Character.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_vector\Movie.cs">
-      <Link>union_vector\Movie.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_vector\Rapunzel.cs">
-      <Link>union_vector\Rapunzel.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\optional_scalars\OptionalByte.cs">
-      <Link>optional_scalars\OptionalByte.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\optional_scalars\ScalarStuff.cs">
-      <Link>optional_scalars\ScalarStuff.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\KeywordTest\ABC.cs">
-      <Link>KeywordTest\ABC.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\KeywordTest\public.cs">
-      <Link>KeywordTest\public.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\KeywordTest\KeywordsInTable.cs">
-      <Link>KeywordTest\KeywordsInTable.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\KeywordTest\KeywordsInUnion.cs">
-      <Link>KeywordTest\KeywordsInUnion.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test1_generated.cs">
-      <Link>nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test1_generated.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test2_generated.cs">
-      <Link>nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test2_generated.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test3_generated.cs">
-      <Link>nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test3_generated.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\union_value_collsion\union_value_collision_generated.cs">
-      <Link>union_value_collsion\union_value_collision_generated.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Remove=".gitignore" />
-    <None Remove="clean.sh" />
-    <None Remove="NetTest.sh" />
-    <None Remove="packages.config" />
-    <None Remove="README.md" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="..\monsterdata_test.mon">
-      <Link>Resources\monsterdata_test.mon</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Include="..\monsterdata_test.json">
-      <Link>Resources\monsterdata_test.json</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>

tests/FlatBuffers.Test/FlatBuffers.Test.csproj

@@ -1,52 +1,32 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
-    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProjectGuid>{9DB0B5E7-757E-4BD1-A5F6-279390331254}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <RootNamespace>FlatBuffers.Test</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>FlatBuffers.Test</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <LangVersion>4</LangVersion>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <StartupObject />
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Remove="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UnsafeByteBuffer)' == 'true'">
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
+
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(EnableSpanT)' == 'true'">
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-  <ItemGroup>
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);ENABLE_SPAN_T</DefineConstants>
-    <Reference Include="System" />
+  </PropertyGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System.Core">
+
-    </Reference>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="..\..\net\FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer.cs">
       <Link>FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer.cs</Link>
@@ -123,12 +103,12 @@
     <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\ArrayStruct.cs">
       <Link>MyGame\Example\ArrayStruct.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs">
-      <Link>MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs</Link>
-    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\NestedStruct.cs">
       <Link>MyGame\Example\NestedStruct.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs">
+      <Link>MyGame\Example\LongEnum.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\MyGame\Example\TestEnum.cs">
       <Link>MyGame\Example\TestEnum.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
@@ -192,19 +172,19 @@
     <Compile Include="..\nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test3_generated.cs">
       <Link>nested_namespace_test\nested_namespace_test3_generated.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="Assert.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="..\union_value_collsion\union_value_collision_generated.cs">
-    <Compile Include="ByteBufferTests.cs" />
+      <Link>union_value_collsion\union_value_collision_generated.cs</Link>
-    <Compile Include="FlatBufferBuilderTests.cs" />
+    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="FlatBuffersFuzzTests.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBuffersTestClassAttribute.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBuffersTestMethodAttribute.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FuzzTestData.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Lcg.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="FlatBuffersExampleTests.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="TestTable.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove=".gitignore" />
+    <None Remove="clean.sh" />
+    <None Remove="NetTest.sh" />
+    <None Remove="packages.config" />
+    <None Remove="README.md" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="..\monsterdata_test.mon">
       <Link>Resources\monsterdata_test.mon</Link>
@@ -215,15 +195,9 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
-       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
-  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
-  </Target>
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
-  </Target>
-  -->
 </Project>

tests/FlatBuffers.Test/NetTest.bat

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 set TEMP_BIN=.tmp
 
-@REM Run the .NET Core tests
+@REM Run the .NET tests
-set CORE_FILE=FlatBuffers.Core.Test
+set CORE_FILE=FlatBuffers.Test
 set CORE_PROJ_FILE=%CORE_FILE%.csproj
 set CORE_SLN_FILE=%CORE_FILE%.sln
 dotnet new sln --force --name %CORE_FILE%

tests/FlatBuffers.Test/NetTest.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 PROJ_FILE=FlatBuffers.Test.csproj
-CORE_PROJ_FILE=FlatBuffers.Core.Test.csproj
 
 TEMP_DOTNET_DIR=.dotnet_tmp
 TEMP_BIN=.tmp
@@ -18,37 +17,20 @@ $DOTNET new sln
 $DOTNET sln add $PROJ_FILE
 $DOTNET restore -r linux-x64 $PROJ_FILE
 
-# Testing C# on Linux using Mono.
+# Testing with default options.
 msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $PROJ_FILE
-mono $TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Test.exe
+$TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.exe
 rm -fr $TEMP_BIN
 
 # Repeat with unsafe versions
 msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,UnsafeByteBuffer=true,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $PROJ_FILE
-mono $TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Test.exe
-rm -fr $TEMP_BIN
-
-rm FlatBuffers.Test.sln
-rm -rf obj
-
-$DOTNET new sln
-$DOTNET sln add $CORE_PROJ_FILE
-$DOTNET restore -r linux-x64 $CORE_PROJ_FILE
-
-# Testing C# on Linux using .Net Core.
-msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $CORE_PROJ_FILE
-$TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.exe
-rm -fr $TEMP_BIN
-
-# Repeat with unsafe versions
-msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,UnsafeByteBuffer=true,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $CORE_PROJ_FILE
 $TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.exe
 rm -fr $TEMP_BIN
 
 # Repeat with SpanT versions
-msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,EnableSpanT=true,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $CORE_PROJ_FILE
+msbuild -property:Configuration=Release,EnableSpanT=true,OutputPath=$TEMP_BIN -verbosity:quiet $PROJ_FILE
 $TEMP_BIN/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.exe
 rm -fr $TEMP_BIN
 
-rm FlatBuffers.Core.Test.sln
+rm FlatBuffers.Test.sln
 rm -rf obj

tests/FlatBuffers.Test/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net35" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.3" />
-</packages>
+</packages>