1.0.0

This release contains stabilization and a few bug fixes. I personally believe this library is stable enough to use in most production projects. I highly recommend using with .NET Core 3.1 and up as versions of .NET Core < 3 had to workaround severe limitations in System.Runtime.Loader.

Changes:

• 370d355 infra: update dependencies (#116)
• bb7b92a infra: update azure-pipelines.yml (#115)
• dc2336d docs: update README.md (#114)
• d868ffa Update releasenotes.props (#113)
• a634d3b feature: support non-default AssemblyLoadContext(s) (#111) [ #110 ]
• e5d74ec Merge branch 'release/0.3.2'
• f15ce75 Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (#105)
• 7481aaa Add code comments to hello-world sample and README (#104)
• 54e60e2 Create CONTRIBUTING.md (#95)
• 4002fc3 Update stale.yml to leave issues open at least 1 year (#102)

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• fbcde75 Fixup broken .sln file
• 1761362 Update samples and docs about how shared types work
• 4fdf44c Update issue templates
• 54942be feature: add IMvcBuilder.AddPluginLoader
• 8b95bbe docs: document contextual reflection API and issue templates
• b7556ac docs: remove links to myget from readme
• dbbb552 Update release notes and package metadata for 1.0.0
• c339591 Delete obsolete API [ #76 ]
• dd942dd feature: add API for contextual reflection
• 60db210 cleanup: run code formatter on sample
• 0508b6e Merge pull request #81 from zeppaman/master
• 920bc69 Update README.md
• 656c047 fix register singleton
• 312a9d9 README notes
• bfb354d removed bad project
• 12f0b6d Added sample for service implementation override

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0.3.2

Changes:

• c68b1c8 Update release notes and version for 0.3.2
• 1d0700a Add powershell version of script for hot-reload sample
• 5bcf692 fix: ensure assemblies are loaded into memory, not read from disk, when hot reload is enabled

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0.3.1

Changes:

• 60142b1 Update release notes for 0.3.1
• bf43109 Support CoreCLR hosted in native app (#80)

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0.3.0

Changes:

• ad50980 Update API lists and dependencies for .NET Core 3 release
• 90fedfa Complete .NET Core 3.0 support

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0.3.0-rc.89 - Release Candidate 2

Once .NET Core 3 ships in a few weeks, I plan to update this package to the stable version of .NET Core 3.0 and ship 0.3.0.

Changes

• 6c471dc Implement naive hot reloading (#62) [ #37 ]

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0.3.0 Release Candidate

Once .NET Core 3 ships in a few weeks, I plan to update this package to the stable version of .NET Core 3.0 and ship 0.3.0.

Changes:

• c513f0b fix: ensure transitive dependencies of shared types unify [ #41 ]
• c84759e docs: shared types
• a1e2a27 Add sample demonstrating the use of a dependency injection container
• 9990687 feat: upgrade project to C# 8

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• f11179f cleanup: add analyzer to check for breaking changes to public APIs (#58)
• 0fb4152 Update API for 0.3.x
• c1b55e3 Merge branch 'master' into feature/publicapi
• a8d6ccd Add public API for 0.2.x
• d5c41d8 docs: update hello-world README
• 1f6c848 docs: add sample for simple console app
• 530c519 fix: Update DependencyModel & and System.Text.Json with new API Changes (#54)
• 565d655 feat: name load contexts [ #39 ]
• a641e86 feat: add a new package, Plugins.Mvc, for loading MVC controllers and Razor views from a plugin
• 2514a4e Update DependencyModel & Switch Deserializer to new System.Text.Json
• 85a4c87 Update MVC sample for .NET Core 3
• e94c4ae Remove usages of MSBuildAllProjects
• fd3816f More project ref hacks - undefine TFM properties
• 30a6834 Enforce build order of test project refs
• be70ea8 Allow loading assembly by path (#44)
• ac9181a Update build to 3.0 preview6
• cae6d05 Update stale.yml
• 4f5616b Restore PluginLoaderOptions, but as an obsolete API
• 1110042 Update SDK to 3.0.100-preview5-011568
• 2c21059 Fix #15, #34 - replace custom .deps.json parsing with built-in API for resolving assemblies in .NET Core 3
• 0bd41c4 Drop support for configuring plugins via xml file and refactor PluginLoader.Create* APIs
• 808b134 Closes #32 - PluginLoader can be created with an existing PluginConfig (#40)
• 4c3652e Update azure-pipelines.yml
• 4ef899c Address #38 - update sample to show usage of sharedTypes for MVC
• 586a67c Update release notes for 0.3.0 beta
• c87b823 Add support for unloadable plugins

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0.3.0-beta.75

Changes:

• 9990687 feat: upgrade project to C# 8
• f11179f cleanup: add analyzer to check for breaking changes to public APIs (#58)
• 0fb4152 Update API for 0.3.x
• c1b55e3 Merge branch 'master' into feature/publicapi
• a8d6ccd Add public API for 0.2.x
• d5c41d8 docs: update hello-world README
• 1f6c848 docs: add sample for simple console app
• 530c519 fix: Update DependencyModel & and System.Text.Json with new API Changes (#54)
• 565d655 feat: name load contexts [ #39 ]
• a641e86 feat: add a new package, Plugins.Mvc, for loading MVC controllers and Razor views from a plugin

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• 2514a4e Update DependencyModel & Switch Deserializer to new System.Text.Json
• 85a4c87 Update MVC sample for .NET Core 3
• e94c4ae Remove usages of MSBuildAllProjects
• fd3816f More project ref hacks - undefine TFM properties
• 30a6834 Enforce build order of test project refs
• be70ea8 Allow loading assembly by path (#44)
• ac9181a Update build to 3.0 preview6
• cae6d05 Update stale.yml
• 4f5616b Restore PluginLoaderOptions, but as an obsolete API
• 1110042 Update SDK to 3.0.100-preview5-011568
• 2c21059 Fix #15, #34 - replace custom .deps.json parsing with built-in API for resolving assemblies in .NET Core 3
• 0bd41c4 Drop support for configuring plugins via xml file and refactor PluginLoader.Create* APIs
• 808b134 Closes #32 - PluginLoader can be created with an existing PluginConfig (#40)
• 4c3652e Update azure-pipelines.yml
• 4ef899c Address #38 - update sample to show usage of sharedTypes for MVC
• 586a67c Update release notes for 0.3.0 beta
• c87b823 Add support for unloadable plugins

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0.3.0-beta.67

New package added! Use McMaster.NETCore.Plugins.Mvc for plugins that use ASP.NET Core MVC or Razor. https://www.nuget.org/packages/McMaster.NETCore.Plugins.Mvc

Changes:

• 530c519 fix: Update DependencyModel & and System.Text.Json with new API Changes (#54)
• 565d655 feat: name load contexts [ #39 ]
• a641e86 feat: add a new package, Plugins.Mvc, for loading MVC controllers and Razor views from a plugin
• 2514a4e Update DependencyModel & Switch Deserializer to new System.Text.Json
• 85a4c87 Update MVC sample for .NET Core 3
• e94c4ae Remove usages of MSBuildAllProjects
• fd3816f More project ref hacks - undefine TFM properties
• 30a6834 Enforce build order of test project refs
• be70ea8 Allow loading assembly by path (#44)
• ac9181a Update build to 3.0 preview6

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• cae6d05 Update stale.yml
• 4f5616b Restore PluginLoaderOptions, but as an obsolete API
• 1110042 Update SDK to 3.0.100-preview5-011568
• 2c21059 Fix #15, #34 - replace custom .deps.json parsing with built-in API for resolving assemblies in .NET Core 3
• 0bd41c4 Drop support for configuring plugins via xml file and refactor PluginLoader.Create* APIs
• 808b134 Closes #32 - PluginLoader can be created with an existing PluginConfig (#40)
• 4c3652e Update azure-pipelines.yml
• 4ef899c Address #38 - update sample to show usage of sharedTypes for MVC
• 586a67c Update release notes for 0.3.0 beta
• c87b823 Add support for unloadable plugins

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0.3.0-beta.26

Changes:

• 586a67c Update release notes for 0.3.0 beta
• c87b823 Add support for unloadable plugins

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0.2.4

Changes:

• c5b9a5d Fix the MSBuild targets which generate plugin.config to put it into the correct output directory

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