v2.4.0.0

This release contains various performance and memory usage improvements, as well as fixing a crash with buffered reads.

Many thanks to @ironfede and all the other contributors.

What's Changed

• Fix #121 by @ironfede in #124
• Write the length field when writing a VT_BLOB property by @Numpsy in #128
• Is there a need to use Array.CreateInstance(typeof(byte)) to create b… by @Numpsy in #126
• Fix constructors with configuration by @MichelZ in #133
• Improve unique sector index validation by @MichelZ in #132
• Added CLSID property to OLEProperties by @conormcg94 in #138
• Rework the property factory to allow stream specific factories, and tweak the logic for deciding whether a property value should be padded. by @Numpsy in #108
• Add doc comments to StreamDecorator by @Numpsy in #122
• Extend the UserDefinedProperty read/write unit test to try a VT_R8 ty… by @Numpsy in #136
• Add a function to create a new UserDefinedProperties section in a OLE… by @Numpsy in #120
• A few spelling suggestions made by the Visual Studio spell checker by @Numpsy in #139
• Rework OLEProperties.GetDescription to avoid allocating temporary dictionaries by @Numpsy in #141
• Update Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk to 17.3.3 by @Numpsy in #140
• [Test] Store the value of FmtID0 when reading a property set, and use that v… by @Numpsy in #135
• Spelling and formatting fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #143
• Update .gitignore by @jeremy-visionaid in #144
• Use SimpleJob instead of CoreJob in the 'InMemory' benchmark by @Numpsy in #147
• Apply various StyleCop automated fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #148
• Convert to SDK-style projects by @jeremy-visionaid in #150
• Fixes direct assembly reference dependencies causing intermittent iss… by @ironfede in #151
• Target net6.0 for OpenMcdf.Benchmark by @jeremy-visionaid in #152
• IDE analyzer fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #154
• When saving an OLEProperties container of type 'AppSpecific' which ha… by @Numpsy in #137
• Solution/Project update by @jeremy-visionaid in #156
• Analyzer fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #155
• Initial performance improvements by @jeremy-visionaid in #157
• Fix build warnings by @jeremy-visionaid in #158
• C#10 style updates by @jeremy-visionaid in #159
• Memory usage improvements by @jeremy-visionaid in #160
• Initial performance improvements by @jeremy-visionaid in #162
• Initial maintainability improvements by @jeremy-visionaid in #163
• Deserialize DateTimes as UTC by @jeremy-visionaid in #164
• Test improvements and fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #167
• 2.4 API additions by @jeremy-visionaid in #169
• Fix object disposal in tests by @jeremy-visionaid in #173
• Initial reliability fixes by @jeremy-visionaid in #172
• Some minor reductions in memory allocations by @jeremy-visionaid in #174
• Use StreamRW to reduce memory allocations by @jeremy-visionaid in #175
• Refactor SectorCollection by @jeremy-visionaid in #176
• Refactor RBTree by @jeremy-visionaid in #177
• Try using GitHubActionsTestLogger to publish test results in the CI b… by @Numpsy in #179
• Remove a couple of private property setters in OLEPropertiesContainer by @Numpsy in #178
• Fix TEST_PR_13 correctness by @jeremy-visionaid in #180
• Fix and simplify DirectoryEntry validation by @jeremy-visionaid in #181
• Use Stack for VisitEntries and enumerating RBTree by @jeremy-visionaid in #182
• Refactor extension tests by @jeremy-visionaid in #183
• Improve stream read validation by @jeremy-visionaid in #185
• Update Storage Explorer by @jeremy-visionaid in #186
• Fix #184 Fix Size calculations Fix Stream Size validations by @ironfede in #189
• Truncate StreamDecorator reads by @jeremy-visionaid in #188
• Fix StreamView Position property by @jeremy-visionaid in #187
• Make a few private functions static by @Numpsy in #192
• Correct the parameters to ArgumentException in StreamDecorator.Seek by @Numpsy in #193
• Avoid inexact stream reads (CA2022) by @jeremy-visionaid in #195
• Add a helper function to add user defined properties to the user defined properties container. by @Numpsy in #190
• Apply most fixups by @jeremy-visionaid in #197
• Fix ArgumentException parameter order in StreamView.Seek by @Numpsy in #201
• Plug VT_I8_Property into PropertyFactory by @Numpsy in #204

New Contributors

• @ironfede made their first contribution in #124
• @MichelZ made their first contribution in #133
• @conormcg94 made their first contribution in #138
• @jeremy-visionaid made their first contribution in #143

Full Changelog: v2.3.1.0...v2.4.0.0