[Mapguide-trac] [mapguide-trac] #2521: Improve the .net SWIG generated PINVOKE code for better ASP.net vNext support

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#2521: Improve the .net SWIG generated PINVOKE code for better ASP.net vNext
support
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   Reporter:  jng      |       Owner:  jng
       Type:  task     |      Status:  new
   Priority:  low      |   Milestone:     
  Component:  Web API  |     Version:     
   Severity:  trivial  |    Keywords:     
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Description changed by jng:

Old description:

> A cursory play-through of the current ASP.net vNext (5.0) bits suggests
> that it is possible to have the .net MapGuide API working on this new
> platform provided a few tweaks are made to the existing SWIG generated
> code.
>
> To open the possibility of ASP.net vNext Core CLR support for the .net
> MapGuide API wrapper, we should tweak the SWIG-generated PINVOKE code as
> follows:
>
>  * Use generic Dictionary instead of Hashtable for class maps
>  * {{{#if}}} guard .net type resolution code when throwing a .net
> exception or creating a .net proxy
>  * Stub various classes and namespaces that are not supported in the
> ASP.net vNext profile. {{{#if}}} guard these stubs so they are skipped
> over when targeting the regular .net Framework.
>  * Add {{{project.json}}} files to the DotNetApi component directories to
> allow easy building of aspnetcore50 targeted assemblies via {{{kpm
> build}}}

New description:

 A cursory play-through of the current ASP.net vNext (5.0) bits suggests
 that it is possible to have the .net MapGuide API working on this new
 platform provided a few tweaks are made to the existing SWIG generated
 code.

 To open the possibility of ASP.net vNext Core CLR support for the .net
 MapGuide API wrapper, we should tweak the SWIG-generated PINVOKE code as
 follows:

  * Use generic Dictionary instead of Hashtable for class maps
  * {{{#if}}} guard .net type resolution code when throwing a .net
 exception or creating a .net proxy
  * Stub various classes and namespaces that are not supported in the
 ASP.net vNext profile. {{{#if}}} guard these stubs so they are skipped
 over when targeting the regular .net Framework.
  * Add {{{project.json}}} files to the DotNetApi component directories to
 allow easy building of aspnetcore50 targeted assemblies via {{{kpm
 build}}}

 This is a forward-looking measure. Actual ASP.net 5.0 support is not in
 the plans for the 3.0 release.

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