[mapguide][MG405][New] Usability enhancements for MgByteReader

[Trevor Wekel]

You can view the artifact detail at the following URL:

    https://mapguide.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab/id/MG405

Type
 Enhancement

Artifact ID
 MG405 (Usability enhancements for MgByteReader)

Reported by
 Trevor Wekel
 trevorwekel (trevor.wekel at autodesk.com)

New artifact details:
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- Testing Notes set to new value
  MgByteSource and MgByteSink will continue to be supported but may be deprecated in a future release of the API.  The new MgByteReader APIs are a superset of the existing functionality.
- Priority set to new value
  P3
- Artifact created
- Justification set to new value
  MgByteReader is a key API class but it is not very programmer friendly.
- Artifact Status set to new value
  New
- Submission Reviewed set to new value
  No
- Summary set to new value
  Usability enhancements for MgByteReader
- Target milestone set to new value
  1.1.0
- Description set to new value
  Add additional shortcut APIs to MgByteReader so that it is easier to use.  The news APIs allow direct conversion to/from byte arrays, files, and strings.

Also add an additional .Net type mapping between MgStringCollection and the .Net StringCollection.

.Net based unit tests were created for added APIs.

MgByteSource and MgByteSink will continue to be supported but may be deprecated in a future release of the API.  The new MgByteReader APIs are a superset of the existing functionality.
- Developer Notes set to new value
  MgByteSource and MgByteSink will continue to be supported but may be deprecated in a future release of the API.  The new MgByteReader APIs are a superset of the existing functionality.
- Documentation Notes set to new value
  MgByteSource and MgByteSink will continue to be supported but may be deprecated in a future release of the API.  The new MgByteReader APIs are a superset of the existing functionality.

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