Users/abbasc52/dotnet8 (#571)

* updated to dotnet 8

* fixed readme formatting

* removed unnecessary dependencies

Author: abbasc52

benchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark.csproj

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.12" />
 	<!--<PackageReference Include="RulesEngine" Version="3.0.2" />-->
   </ItemGroup>
 

demo/DemoApp.EFDataExample/DemoApp.EFDataExample.csproj

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>DemoApp.EFDataExample</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>DemoApp.EFDataExample</AssemblyName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.8" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="7.0.8" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

demo/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <StartupObject>DemoApp.Program</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

docs/index.md

@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ Here are the all the options available:-
 
 
 ### NestedRuleExecutionMode 
+
 | Value | Description |
 | --- | --- |
 | `All` | Executes all nested rules. |

global.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "6.0.0",
+    "version": "8.0.0",
     "rollForward": "latestFeature",
     "allowPrerelease": false
   }

src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net6.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version>5.0.3</Version>
     <Copyright>Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.</Copyright>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="FastExpressionCompiler" Version="4.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="11.8.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="11.9.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Linq" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Dynamic.Core" Version="1.3.7" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.5.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\signing\RulesEngine-publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <DelaySign>True</DelaySign>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.18.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.18.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.69" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="7.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.4">
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.70" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.6">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>