use own PipeSerializer

SendToVisualizerAsync uses await

NamedPipes/NamedPipeClient.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 using PipeMethodCalls;
-
-using PipeMethodCalls.NetJson;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ namespace NamedPipes;
 public class NamedPipeClient (string pipeName,string?  serverLocation = null, string? serverName = null,Action<string>? logger = null): IDebugVisualizer, IDisposable
 {
     private bool IsConnected => PipeClient.State == PipeState.Connected;
-    private PipeClient<IDebugVisualizer> PipeClient { get; } = new(new NetJsonPipeSerializer(), pipeName);
+    private PipeClient<IDebugVisualizer> PipeClient { get; } = new(new PipeSerializer(), pipeName);
     private string ServerLocation { get; } = serverLocation ?? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE") + @"\Documents\Visual Studio 2026\Visualizers\Server\NrxVisualizer\";
     private string ServerName { get; } = serverName ?? "Num.Roto.Nrx.VisualizerServer";
     private Action<string> Logger { get;} = logger ??((m) => Trace.WriteLine(m));
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ public class NamedPipeClient (string pipeName,string?  serverLocation = null, st
         try
         {
             await PipeClient.ConnectAsync().ConfigureAwait(true);
-            Logger("NamedPipeClient.StartServerAsync succeded.");
+            Logger("NamedPipeClient.StartServerAsync succeeded.");
             return;
         }
         catch(Exception e)

NamedPipes/NamedPipeServer.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using PipeMethodCalls;
 
-using PipeMethodCalls.NetJson;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ public partial class NamedPipesServer(string pipeName,Action<string>? logger = n
         if (PipeServer == null || PipeServer.State !=  PipeState.Connected)
         {
             PipeServer?.Dispose();
-            PipeServer = new PipeServer<IDebugVisualizer>(new NetJsonPipeSerializer(), PipeName, () => this);
+            PipeServer = new PipeServer<IDebugVisualizer>(new PipeSerializer(), PipeName, () => this);
             PipeServer.SetLogger((m) => Trace.WriteLine(m));
         }      
         Logger("Waiting for client connection...");

NamedPipes/NamedPipes.csproj

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="PipeMethodCalls.NetJson" Version="3.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="PipeMethodCalls" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="4.6.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

NamedPipes/PipeSerializer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using PipeMethodCalls;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace NamedPipes;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Serializes pipe method call information with System.Text.Json.
+/// </summary>
+public class PipeSerializer : IPipeSerializer
+{
+    public object Deserialize(byte[] data, Type type)
+    {
+        return JsonSerializer.Deserialize(data, type) ?? throw new InvalidDataException($"Can not deserialize to type: {type} ");
+    }
+
+    public byte[] Serialize(object o)
+    {
+        using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
+        using (var utf8JsonWriter = new Utf8JsonWriter(memoryStream))
+        {
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize(utf8JsonWriter, o);
+            return memoryStream.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+}

NrxDebuggerVisualizerProvider/NrxDebugVisualizer.csproj

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 		<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0-windows8.0\NrxVisualizerObjectSource.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\NrxVisualizerObjectSource.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 		<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0-windows8.0\NamedPipes.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\NamedPipes.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 		<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0-windows8.0\PipeMethodCalls.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\PipeMethodCalls.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
-		<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0-windows8.0\PipeMethodCalls.NetJson.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\PipeMethodCalls.NetJson.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 		<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0-windows8.0\CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
 		</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>

NrxDebuggerVisualizerProvider/NrxDebuggerVisualizerProvider.cs

@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ internal sealed class NrxDebuggerVisualizerProvider : DebuggerVisualizerProvider
     public override async Task<IRemoteUserControl> CreateVisualizerAsync(VisualizerTarget visualizerTarget, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         VisualizerModel? model = await visualizerTarget.ObjectSource.RequestDataAsync<VisualizerModel?>(jsonSerializer: null, cancellationToken);
-        SendToVisualizer(model);
+        await SendToVisualizerAsync(model);
         //throw new InvalidOperationException("This is a test exception to demonstrate the visualizer. Please remove this line and implement the visualizer logic.");
         var control = new Vector3VisualizerUserControl(dataContext: model);
         return await Task.FromResult<IRemoteUserControl>(control);
      }
     private static NamedPipeClient? PipeClient { get; set; }
-    private static void SendToVisualizer(VisualizerModel? visualizerModel)
+    private static async Task SendToVisualizerAsync(VisualizerModel? visualizerModel)
     {
         if (visualizerModel is null) return;
         PipeClient ??= new NamedPipeClient("testPipe", serverName: @"TestServer", logger: (m) => Console.WriteLine(m));
-        _ = PipeClient.SetVisualizerModelAsync(visualizerModel);
-        _ = PipeClient.SetMessageAsync($"Hello from {nameof(CreateVisualizerAsync)},visualizerModel.Content  =  {visualizerModel.Content}");
+        await PipeClient.SetVisualizerModelAsync(visualizerModel);
+        await PipeClient.SetMessageAsync($"Hello from {nameof(CreateVisualizerAsync)},visualizerModel.Content  =  {visualizerModel.Content}");
     }
 }