Works with NetJsonPipeSerializer

NamedPipes/NamedPipeClient.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-using System;
+using PipeMethodCalls;
+
+using PipeMethodCalls.NetJson;
+using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using PipeMethodCalls;
 
 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 PipeSerializer(), pipeName);
+    private PipeClient<IDebugVisualizer> PipeClient { get; } = new(new NetJsonPipeSerializer(), 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));

NamedPipes/NamedPipeServer.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-using System;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using PipeMethodCalls;
+
+using PipeMethodCalls.NetJson;
+using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
-using PipeMethodCalls;
 
 namespace NamedPipes;
 public partial class NamedPipesServer(string pipeName,Action<string>? logger = null) : ObservableObject,IDebugVisualizer, IDisposable
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ public partial class NamedPipesServer(string pipeName,Action<string>? logger = n
         if (PipeServer == null || PipeServer.State !=  PipeState.Connected)
         {
             PipeServer?.Dispose();
-            PipeServer = new PipeServer<IDebugVisualizer>(new PipeSerializer(), PipeName, () => this);
+            PipeServer = new PipeServer<IDebugVisualizer>(new NetJsonPipeSerializer(), PipeName, () => this);
             PipeServer.SetLogger((m) => Trace.WriteLine(m));
         }      
         Logger("Waiting for client connection...");

NamedPipes/NamedPipes.csproj

@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="3.1.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="PipeMethodCalls" Version="4.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="PipeMethodCalls.NetJson" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="4.6.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

NamedPipes/PipeSerializer.cs

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using MessagePack;
-using PipeMethodCalls;
-
-namespace NamedPipes
-{
-    public class PipeSerializer : IPipeSerializer
-    {
-        public object? Deserialize(byte[] data, Type type)
-        {
-            if (data.Length == 0) return null;
-            //Log.Trace("PipeSerializer.Deserialize: type = " + type + " , data.length = " + data.Length);
-            var obj = MessagePackSerializer.Typeless.Deserialize(data);
-            //if (obj is DebugObject debugObject)
-            //{
-            //    var length = debugObject.Data?.Length ?? 0;
-            //    var debugObjectType = debugObject.Type ?? "null";
-            //    Log.Trace("PipeSerializer.Deserialize: debugObject.Type = " + debugObjectType + " , debugObject.Data.Length = " + length);
-            //}
-            return obj;
-        }
-
-        public byte[] Serialize(object o)
-        {
-            if (o.GetType().FullName == "System.Threading.Tasks.VoidTaskResult") return [];
-            //if (o is DebugObject debugObject)
-            //{
-            //    var length = debugObject.Data?.Length ?? 0;
-            //    Log.Trace("PipeSerializer.Deserialize: debugObject.Type = " + debugObject.Type + " , debugObject.Data.Length = " + length);
-            //}
-
-            var bytearray = MessagePackSerializer.Typeless.Serialize(o);
-            //var xxx = Deserialize(bytearray, o.GetType());
-            //Log.Trace("PipeSerializer.Serialize: type = " + o.GetType() + " , bytearray.length = " + bytearray.Length);
-            return bytearray;
-        }
-    }
-}

NrxDebuggerVisualizerProvider/NrxDebugVisualizer.csproj

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 		<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\MessagePack.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\MessagePack.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\MessagePack.Annotations.dll" Link="netstandard2.0\MessagePack.Annotations.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>