feat: Updates to .NET 9

.github/workflows/build-test.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
+        global-json-file: global.json
     - name: Install Prerequisites
       run: |
         brew update
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup .NET 8
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
-          dotnet-version: 8.0.x
+          global-json-file: global.json
       - name: Build
         run: ./publish.cmd Release
       - name: Test

.github/workflows/create-release.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
+        global-json-file: global.json
     - name: Install NGBV
       uses: dotnet/nbgv@master
       id: nbgv

Directory.Build.props

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <Authors>Kamron Batman</Authors>
         <Company>ModernUO</Company>
         <Copyright>2019-2023</Copyright>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
         <PublicRelease>true</PublicRelease>
         <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>

Projects/Server/Client/ArtData.cs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public Rectangle2D GetStaticBounds(int index)
 
         Span<ushort> buffer = stackalloc ushort[entry.Size / 2];
         _dataStream.Seek(entry.Offset, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-        _dataStream.Read(MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(buffer));
+        _ = _dataStream.Read(MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(buffer));
 
         var width = buffer[2];
         var height = buffer[3];

Projects/Server/Client/UOClient.cs

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private static ClientVersion DetectClassicClient()
         {
             using FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
             var buffer = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>((int)fs.Length, true);
-            fs.Read(buffer);
+            _ = fs.Read(buffer);
             // VS_VERSION_INFO (unicode)
             Span<byte> vsVersionInfo = stackalloc byte[]
             {

Projects/Server/Items/Item.cs

@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ public virtual void SendOPLPacketTo(NetState ns)
 
     public virtual void SendWorldPacketTo(NetState ns, ReadOnlySpan<byte> world = default)
     {
-        if (world != null)
+        if (world != ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty)
         {
             ns?.Send(world);
             return;

Projects/Server/Localization/Localization.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private static Dictionary<int, LocalizationEntry> LoadClilocs(string lang, strin
         {
             using var fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
             Span<byte> header = stackalloc byte[6];
-            fs.Read(header);
+            _ = fs.Read(header);
 
             byte[] data;
             BufferReader br;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private static Dictionary<int, LocalizationEntry> LoadClilocs(string lang, strin
             else
             {
                 data = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>((int)fs.Length - 6);
-                fs.Read(data);
+                _ = fs.Read(data);
                 br = new BufferReader(data);
             }
 

Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs

@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public bool GetSendBuffer(out Span<byte> buffer)
 
     public void Send(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
     {
-        if (span == null || this.CannotSendPackets())
+        if (span == ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty || this.CannotSendPackets())
         {
             return;
         }

Projects/Server/Serial.cs

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public string ToString(string format, IFormatProvider formatProvider)
 
     public bool TryFormat(
         Span<char> destination, out int charsWritten, ReadOnlySpan<char> format, IFormatProvider provider
-    ) => format != null
+    ) => format != ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty
         ? Value.TryFormat(destination, out charsWritten, format, provider)
         : destination.TryWrite(provider, $"0x{Value:X8}", out charsWritten);
 

Projects/Server/Text/StringHelpers.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ out int size
     )
     {
         size = 0;
-        if (a == null || a.Length == 0)
+        if (a == ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty || a.Length == 0)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ out int size
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public static string Remove(this ReadOnlySpan<char> a, ReadOnlySpan<char> b, StringComparison comparison)
     {
-        if (a == null)
+        if (a == ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty)
         {
             return null;
         }

Projects/Server/TileMatrix/TileMatrix.cs

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ private unsafe StaticTile[][][] ReadStaticBlock(int x, int y)
 
             fixed (StaticTile* pTiles = staTiles)
             {
-                DataStream.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, length));
+                _ = DataStream.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, length));
 
                 if (m_Lists == null)
                 {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ private unsafe LandTile[] ReadLandBlock(int x, int y)
 
             fixed (LandTile* pTiles = tiles)
             {
-                MapStream.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, 192));
+                _ = MapStream.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, 192));
             }
 
             return tiles;

Projects/Server/TileMatrix/TileMatrixPatch.cs

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private unsafe int PatchLand(TileMatrix matrix, string dataPath, string indexPat
             var tiles = new LandTile[64];
             fixed (LandTile* pTiles = tiles)
             {
-                fsData.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, 192));
+                _ = fsData.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, 192));
             }
 
             matrix.SetLandBlock(x, y, tiles);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private unsafe int PatchStatics(TileMatrix matrix, string dataPath, string index
 
             fixed (StaticTile* pTiles = staTiles)
             {
-                fsData.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, length));
+                _ = fsData.Read(new Span<byte>(pTiles, length));
 
                 StaticTile* pCur = pTiles, pEnd = pTiles + tileCount;
 

Projects/Server/Utilities/HashUtility.cs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public static ulong ComputeHash64(ReadOnlySpan<char> str)
 
     public static uint ComputeHash32(ReadOnlySpan<char> str)
     {
-        if (str == null)
+        if (str == ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty)
         {
             return 0;
         }

Projects/UOContent/Special Systems/Engines/TestCenter.cs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private static void EventSink_Speech(SpeechEventArgs args)
 
                 var name = tokenizer.MoveNext() ? tokenizer.Current : null;
                 var valueStr = tokenizer.MoveNext() ? tokenizer.Current : null;
-                if (valueStr == null)
+                if (valueStr == ReadOnlySpan<char>.Empty)
                 {
                     return;
                 }

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: 'Install .NET 8'
     inputs:
       packageType: sdk
-      version: '8.0.x'
+      useGlobalJson: true
   - task: NuGetAuthenticate@1
   - script: ./publish.cmd Release
     displayName: 'Build'

global.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "8.0.0",
+    "version": "9.0.0",
     "rollForward": "latestMajor",
-    "allowPrerelease": false
+    "allowPrerelease": true
   }
 }

version.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/master/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "0.13.6"
+  "version": "0.13.7"
 }