Fix reflection errors preventing Sentry events from being sent in PowerShell

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This PR fixes critical reflection issues that were preventing PowerShell Sentry events from being sent successfully. Users were encountering two main errors when trying to use Out-Sentry:

1. The property 'ProcessEnvelope' cannot be found on this object
2. You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression

Root Cause

The PowerShell Sentry module uses reflection to access internal methods of the Sentry.NET library (ProcessEnvelope, CreateRequest, and SerializeToStream). The original implementation had several issues:

• Inadequate method signature matching: The SerializeToStream method lookup wasn't specifying the correct parameter types, causing it to fail or find the wrong overload
• Missing validation: No checks to ensure reflection calls successfully found the required methods before attempting to use them
• Poor error handling: When reflection failed, it resulted in null reference exceptions with unhelpful error messages

Solution

Enhanced Reflection Validation

# Before: Direct assignment without validation
$this.ProcessEnvelope = [Sentry.Http.HttpTransportBase].GetMethod('ProcessEnvelope', $instanceMethod)

# After: Proper validation with error handling
$this.ProcessEnvelope = [Sentry.Http.HttpTransportBase].GetMethod('ProcessEnvelope', $instanceMethod)
if ($null -eq $this.ProcessEnvelope) {
    throw "ProcessEnvelope method not found on HttpTransportBase"
}

Correct Method Signature Matching

# Before: Generic method lookup
$this.SerializeToStream = $EnvelopeHttpContentType.GetMethod('SerializeToStream', $instanceMethod)

# After: Specific parameter type matching
$parameterTypes = @([System.IO.Stream], [System.Net.TransportContext], [System.Threading.CancellationToken])
$this.SerializeToStream = $EnvelopeHttpContentType.GetMethod('SerializeToStream', $instanceMethod, $null, $parameterTypes, $null)

Comprehensive Error Handling

Added try-catch blocks throughout both SynchronousTransport and SynchronousWorker classes to:

• Provide meaningful error messages when reflection fails
• Log diagnostic information when available
• Gracefully handle transport failures
• Prevent null reference exceptions

Testing

Validated the fix by:

• Testing reflection patterns with mock scenarios
• Verifying parameter type matching works correctly
• Confirming error handling prevents the original exceptions
• Ensuring the approach is compatible with Sentry.NET 5.12.0 API structure

The fix ensures that PowerShell Sentry events will be sent successfully and provides proper diagnostic information when issues occur.

Fixes #91.

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