0.0.7

Implements comprehensive feature configuration and shell lifecycle management.

This release introduces a robust feature configuration system with validation, alongside shell lifecycle management via notifications and handlers. It also refactors existing authentication and authorization providers for conciseness.

Changes

Feature Configuration

• Implements auto-configuration and explicit configuration via IConfigurableFeature
• Supports multiple options classes per feature, documented in:
  • FeatureConfiguration.md
  • FeatureConfigurationBinder.cs
• Adds configuration validation via:
  • DataAnnotations
  • FluentValidation
  • Custom validators
• Associated validation classes are located under Features/Validation

Shell Lifecycle Management

• Introduces IShellActivatedHandler and IShellDeactivatingHandler interfaces for shell-scoped service initialization and cleanup
• Implements notification-based lifecycle events:
  • ShellActivated
  • ShellDeactivating
  • ShellAdded
  • ShellRemoved
  • ShellsReloaded
• Adds corresponding handlers:
  • ShellActivationHandler
  • ShellDeactivationHandler
  • ShellEndpointRegistrationHandler

Dependency Inference

• Adds IInfersDependenciesFrom to allow features to inherit dependencies from other features

Hosted Services

• Introduces ShellStartupHostedService to ensure all shells are activated and deactivated with the application lifecycle

Impact

Behavioral Changes

• Features can now be configured via:
  • appsettings.json
  • Environment variables
• Configuration is validated at startup
• Shells now expose activation and deactivation lifecycle events for service initialization and cleanup

Breaking Changes

• None

Full Changelog: 0.0.6...0.0.7