Two refactors that together reshape how the stack tier is laid out:
1. Rename `Opc.Ua` project to `Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* Stack/Opc.Ua/ -> Stack/Opc.Ua.Core.Types/ (git mv preserves history)
* Opc.Ua.csproj -> Opc.Ua.Core.Types.csproj
* AssemblyName : `Opc.Ua` -> `Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* PackageId : `OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua` ->
`OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* RootNamespace : kept as `Opc.Ua`
* StackGeneration.cs assembly-name switch updated; the renamed
assembly still produces `StackGenerationType.Models`.
* The `OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua` name now belongs solely to
the roll-up meta-package (nuget/Opc.Ua.nuspec); the meta-package's
former self-dependency is replaced with the new
`.Core.Types` package, and `.Symbols.nuspec` gains the
matching `.Core.Types.Debug` debug-symbol dependency.
2. Move `Opc.Ua.Security.Certificates` from Libraries/ to Stack/
It is a stack-tier dependency consumed by Opc.Ua.Core, not a
higher-level library extension, so it now sits alongside the other
stack projects.
Both refactors update the same set of cross-cutting infrastructure:
- UA.slnx, UA Core Library.slnx, Applications/ConsoleReferenceServer/Dockerfile
- .azurepipelines/signlist{Debug,Release}.txt
- ProjectReferences across Stack/, Libraries/, Tests/, Fuzzing/
- Tests/Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Stack.Tests/StackGenerationAssemblyTests.cs
- Docs/PlatformBuild.md and .github/copilot-instructions.md (new
Core.Types package listed)
Verification
* dotnet build UA.slnx -c Debug -- succeeded, 0 errors
* StackGenerationAssemblyTests : 5 passed
* Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Tests : 40 passed
* Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Core.Tests : 3514 passed, 8 skipped
* Opc.Ua.Core.Tests (Stack filter) : 1982 passed, 80 skipped
* Opc.Ua.Security.Certificates.Tests : 239 passed
Generate stack and application code using source generators
Change built in types to readonly structs
Update localized text implementation to use JSON text serializer
Status code with symbolic names
Immutable node ids
No boxing for all built in types <= 8 bytes in Variant.
Split user identity token and token handling via token handler
Add migration guide for breaking changes
This pull request modernizes the OPC UA .NET codebase and tests, removes .NET Standard 2.0 support from certificate/security code, and updates test code to use C# 12 and .NET 8+ features for clarity and maintainability.
- Certificate and BouncyCastle interop files (e.g., CertificateBuilder.cs, X509Extensions.cs, X509SignatureFactory.cs) are refactored to drop NETSTANDARD2_0 support and use modern .NET APIs and conditional compilation.
- Test code across the codebase is updated to use default, strongly-typed Parse methods, collection expressions, and improved async/await patterns.
- Exception handling and assertions in tests are modernized, and test method naming is made consistent with Async suffixes.
- The project and build files are updated to clarify Roslynator analyzer usage and remove obsolete netstandard tags.
- General code and test cleanup includes improved null safety, type safety, and removal of deprecated or unused code.
* Use Central Package Management
* Add Directory.Packages.props to solution files
* remove sourcelink version from common.props
* remove old entry from signlist
- let all Xml encoders and decoders follow the dispose pattern, similar to all the other encoders.
- Add fuzz targets for Xml and binary indempotent fuzzer.
- add a ReadOnlySpan<byte> signature for WriteByteString
- add ArrayPool based IBufferWriter<byte> to support encoding of large byte string with buffers
- add Azure DevOps ci pipeline tests with known artifacts that caused fuzzing errors, to catch regressions.
- Indempotent fuzzing revealed issue in DiagnosticInfo
- Matrix may have been used to decode one dimensional array if encoder used the `ArrayDimensions` field, which doesn't seem forbidden. Matrix caused cast exceptionwhen encoding the one dim atrray wrapped in a Matrix object.
- JsonEncoder throws InvalidCastException if NodeId Guid is encoded as Uuid.
- Strings with trailing `0` need to strip off all, or indempotent encoding fails.
- Add a solution to provide fuzzer support for afl-fuzz and libfuzzer.
- Add fuzz targets for Binary, Json and Xml encoder and decoder fuzzing. For afl-fuzz and libfuzzer.
- Fix issues in encoders and decoders when unexpected exceptions are returned. The expectation is to return only ServiceResultException with BadDecodingError, BadEncodingError or BadEncodingLimitsExceeded.
- Add a tool to create Testcases.
- Add a tool to playback crashes and timeouts.
- Solution is extensible with common files to discover new fuzz targets by reflection. New fuzz projects can share many files with the first project.
- Breaking change: Fix how BinaryDecoder is used: Previously, calling close on the BinaryDecoder implicitly disposed the stream. Change behavior so that `using` pattern can be applied across the board.
Marc Schier