v1.6.0

Collections

• Added Sort and SortDescending extensions for ObservableCollection instances
• Added IsNullOrEmpty validation extension for IEnumerable instances
• Added GetValueOrDefault extension for Dictionary instances
• Removed UWP as target framework (no longer required)

Data Converters

• Added ToFormattedString extension to bool and nullable bool instances
• Added ToDelimitedString extension for IEnumerable objects with custom string delimiter option
• Added ToMeters and ToMiles conversion extensions for double instances
• Modified the BooleanToStringValueConverter to extract non-platform specific logic out to be used cross-platforms
• Marked the UWP specific value converters as obsolete and target the UI.Data.Converters library

Data Entity Framework

• Added Page and column name based OrderBy extensions for Entity Framework Queryable objects to ease the implementation of paginated requests
• Updated EF Core and EF Core Plus packages to latest versions

Data Serialization

• Added Data.Serialization library with a service for handling type migrations within JSON files saved with Type information contained within it

Data Validation

• Added IValidationCollection interface that can be used to create custom validation collection solution and updated the ValidatorCollection implementation to support this
• Added Base64Validator to ensure a value is a valid bas64 string
• Added GuidValidator to ensure a value can be parsed as a GUID
• Added LongitudeValidator and LatitudeValidator to ensure a value is within the expected ranges for lat and long
• Added MacAddressValidator to ensure a value is a valid MAC address using the .NET PhysicalAddress parser
• Added PredicateValidator to provide a mechanism to validate objects based on custom validation logic for it
• Added WellFormedUrlValidator to ensure a value is considered a well-formed URL (https/http/ftp/etc.)
• Updated BetweenValidator to include Inclusive flag to customize the min/max range of validity
• Updated the Validate method to virtual to allow custom pre or post validation logic for custom built regular expression validators
• Removed UWP as target framework (no longer required)

Data Validation for Fluent Validation

• Added Data.Validation.FluentValidation library that builds on the existing Validation library to allow FluentValidation to be used as a target for validating in the UI using the InputValidator component for Uno Platform

Runtime

• Added GetPropertyNames extension for object instances to get all the property names from the specified object as a list of strings

What's Changed

• Added FluentValidation support for validators by @jamesmcroft in #233
• Added IValidator support to constructor for FluentValidatorCollection by @jamesmcroft in #234
• Removed MADE.Media.Image by @jamesmcroft in #235
• Bump FluentValidation from 10.4.0 to 11.0.0 by @dependabot in #236
• Added pagination and ordering extensions for EF queries by @jamesmcroft in #237
• Updated NuGet packages by @jamesmcroft in #243
• Updated packages by @jamesmcroft in #246
• #247 - Added JSON.NET Type migration binder by @jamesmcroft in #248
• Added collection of new data validators by @jamesmcroft in #249
• Alteration to mark Windows specifics as Obsolete by @jamesmcroft in #250
• Port of usable components from personal archived projects by @jamesmcroft in #251

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0