build: Set library targets to .NET Standard 2.0 & 2.1, .NET Core 3.1, 6.0-9.0

Author: anthonyreilly

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 ### 2025-06-10 v5.0.0
 
 * feat: branched off and removed LINQ project, as it is unlikely to become production ready in the new future
-* build: simplified library target to .NET Standard 2.0 for maximum compatibility.
-* build: remove unsupported frameworks, separately test each supported framework target
 * test: updated functional test in NullValueTests to avoid duplicate error on create
 * test: updated packages, updated deprecated async void methods
-* test: Tests target .NET Core 6.0-9.0
+* build, test, and target updates
+    - Set library targets to .NET Standard 2.0 & 2.1, .NET Core 3.1, 6.0-9.0
+    - Tests target .NET Core 6.0-9.0
 
 ### 2025-02-24 v5.0.0-Beta
 

README.md

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 ## A .NET Standard and .NET Core Salesforce REST API integration library
 *This project is not offered, sponsored, or endorsed by Salesforce.*
 
-Targets .NET Standard 2.0 - this means it will be generally compatible with .NET Framework 4.6.1+ and .NET Core 2.0+  
-For more info on .NET Standard 2.0 compatiblity [see the Microsoft documentation here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0)
+Targets:  
+    - .NET Standard 2.0 : widest possible support including .NET Framework 4.6.1+ and .NET Core 2.0+  
+    - .NET Standard 2.1 : for newer .NET Core versions
+
+For more info on .NET Standard compatiblity [see the Microsoft documentation here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0)
 
 Full tested support is for .NET Core 6.0 - 9.0 as tooling and tests target those.
 

build.props

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <LibTargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</LibTargetFrameworks>
+    <LibTargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0;net9.0</LibTargetFrameworks>
     <AppTargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0;net9.0</AppTargetFrameworks>
     <TestTargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0;net9.0</TestTargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>  

src/NetCoreForce.Client/NetCoreForce.Client.csproj

@@ -42,28 +42,31 @@
     <PackageOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)/packages</PackageOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
-    <!-- Adds async support for .netstandard2.0 clients -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="7.0.0" />
+  <!-- Adds async support for .NET Standard 2.0, .NET Framework, and .NET Core < 3.0 -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" $(TargetFramework) == 'netstandard2.0' OR $(TargetFramework.StartsWith('net4')) ">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Choose>
-
-    <When Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'NET8_0_OR_GREATER'">
+    <When Condition=" $(TargetFramework) == 'netcoreapp3.1' OR $(TargetFramework) == 'net5.0' ">
       <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="9.0.6" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="6.0.0" />
       </ItemGroup>
     </When>
-
-    <Otherwise>
+    <When Condition=" $(TargetFramework) == 'net6.0' OR $(TargetFramework) == 'net7.0'">
       <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="8.0.0" />
       </ItemGroup>
+    </When>
+    <Otherwise>
+      <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="9.0.6" />
+      </ItemGroup>
     </Otherwise>
-
   </Choose>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>