[IGNITE-20474] .NET: Thin 3.0: Source-generated serializer

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-beta1
• Fix Version/s: 3.1
• Component/s: platforms, thin client
• Labels: .NET ignite-3
• Epic Link: AI3 Performance
• Ignite Flags: Docs Required, Release Notes Required
• Assignee: Pavel Tupitsyn
• Reporter: Pavel Tupitsyn
• Created: 22/Sep/23 09:59
• Updated: 04/Sep/24 16:29

Description

Currently, .NET thin client relies on reflection to emit serialization/deserialization code. This approach is very flexible and user-friendly, but does not work with Native AOT, which is getting increasingly popular.

Provide an additional serialization mechanism based on Source Generators that does not require reflection.

The difficult part is that we don't know the table schema at compile time.

Issue Links

• relates to: IGNITE-20584 .NET: Thin 3.0: Interfaces for manual, reflection-free serialization (AOT friendly)
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #174