Reduce and update dependencies

[pcf0]

With the last update of SoapCore 1.2.0 some dependencies were added that are not really necessary and were removed in previous versions (e.g. System.Drawing.Common).

• I have reduced the dependencies to the essentials and updated them.
• I have also replaced the dependency on Newtonsoft.Json with System.Text.Json.
• The tests failed for me due to the localization, because the tests are dependent on the text. I have therefore set the CurrentUICulture for the relevant tests.
• In the readme it was listed that .NET 5.0 to 7.0 is supported, which is currently only the case with netstandard2.1. I have therefore updated this to .NET 8.0.

[akshaybheda]

Did you do a perf check after switching? any benefits there?

[pcf0]

No, I didn't.
I have now tried running the benchmark before and after, but unfortunately the benchmark only works with my change.
And I also cannot run the obsolete .NET Core 3.1 on my local machine.
I therefore had to upgrade at least BenchmarkDotNet.
But as far as I can see there is no change in performance, you just have fewer (direct and transitive) dependencies.

Before, but with upgraded BenchmarkDotNet:

// * Summary *

BenchmarkDotNet v0.14.0, Windows 10 (10.0.19045.5487/22H2/2022Update)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 1 CPU, 16 logical and 8 physical cores
.NET SDK 9.0.200
  [Host]     : .NET 8.0.13 (8.0.1325.6609), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
  Job-YYRKVG : .NET 8.0.13 (8.0.1325.6609), X64 RyuJIT AVX2

IterationCount=5

| Method    | LoopNum | Mean      | Error     | StdDev    | Gen0      | Gen1     | Allocated |
|---------- |-------- |----------:|----------:|----------:|----------:|---------:|----------:|
| EmptyTask | 100     |  1.742 ms | 0.1749 ms | 0.0454 ms |  263.6719 |        - |   1.05 MB |
| Echo      | 100     | 12.355 ms | 0.7980 ms | 0.2072 ms | 1656.2500 | 125.0000 |   6.65 MB |

After my change:

// * Summary *

BenchmarkDotNet v0.14.0, Windows 10 (10.0.19045.5487/22H2/2022Update)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 1 CPU, 16 logical and 8 physical cores
.NET SDK 9.0.200
  [Host]     : .NET 8.0.13 (8.0.1325.6609), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
  Job-QCSOYQ : .NET 8.0.13 (8.0.1325.6609), X64 RyuJIT AVX2

IterationCount=5

| Method    | LoopNum | Mean      | Error     | StdDev    | Gen0      | Gen1     | Allocated |
|---------- |-------- |----------:|----------:|----------:|----------:|---------:|----------:|
| EmptyTask | 100     |  2.041 ms | 0.4771 ms | 0.1239 ms |  261.7188 |        - |   1.05 MB |
| Echo      | 100     | 12.121 ms | 0.5309 ms | 0.1379 ms | 1656.2500 | 125.0000 |   6.65 MB |

The error before upgrade:

Unhandled exception. System.MissingMethodException: .ctor
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.FilterCustomAttributeRecord(MetadataToken caCtorToken, MetadataImport& scope, RuntimeModule decoratedModule, MetadataToken decoratedToken, RuntimeType attributeFilterType, Boolean mustBeInheritable, ListBuilder`1& derivedAttributes, RuntimeType& attributeType, IRuntimeMethodInfo& ctorWithParameters, Boolean& isVarArg)
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.AddCustomAttributes(ListBuilder`1& attributes, RuntimeModule decoratedModule, Int32 decoratedMetadataToken, RuntimeType attributeFilterType, Boolean mustBeInheritable, ListBuilder`1 derivedAttributes)
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.GetCustomAttributes(RuntimeModule decoratedModule, Int32 decoratedMetadataToken, Int32 pcaCount, RuntimeType attributeFilterType)
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.GetCustomAttributes(RuntimeMethodInfo method, RuntimeType caType, Boolean inherit)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Extensions.ReflectionExtensions.ResolveAttribute[T](MemberInfo memberInfo)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkConverter.<>c.<GetOrderedBenchmarkMethods>b__3_0(MethodInfo method)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.ToArray()
   at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
   at System.Linq.OrderedEnumerable`1.GetEnumerator()+MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectIPartitionIterator`2.LazyToArray()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectIPartitionIterator`2.ToArray()
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkConverter.GetOrderedBenchmarkMethods(MethodInfo[] methods)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkConverter.TypeToBenchmarks(Type type, IConfig config)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkRunner.RunWithDirtyAssemblyResolveHelper(Type type, IConfig config, String[] args)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkRunner.<>c__DisplayClass0_0`1.<Run>b__0()
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkRunner.RunWithExceptionHandling(Func`1 run)
   at BenchmarkDotNet.Running.BenchmarkRunner.Run[T](IConfig config, String[] args)
   at SoapCore.Benchmark.Program.Main() in \SoapCore.Benchmark\Program.cs:line 84

[andersjonsson]

Thanks!