.NET Client

The .NET client serves as the foundation for most Chronicle clients. Its design philosophy is to offer a streamlined API for quick onboarding, while also empowering developers with full control and extensibility. Out of the box, the client provides sensible defaults to help you get started rapidly, but every default is fully overridable to suit advanced scenarios.

For example, you can instantiate a ChronicleClient with just the server URI and immediately begin working. You may use the built-in discovery method to automatically discover all artifacts, or selectively discover only those you need. If you require custom behavior, you can override the discovery mechanism entirely by implementing your own IClientArtifactsProvider.

This approach ensures an easy entry point for new users, while also supporting advanced customization for those who need it.

Packaging

The .NET client uses runtime-only packaging to hide internal implementation details. It includes the contracts and the Connection project as runtime-only assemblies, ensuring they're not exposed in IntelliSense or available for direct compilation by consumers. See internalization for details on how this works.

Using statements

• Common usings are provided in GlobalUsings.cs files, don't add any using statements already in this file.
• Include using statements not covered by any GlobalUsing.cs definitions.
• Don't add any System using statements.

Language

• C# does not allow for multiple inheritance.