Microsoft.Orleans.Serialization.FSharp 9.2.0-preview2

Microsoft Orleans Serialization for F#

Introduction

Microsoft Orleans Serialization for F# provides serialization support for F# specific types in Microsoft Orleans. This package enables seamless integration of F# types like discriminated unions, records, and other F# specific constructs with Orleans serialization system.

Getting Started

To use this package, install it via NuGet:

dotnet add package Microsoft.Orleans.Serialization.FSharp

Example - Configuring F# Serialization

open Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
open Orleans.Hosting

let builder = 
    Host.CreateApplicationBuilder(args)
        .UseOrleans(fun siloBuilder ->
            siloBuilder
                .UseLocalhostClustering()
                // F# serialization is automatically configured when the package is referenced
                |> ignore)

// Run the host
await builder.RunAsync()

Example - Using F# Types with Orleans

// Define F# discriminated union and record types
[<Orleans.GenerateSerializer>]
type UserRole =
    | [<Id(0u)>] Admin
    | [<Id(1u)>] Moderator
    | [<Id(2u)>] User of level:int

[<Orleans.GenerateSerializer>]
type UserRecord = {
    [<Id(0u)>] Id: string
    [<Id(1u)>] Name: string
    [<Id(2u)>] Role: UserRole
    [<Id(3u)>] Tags: string list
}

// Define a grain interface
type IFSharpGrain =
    inherit Orleans.IGrainWithStringKey
    abstract member GetUser: unit -> Task<UserRecord>
    abstract member UpdateUser: UserRecord -> Task

// Grain implementation
type FSharpGrain() =
    inherit Orleans.Grain()
    let mutable userData = Unchecked.defaultof<UserRecord>

    interface IFSharpGrain with
        member this.GetUser() =
            Task.FromResult(userData)
            
        member this.UpdateUser(user) =
            userData <- user
            Task.CompletedTask

Example - Client Code Using F# Grain

// Client-side code
let client = clientBuilder.Build()
let grain = client.GetGrain<IFSharpGrain>("user1")

// Create an F# record with discriminated union
let user = {
    Id = "user1"
    Name = "F# User"
    Role = UserRole.Admin
    Tags = ["functional"; "programming"]
}

// Call the grain with F# types
grain.UpdateUser(user) |> Async.AwaitTask |> ignore
let retrievedUser = grain.GetUser() |> Async.AwaitTask |> Async.RunSynchronously

Documentation

For more comprehensive documentation, please refer to:

• Microsoft Orleans Documentation
• Orleans Serialization
• F# Documentation

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• Contributions are welcome! Please review our contribution guidelines
• This project is licensed under the MIT license