V2.6.7: updates to KNet 3.2.0 adding many improvements and bug fixes

This is an update release of Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka available for Entity Framework Core 8, 9 and 10.
Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka comes with the following changes:

• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet:
  • Updates to KNet version 3.2.0 based on Apache Kafka 4.2.0
  • Adds recursive search if return value is null that means it can be a tombstone currently not removed
  • Adds usage of [Table] attribute for declaration of topic names
  • Updates intrinsic management of migration with the evolution of serialization schemas across the serializers
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization:
  • Manages tombstone and moves default serdes on top
  • Extends value types to support nullable
  • Optional PropertyIndex for backward compatibility of migration and name-based properties
  • Make ClrType optional for well-known types
  • ValueContainer needs Entity Properties into constructor: breaking change for serializer not managed from this project
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro:
  • updates to MASES.KNet.Serialization.Avro 3.2.0
  • Manages tombstone and moves default serdes on top
  • Adds ManagedType/SupportNull and extends value types to support nullable
  • Optional PropertyIndex for backward compatibility of migration and name-based properties
  • Make ClrType optional for well-known types
  • Adds Entity Properties into ValueContainer constructor: breaking change for serializer not managed from this project
  • Non-native types: Issue #443 reports a bug when serializer is used to retrieve non-native types like DateTime
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro.Compiler: no changes
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Protobuf:
  • Manages tombstone and moves default serdes on top
  • Adds ManagedType/SupportNull and extends value types
  • Optional PropertyIndex for backward compatibility of migration and name-based properties
  • Make ClrType optional for well-known types
  • Adds Entity Properties into ValueContainer constructor: breaking change for serializer not managed from this project
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Templates: no changes
• Documentation: general review to updates on latest changes and describes especially migration feature
• Tests: adds new Complex type tests

Official NuGet packages (*)

• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Templates
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Protobuf

(*) packages are also available on GitHub packages.

What's Changed

• Adds recursive search if return value is null that means it can be a tombstone currently not removed by @masesdevelopers in #413
• Manages tombstone and moves default serdes on top by @masesdevelopers in #414
• Updates to KNet 3.1.3 by @masesdevelopers in #416
• Respect [Table] attribute for topic names by @masesdevelopers in #418
• Update copyright to 2026 by @masesdevelopers in #420
• Add ManagedType/SupportNull and extend value types by @masesdevelopers in #415
• Add key-based lookup to producers and tables by @masesdevelopers in #427
• Optional PropertyIndex and name-based properties by @masesdevelopers in #422
• Bump MASES.KNet.Serialization.Avro from 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #436
• Bump MASES.KNet from 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #435
• Update version from 2.6.6 to 2.6.7 by @github-actions[bot] in #440
• Update documentation after commit aaf9aad by @github-actions[bot] in #441

Full Changelog: V2.6.6.0...V2.6.7