Packages by microsoft

Provides an older in-memory Extensible Markup Language (XML) programming interface that enables you to modify XML documents. Developers should prefer the classes in the System.Xml.XDocument package. Commonly Used Types: System.Xml.XmlNode System.Xml.XmlElement System.Xml.XmlAttribute System.Xml.XmlDocument System.Xml.XmlDeclaration System.Xml.XmlText System.Xml.XmlComment System.Xml.XmlNodeList System.Xml.XmlWhitespace System.Xml.XmlCDataSection When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides classes and interfaces that support the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR). Commonly Used Types: System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallSite System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallSite<T> System.Dynamic.IDynamicMetaObjectProvider System.Dynamic.DynamicMetaObject System.Dynamic.SetMemberBinder System.Dynamic.GetMemberBinder System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject System.Dynamic.DynamicObject System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallSiteBinder System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConditionalWeakTable<TKey, TValue> When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides extensions methods for System.Type that are designed to be source-compatible with older framework reflection-based APIs. Commonly Used Types: System.Reflection.TypeExtensions System.Reflection.BindingFlags When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides classes that define culture-related information, including language, country/region, calendars in use, format patterns for dates, currency, and numbers, and sort order for strings. Commonly Used Types: System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo System.Globalization.CultureInfo System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo System.Globalization.CalendarWeekRule System.Globalization.TextInfo System.Globalization.Calendar System.Globalization.CompareInfo System.Globalization.CompareOptions System.Globalization.UnicodeCategory When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides interfaces for the editing and change tracking of objects used as data sources. Commonly Used Types: System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs System.IServiceProvider System.ComponentModel.IEditableObject System.ComponentModel.IChangeTracking System.ComponentModel.IRevertibleChangeTracking When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides commonly-used classes for performing mathematical functions, conversions, string comparisons and querying environment information. Commonly Used Types: System.Math System.Environment System.Random System.Progress<T> System.Convert System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch System.Runtime.Versioning.FrameworkName System.StringComparer System.IO.Path When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides custom attribute extension methods for System.Reflection types. Commonly Used Types: System.Reflection.InterfaceMapping System.Reflection.CustomAttributeExtensions System.Reflection.RuntimeReflectionExtensions When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides common enumerations for reflection-based libraries. Commonly Used Types: System.Reflection.FieldAttributes System.Reflection.Emit.OpCode System.Reflection.TypeAttributes System.Reflection.MethodAttributes System.Reflection.CallingConventions System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes System.Reflection.EventAttributes System.Reflection.ParameterAttributes System.Reflection.GenericParameterAttributes System.Reflection.MethodImplAttributes When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides the fundamental synchronization primitives, including System.Threading.Monitor and System.Threading.Mutex, that are required when writing asynchronous code. Commonly Used Types: System.Threading.Monitor System.Threading.SynchronizationContext System.Threading.ManualResetEvent System.Threading.AutoResetEvent System.Threading.ThreadLocal<T> System.Threading.EventWaitHandle System.Threading.SemaphoreSlim System.Threading.Mutex When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides APIs to query about runtime and OS information. Commonly Used Types: System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides several thread-safe collection classes that should be used in place of the corresponding types in the System.Collections.NonGeneric and System.Collections packages whenever multiple threads are accessing the collection concurrently. Commonly Used Types: System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue> System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentQueue<T> System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentBag<T> System.Collections.Concurrent.BlockingCollection<T> System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentStack<T> When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides the numeric types System.Numerics.BigInteger and System.Numerics.Complex, which complement the numeric primitives, such as System.Byte, System.Double and System.Int32. Commonly Used Types: System.Numerics.BigInteger System.Numerics.Complex When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides types that support COM interop and platform invoke services. Commonly Used Types: System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException System.DllNotFoundException System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides base classes, including System.Runtime.InteropServices.CriticalHandle and System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle, for types that represent operating system handles. Commonly Used Types: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeWaitHandle System.Runtime.InteropServices.CriticalHandle System.Threading.WaitHandleExtensions System.IO.HandleInheritability When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters

Provides older specialized non-generic collections; for example, a linked list dictionary, a bit vector, and collections that contain only strings. Commonly Used Types: System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection System.Collections.Specialized.NameObjectCollectionBase System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary System.Collections.Specialized.HybridDictionary System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary System.Collections.Specialized.StringDictionary System.Collections.Specialized.BitVector32 When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides the System.Console class, which represents the standard input, output and error streams for console applications. Commonly Used Types: System.Console System.ConsoleColor When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides classes that support the compression and decompression of streams using file system paths. Commonly Used Types: System.IO.Compression.ZipFile When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides base types for cryptographic algorithms, including hashing, encryption, and signing operations. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.Aes System.Security.Cryptography.RSA System.Security.Cryptography.RSAParameters System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA384 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256 System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA384 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA512 When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides common types for the cryptographic libraries. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.ICryptoTransform System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.KeyedHashAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC System.Security.Cryptography.KeySizes System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStreamMode When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides types for reading, exporting and verifying Authenticode X.509 v3 certificates. These certificates are signed with a private key that uniquely and positively identifies the holder of the certificate. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ContentType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreLocation System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509FindType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainStatus System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2Collection System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509EnhancedKeyUsageExtension System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides attributes, such as GeneratedCodeAttribute and SuppresMessageAttribute, that are emitted or consumed by analysis tools. Commonly Used Types: System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides classes, interfaces and enumerations that enable language-level code expressions to be represented as objects in the form of expression trees. Commonly Used Types: System.Linq.IQueryable<T> System.Linq.IQueryable System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<TDelegate> System.Linq.Expressions.Expression System.Linq.Expressions.ExpressionVisitor When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides class that enable you to create high performance tracing events to be captured by event tracing for Windows (ETW). Commonly Used Types: System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventListener System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventLevel System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventKeywords System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventWrittenEventArgs System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventAttribute System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSourceAttribute System.Diagnostics.Tracing.NonEventAttribute When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Provides the System.Threading.Timer class, which is a mechanism for executing a method at specified intervals. Commonly Used Types: System.Threading.Timer System.Threading.TimerCallback When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.