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Transport configuration changes

Component: NServiceBus

This is part of the NServiceBus Upgrade Guide from Version 7 to 8, which also includes the following individual upgrade guides for specific components:

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NServiceBus version 8 introduces a new transport configuration API. Instead of the generic-based UseTransport<TTransport> method, create an instance of the transport's configuration class and pass it to the UseTransport method.

For example, instead of:

var transport = endpointConfiguration.UseTransport<MyTransport>();
transport.Transactions(TransportTransactionMode.ReceiveOnly);

var routing = t.Routing();
routing.RouteToEndpoint(typeof(MyMessage), "DestinationEndpoint");

Use:

var transport = new MyTransport{
    TransportTransactionMode = TransportTransactionMode.ReceiveOnly
};

var routing = endpointConfiguration.UseTransport(transport);
routing.RouteToEndpoint(typeof(MyMessage), "DestinationEndpoint");

Transport specific configuration

See the transport-specific upgrade guides for further details on the configuration options:

Backwards-compatible API

The existing API transport configuration API is supported for this major version via a shim API. This shim API emulates the replaced configuration API surface but uses different types. Therefore, custom code that refers to the configuration API types might need to be updated to use the shim API types instead.

Transaction configuration

Instead of the Transactions method, use the TransportTransactionMode property on the transport configuration instance to configure the desired transaction mode.

var transportConfiguration = new MyTransport{
    TransportTransactionMode = TransportTransactionMode.ReceiveOnly
};
endpointConfiguration.UseTransport(transportConfiguration);

Connection strings

Configuring a transport's connection using .ConnectionStringName(name), which was removed for .NET Core in NServiceBus version 7, has been removed from all platforms in NServiceBus version 8. To retrieve the connection string by the named value in the configuration, first retrieve the connection string and then pass it to the transport configuration API.

A connection string named NServiceBus/Transport will no longer be detected automatically on any platform. The connection string value must be configured explicitly using .ConnectionString(value).

Routing configuration

Routing can be configured on the RoutingSettings object returned from the UseTransport method.

var routing = endpointConfiguration.UseTransport(transportConfiguration);
routing.RouteToEndpoint(typeof(MyMessage), "DestinationEndpoint");

Subscription authorization

The SubscriptionAuthorizer method is now available on the RoutingSettings:

var routing = endpointConfiguration.UseTransport(transportConfiguration);
routing.SubscriptionAuthorizer(context => <...>);

Renamed APIs

The following low-level transport APIs have been renamed:

  • IDispatchMessages has been renamed to IMessageDispatcher
  • IReceiveMessages has been renamed to IMessageReceiver
  • IManageSubscriptions has been renamed to ISubscriptionManager

Obsolete configuration options

The following configuration operations are obsolete in NServiceBus version 8. See the transport-specific upgrade guides for further information about the availablity of these configuration options.

  • EndpointConfiguration.DoNotCreateQueues
  • TransportExtensions.ConnectionString
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