Keep IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite trim-compatible when changing library code. Use when touching reflection, JsonSerializer calls, DynamicallyAccessedMembers annotations, or suppressions in src/, when the build fails with IL2xxx errors, or when asked about trimming, trim warnings, or the PublishSmoke app.
Keep IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite trim-compatible when changing library code. Use when touching reflection, JsonSerializer calls, DynamicallyAccessedMembers annotations, or suppressions in src/, when the build fails with IL2xxx errors, or when asked about trimming, trim warnings, or the PublishSmoke app.
IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite — Trimming
The library ships IsTrimmable and must stay trim-clean: every trim-analysis diagnostic (IL2xxx) builds as an error, enforced by dotnet_analyzer_diagnostic.category-Trimming.severity = error in the repo .editorconfig. The source of truth for policy and consumer guidance is docs/TRIMMING.md — read its "Maintaining trim compatibility (contributors)" section before working around any IL2xxx error.
Rules
Fix first. Serialize through source-generated JsonTypeInfo — extend IgbJsonContext (src/componentsBase/IgbJsonContext.cs) rather than calling reflection-based JsonSerializer overloads. Annotate Type flows with [DynamicallyAccessedMembers] where the flow is traceable (scalar Type/string parameters, properties, generic parameters — annotations are invalid on Type[] and do not trace through collections). For "keep members whenever the type is kept, however its Type value flows" use the self-referencing generic attribute pattern: [IgbModule<TSelf>] on the module classes (see IgbModuleAttribute<TModule> in src/componentsBase/IgbModule.cs) — a new module MUST carry it, guarded by ServiceRegistrationTests.EveryLibraryModule_CarriesSelfReferencingIgbModuleAttribute.
Never annotate method parameters or fields of component base classes (BaseRendererControl, BaseRendererElement, or anything ComponentBase-derived). OpenComponent<T> roots component members "via reflection", so such annotations surface as IL2111/IL2110 errors in every consuming app. Annotated properties are fine (framework precedent: RouteView.DefaultLayout).
Suppress narrowly when a fix is impossible.[UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Trimming", "ILxxxx", Justification = "...")] on the smallest member, with a justification stating why the pattern is safe at runtime; extract a small private helper if needed so the justification matches exactly what the member does. Keep the helper's Type parameter unannotated — annotating it only moves the warning to the caller.
Never use #pragma warning disable for ILxxxx. It silences only the build analyzer and leaves no metadata for publish-time trim tooling (ILLink, NativeAOT's ILCompiler).
Don't add reflection over user-supplied or runtime-discovered types outside the documented data-source boundary (JSDataSourceSchema and the ExtractSchema entry points).
Verification
dotnet build src/IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite.csproj must be free of IL diagnostics (they fail the build).
For changes touching reflection, serialization, or annotations, run the automated browser checks over the trimmed publish: dotnet test tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite.IntegrationTests --filter Category=TrimmedPublish --settings .runsettings (TrimmedPublishSmokeTest; publishes the smoke app net10.0 on demand). It is category-scoped — not part of the per-component integration sweep — and covers net10.0 only; the manual checklist in tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite.PublishSmoke/README.md covers the other TFMs. Trimming only happens at publish (dotnet run proves nothing).
Verify claims about linker behavior empirically in the smoke app — a control-vs-fix publish pair, not reasoning from documentation alone.
