From ac393c4885bc4c0e0f0857d65bbb461db1e828ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Dorin <ndorin@pepperdash.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:35:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(force-patch): Remove obsolete GenericHttpClient
 class in favor of built-in HttpClient

---
 .../Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs          | 179 ------------------
 1 file changed, 179 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs

diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c3a7c8..00000000
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-using Crestron.SimplSharp.Net.Http;
-using PepperDash.Core;
-using System;
-
-namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
-
-[Obsolete("Please use the builtin HttpClient class instead: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fundamentals/networking/http/httpclient-guidelines")]
-	public class GenericHttpClient : Device, IBasicCommunication
-	{
-		private readonly HttpClient Client;
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Event raised when response is received
-		/// </summary>
-		public event EventHandler<GenericHttpClientEventArgs> ResponseRecived;
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Constructor
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="key">key of the device</param>
-		/// <param name="name">name of the device</param>
-		/// <param name="hostname">hostname for the HTTP client</param>
-		public GenericHttpClient(string key, string name, string hostname)
-			: base(key, name)
-		{
-        Client = new HttpClient
-        {
-            HostName = hostname
-        };
-
-
-    }
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// SendText method
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="path">the path to send the request to</param>
-		public void SendText(string path)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, path);
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			HttpClient.DISPATCHASYNC_ERROR error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request); 
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// SendText method
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="format">format for the items</param>
-		/// <param name="items">items to format</param>
-		public void SendText(string format, params object[] items)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			HttpClient.DISPATCHASYNC_ERROR error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// SendTextNoResponse method
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="format">format for the items</param>
-		/// <param name="items">items to format</param>
-		public void SendTextNoResponse(string format, params object[] items)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			Client.Dispatch(request);
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Response method
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="response">response received from the HTTP client</param>
-		/// <param name="error">error status of the HTTP callback</param>
-		/// <param name="request">original HTTP client request</param>
-		private void Response(HttpClientResponse response, HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR error, object request)
-		{
-			if (error == HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR.COMPLETED)
-			{
-				var responseReceived = response;
-
-				if (responseReceived.ContentString.Length > 0)
-				{
-                ResponseRecived?.Invoke(this, new GenericHttpClientEventArgs(responseReceived.ContentString, (request as HttpClientRequest).Url.ToString(), error));
-            }
-			}
-
-		}
-
-
-		#region IBasicCommunication Members
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// SendBytes method
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="bytes">bytes to send</param>
-		public void SendBytes(byte[] bytes)
-		{
-			throw new NotImplementedException();
-		}
-
-
-
-		#endregion
-
-		#region ICommunicationReceiver Members
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// BytesReceived event
-		/// </summary>
-		public event EventHandler<GenericCommMethodReceiveBytesArgs> BytesReceived;
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Connect method
-		/// </summary>
-		public void Connect()
-		{
-			throw new NotImplementedException();
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Disconnect method
-		/// </summary>
-		public void Disconnect()
-		{
-			throw new NotImplementedException();
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// IsConnected property
-		/// </summary>
-		public bool IsConnected
-		{
-			get { return true; }
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// TextReceived event
-		/// </summary>
-		public event EventHandler<GenericCommMethodReceiveTextArgs> TextReceived;
-
-		#endregion
-	}
-
-	/// <summary>
-	/// Represents a GenericHttpClientEventArgs
-	/// </summary>
-	public class GenericHttpClientEventArgs : EventArgs
-	{
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets or sets the ResponseText
-		/// </summary>
-		public string ResponseText { get; private set; }
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets or sets the RequestPath
-		/// </summary>
-		public string RequestPath { get; private set; }
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets or sets the Error
-		/// </summary>
-		public HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR Error { get; set; }
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Constructor
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="response">response text</param>
-		/// <param name="request">request path</param>
-		/// <param name="error">error status</param>
-		public GenericHttpClientEventArgs(string response, string request, HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR error)
-		{
-			ResponseText = response;
-			RequestPath = request;
-			Error = error;
-		}
-	}
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