fix: added comments to GenericRESTClient

- recommended that non-s+ users utilize system.net.http directly
- added in Microsoft.Net.Http for net472 for full httpClient compatibility

src/Pepperdash.Core/GenericRESTfulCommunications/GenericRESTfulClient.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp.Net.Http;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp.Net.Https;
@@ -10,6 +7,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Generic RESTful communication class
+    /// "This class should only be used in the context of simpl+ programs.  In an s# pro program, please use System.Net.Http and refer to the following guidelines:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fundamentals/networking/http/httpclient"
     /// </summary>
     public class GenericRESTfulClient
 	{
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 			{
 				HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
 				HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-				HttpClientResponse response;
 
 				client.KeepAlive = false;
 				
@@ -96,8 +93,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 				request.Url.Parse(url);
 				request.RequestType = (Crestron.SimplSharp.Net.Http.RequestType)requestType;
 
-				response = client.Dispatch(request);
-
+                using (var response = client.Dispatch(request))
+                {
                     CrestronConsole.PrintLine(string.Format("SubmitRequestHttp Response[{0}]: {1}", response.Code, response.ContentString.ToString()));
 
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(response.ContentString.ToString()))
@@ -105,6 +102,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 
                     if (response.Code > 0)
                         OnUshrtChange((ushort)response.Code, 0, GenericRESTfulConstants.ResponseCodeChange);
+                }
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -215,12 +213,12 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 			{
 				var args = new BoolChangeEventArgs(state, type);
 				args.Index = index;
-				BoolChange(this, args);
+                handler(this, args);
 			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Protected mehtod to handle ushort change events
+		/// Protected method to handle ushort change events
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="value"></param>
 		/// <param name="index"></param>
@@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 			{
 				var args = new UshrtChangeEventArgs(value, type);
 				args.Index = index;
-				UshrtChange(this, args);
+                handler(this, args);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core.GenericRESTfulCommunications
 			{
 				var args = new StringChangeEventArgs(value, type);
 				args.Index = index;
-				StringChange(this, args);
+                handler(this, args);
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/Pepperdash.Core/PepperDash.Core.csproj

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 		<PackageReference Include="WebSocketSharp" Version="1.0.3-rc11" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
+	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http" Version="2.2.29" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
 		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
 	</ItemGroup>