[wip] alright I think I figured out the issue

that dummy that gets created to grab the topic off? I think somehow kafka.net is getting confused and that's why the name is getting clobbered.

NEW PLAN: every message type is a topic.

franz.tests/.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            // Use IntelliSense to find out which attributes exist for C# debugging
+            // Use hover for the description of the existing attributes
+            // For further information visit https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger-launchjson.md
+            "name": ".NET Core Launch (console)",
+            "type": "coreclr",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "preLaunchTask": "build",
+            // If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/net5.0/franz.tests.dll",
+            "args": [],
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            // For more information about the 'console' field, see https://aka.ms/VSCode-CS-LaunchJson-Console
+            "console": "internalConsole",
+            "stopAtEntry": false
+        },
+        {
+            "name": ".NET Core Attach",
+            "type": "coreclr",
+            "request": "attach"
+        }
+    ]
+}

franz.tests/.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "build",
+            "command": "dotnet",
+            "type": "process",
+            "args": [
+                "build",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/franz.tests.csproj",
+                "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
+                "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "publish",
+            "command": "dotnet",
+            "type": "process",
+            "args": [
+                "publish",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/franz.tests.csproj",
+                "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
+                "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "watch",
+            "command": "dotnet",
+            "type": "process",
+            "args": [
+                "watch",
+                "run",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/franz.tests.csproj",
+                "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
+                "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        }
+    ]
+}

franz.tests/Program.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace franz.tests
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static async Task Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
+            var f1 = new Telefranz("libfranztest1", "focalor:9092");
+            var f1Reported = false;
+            f1.addHandler<silver_messages.global.report>((r) => {
+                Console.WriteLine($"someone reporting. {r}");
+                if(r.name =="libfranztest1")
+                {
+                    f1Reported = true;
+                    Console.WriteLine("f1 reported");
+                }
+            });
+            await Task.Delay(1000);
+            f1.ProduceMessage(new silver_messages.global.sound_off());
+            Task.WaitAny(
+                Task.Run(async () => {
+                    while(f1Reported == false)
+                    {
+                        Console.WriteLine("not ready, giving another 100ms");
+                        await Task.Delay(100);
+                    }
+                    Console.WriteLine("done, ready, green");
+                    Environment.Exit(0);
+                }),
+                Task.Run(async () => {
+                    await Task.Delay(30000);
+                    Console.WriteLine("time up");
+                    await Task.Delay(500);
+                    Environment.Exit(-1);
+                })
+            );
+            Console.WriteLine("done I guess?");
+        }
+    }
+}

franz.tests/UnitTest1.cs

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using franz;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-
-namespace franz.tests
-{
-    [TestFixture]
-    public class Tests
-    {
-        Telefranz f1;
-        
-        [SetUp]
-        public void Setup()
-        {
-            f1 = new Telefranz("libfranztest1", "focalor:9092");
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public async Task reportsToSoundoff()
-        {
-            var f1Reported = false;
-            f1.addHandler((silver_messages.global.report r) => {
-                switch(r.name)
-                {
-                    case "libfranztest1":
-                    {
-                        f1Reported = true;
-                        TestContext.Out.WriteLine("f1 reported");
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    //lol you can't have more than one kafka interface, right? so you can't do any (useful) tests on the sending of messages :P
-                    // case "libfranztest2":
-                    // {
-                    //     f2Reported = true;
-                    //     TestContext.Out.WriteLine("f2 reported");
-                    //     break;
-                    // }
-                }
-            });
-            await Task.Delay(2000);
-            f1.ProduceMessage(new silver_messages.global.sound_off());
-            Task.WaitAny(
-                Task.Run(async () => {
-                    while(f1Reported == false)
-                    {
-                        TestContext.Out.WriteLine("not ready, giving another 100ms");
-                        await Task.Delay(100);
-                    }
-                    TestContext.Out.WriteLine("done, ready, green");
-                }),
-                Task.Run(async () => {
-                    await Task.Delay(30000);
-                    TestContext.Out.WriteLine("time up");
-                    Assert.Fail();
-                })
-            );
-        }
-    }
-}

franz.tests/franz.tests.csproj

@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
-
-    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.12.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.16.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.5.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\franz\franz.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>

franz/Telefranz.cs

@@ -82,30 +82,32 @@ namespace franz
         {
             var dummy = new T();
             Console.WriteLine($"created dummy, it reports as {dummy}. typeof(T) reports as {typeof(T)}. Topic is {dummy.topic}");
+            var topic = dummy.topic;
             
             Action<KafkaRecord<string, string>> wrapped = (kr) =>
             {
-                Console.WriteLine("wrapped receives kafkarecord, is ready");
+                Console.WriteLine($"wrapped receives kafkarecord, is ready to process: {kr.Value}");
                 var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(kr.Value);
-                if(deserialized != null)
+                if(deserialized != null && deserialized.type == deserialized.GetType().ToString())
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine("message deserialized for this handler :)");
+                    Console.WriteLine("message deserialized for this handler");
                     theAction(deserialized);
+                    Console.WriteLine("action survived");
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine("message didn't deserialize for this handler :(");
+                    Console.WriteLine("message didn't deserialize for this handler");
                 }
             };
-            if(!topicConsumers.ContainsKey(dummy.topic)){
+            if(!topicConsumers.ContainsKey(topic)){
-                Console.WriteLine($"making consumer for {handling_group}, topic {dummy.topic}");
+                Console.WriteLine($"making consumer for {handling_group}, topic {topic}");
-                topicConsumers[dummy.topic] = new KafkaConsumer<string, string>(dummy.topic, clusterClient);
+                topicConsumers[topic] = new KafkaConsumer<string, string>(topic, clusterClient);
-                topicConsumers[dummy.topic].ConsumeFromLatest();
+                topicConsumers[topic].ConsumeFromLatest();
-                topicSubscribers.Add(dummy.topic, 0);
+                topicSubscribers.Add(topic, 0);
             }
-            topicConsumers[dummy.topic].MessageReceived += wrapped;
+            topicConsumers[topic].MessageReceived += wrapped;
             _TelefranzConsumers<T>.wrappings[theAction] = wrapped;
-            topicSubscribers[dummy.topic]++;
+            topicSubscribers[topic]++;
         }
         public void removeHandler<T>(Action<T> theAction) where T : silver_messages.message, new()
         {