Update target framework from 6.0 to 9.0

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        dotnet-version: ['9.0.x']
         include:
+          - os: macos-latest
+            arch: arm64
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-            arch: 'x64'
+            arch: x64
           - os: windows-latest
-            dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-            arch: 'x64'
-          - os: macos-latest
-            dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-            arch: 'arm64'
+            arch: x64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup .NET ${{ matrix.dotnet-version }}

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
       with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0'
+        dotnet-version: '9.0'
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL

Benchmark/Benchmark.csproj

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <RootNamespace>Genometric.MSPC.$(MSBuildProjectName.Replace(" ", "_"))</RootNamespace>

CLI.Tests/CLI.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
 

CLI/CLI.csproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <StartupObject>Genometric.MSPC.CLI.Program</StartupObject>
     <ApplicationIcon />
     <Win32Resource />

Core.Tests/Core.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
 

Core/Core.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>Genometric.MSPC.Core</RootNamespace>
     <PackageId>Genometric.MSPC.Core</PackageId>
     <Authors>https://github.com/Genometric/MSPC/graphs/contributors</Authors>

ValidationScripts/ValidationScripts.csproj

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <Version>6.0.0</Version>

website/docs/installation.md

@@ -15,36 +15,31 @@ or [Bioconductor user guide](https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/vign
 for installing/using it in R programming language.
 
 
-A prerequisite for MSPC installation is [.NET 5.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0)
+A prerequisite for MSPC installation is [.NET 9.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/9.0)
 or newer. We provide two methods for MSPC installation depending on whether
-.NET 5.0 is installed on your machine or you can install it,
-or .NET 5.0 is not installed and you cannot install it, respectively
+.NET 9.0 is installed on your machine or you can install it,
+or .NET 9.0 is not installed and you cannot install it, respectively
 [Method A](#method-a) or [Method B](#method-b).
 
 
 ## Method A: Framework Dependent
 
-First we check if .NET 5.0 is installed (not to be confused with .NET Framework), and install it if it is not, then we install MSPC.
+First we check if .NET 9.0 is installed (not to be confused with .NET Framework), and install it if it is not, then we install MSPC.
 
-### Install .NET 5.0
+### Install .NET 9.0
 Open a command line shell (e.g., PowerShell) and run the following command:
 
 ```shell
 $ dotnet --info
-.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
- Version:   5.0.102
- Commit:    71365b4d42
-
-Runtime Environment:
- OS Name:     Windows
- OS Version:  10.0.19042
- OS Platform: Windows
- RID:         win10-x64
- Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.102\
+.NET SDK:
+ Version:           9.0.102
+ Commit:            cb83cd4923
+ Workload version:  9.0.100-manifests.4a54b1a6
+ MSBuild version:   17.12.18+ed8c6aec5
 ```
 
 If the output is not as shown above, you would need to install
-.NET 5.0 (or newer) [following these instructions](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0).
+.NET 9.0 (or newer) [following these instructions](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/9.0).
 
 
 ### Install MSPC