From 682ee41bc669f0fae95c3de7960a572fdfe6b34f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jimmy Bogard <jimmy.bogard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 08:51:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Updating readme to include contracts package

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     dotnet add package MediatR
 
 Either commands, from Package Manager Console or .NET Core CLI, will download and install MediatR and all required dependencies.
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+### Using Contracts-Only Package
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+To reference only the contracts for MediatR, which includes:
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+- `IRequest` (including generic variants and `Unit`)
+- `INotification`
+- `IStreamRequest`
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+Add a package reference to [MediatR.Contracts](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MediatR.Contracts)
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+This package is useful in scenarios where your MediatR contracts are in a separate assembly/project from handlers. Example scenarios include:
+- API contracts
+- GRPC contracts
+- Blazor
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