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Class ObjectDiscriminatorConvention

Namespace
MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Conventions
Assembly
MongoDB.Bson.dll

Represents the object discriminator convention.

public class ObjectDiscriminatorConvention : IDiscriminatorConvention
Inheritance
ObjectDiscriminatorConvention
Implements
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Constructors

ObjectDiscriminatorConvention(string)

Initializes a new instance of the ObjectDiscriminatorConvention class.

public ObjectDiscriminatorConvention(string elementName)

Parameters

elementName string

The element name.

Properties

ElementName

Gets the discriminator element name.

public string ElementName { get; }

Property Value

string

Instance

Gets an instance of the ObjectDiscriminatorConvention.

public static ObjectDiscriminatorConvention Instance { get; }

Property Value

ObjectDiscriminatorConvention

Methods

GetActualType(IBsonReader, Type)

Gets the actual type of an object by reading the discriminator from a BsonReader.

public Type GetActualType(IBsonReader bsonReader, Type nominalType)

Parameters

bsonReader IBsonReader

The reader.

nominalType Type

The nominal type.

Returns

Type

The actual type.

GetDiscriminator(Type, Type)

Gets the discriminator value for an actual type.

public BsonValue GetDiscriminator(Type nominalType, Type actualType)

Parameters

nominalType Type

The nominal type.

actualType Type

The actual type.

Returns

BsonValue

The discriminator value.