serializeToBson

Serializes the given value to BSON.

The following types of values are supported:

Bson

Used as-is

Json

Converted to BSON

BsonBinData

Converted to Bson.Type.binData

BsonObjectID

Converted to Bson.Type.objectID

BsonDate

Converted to Bson.Type.date

BsonTimestamp

Converted to Bson.Type.timestamp

BsonRegex

Converted to Bson.Type.regex

null

Converted to Bson.Type.null_

bool

Converted to Bson.Type.bool_

float, double

Converted to Bson.Type.double_

short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong

Converted to Bson.Type.long_

string

Converted to Bson.Type.string

ubyte[]

Converted to Bson.Type.binData

T[]

Converted to Bson.Type.array

T[string]

Converted to Bson.Type.object

struct

Converted to Bson.Type.object

class

Converted to Bson.Type.object or Bson.Type.null_

All entries of an array or an associative array, as well as all R/W properties and all fields of a struct/class are recursively serialized using the same rules.

Fields ending with an underscore will have the last underscore stripped in the serialized output. This makes it possible to use fields with D keywords as their name by simply appending an underscore.

The following methods can be used to customize the serialization of structs/classes:

Bson toBson() const;
static T fromBson(Bson src);

Json toJson() const;
static T fromJson(Json src);

string toString() const;
static T fromString(string src);

The methods will have to be defined in pairs. The first pair that is implemented by the type will be used for serialization (i.e. toBson overrides toJson).