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BsonExtensionMethodsToBsonTNominalType Method (TNominalType, IBsonSerializerTNominalType, BsonBinaryWriterSettings, ActionBsonSerializationContextBuilder, BsonSerializationArgs)
Serializes an object to a BSON byte array.

Namespace: MongoDB.Bson
Assembly: MongoDB.Bson (in MongoDB.Bson.dll) Version: 2.0.1
Syntax
public static byte[] ToBson<TNominalType>(
	this TNominalType obj,
	IBsonSerializer<TNominalType> serializer = null,
	BsonBinaryWriterSettings writerSettings = null,
	Action<BsonSerializationContextBuilder> configurator = null,
	BsonSerializationArgs args = null
)

Parameters

obj
Type: TNominalType
The object.
serializer (Optional)
Type: MongoDB.Bson.SerializationIBsonSerializerTNominalType
The serializer.
writerSettings (Optional)
Type: MongoDB.Bson.IOBsonBinaryWriterSettings
The writer settings.
configurator (Optional)
Type: SystemActionBsonSerializationContextBuilder
The serialization context configurator.
args (Optional)
Type: MongoDB.Bson.SerializationBsonSerializationArgs
The serialization args.

Type Parameters

TNominalType
The nominal type of the object.

Return Value

Type: Byte
A BSON byte array.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type . When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
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