IBsonSerializer.cs

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usingSystem;

namespaceMongoDB.Bson.Serialization
{
/// <summary>
/// An interface implemented by a serializer.
/// </summary>
publicinterfaceIBsonSerializer
{
// properties
/// <summary>
/// Gets the type of the value.
/// </summary>
/// <value>
/// The type of the value.
/// </value>
TypeValueType{get;}

// methods
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes a value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The deserialization context.</param>
/// <param name="args">The deserialization args.</param>
/// <returns>A deserialized value.</returns>
objectDeserialize(BsonDeserializationContextcontext,BsonDeserializationArgsargs);

/// <summary>
/// Serializes a value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="args">The serialization args.</param>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
voidSerialize(BsonSerializationContextcontext,BsonSerializationArgsargs,objectvalue);
}

/// <summary>
/// An interface implemented by a serializer for values of type TValue.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TValue">The type that this serializer knows how to serialize.</typeparam>
publicinterfaceIBsonSerializer<TValue>:IBsonSerializer
{
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes a value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The deserialization context.</param>
/// <param name="args">The deserialization args.</param>
/// <returns>A deserialized value.</returns>
newTValueDeserialize(BsonDeserializationContextcontext,BsonDeserializationArgsargs);

/// <summary>
/// Serializes a value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="args">The serialization args.</param>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
voidSerialize(BsonSerializationContextcontext,BsonSerializationArgsargs,TValuevalue);
}
}