Use Case

As a... Node.js user/mongosh/compass developer
I want... to render Binary objects in a more brief way in shell/compass
So that... it's bit easier to type manually, less to copy, fits on a smaller screen real estate

User Experience

• Binary objects render with the smaller proposed helper and it is runnable code in Node driver and mongosh environments

// today
Binary.createFromBase64('WFsJfpNmeoU1JfCvOrtbc64erAs=', 0),
// after this work
Binary.b64('WFsJfpNmeoU1JfCvOrtbc64erAs=', 0),

Dependencies

• None

Risks/Unknowns

• Binary will need to support the current method and the new alias probably indefinitely, but maybe after a few majors the longer form could be dropped.

Acceptance Criteria

Implementation Requirements

• Add a static method "b64" to the Binary class that takes a string and sub_type and calls createFromBase64
• Update the Binary's inspect hook to use this new briefer method

Optional

The following can be considered to make for a consistent and unsurprising user experience but is not strictly required

• Add a brief static "hex" method to call createFromHex
• Add both brief methods to ObjectId
  • ObjectId has mirrored createFromBase64 createFromHex to make for a consistent creation experience of the two most popular primary key types

Testing Requirements

• Ensure the new brief methods invoke the longer forms and pass the arguments and return the results as expected
• Ensure UUID.b64 and UUID.hex return UUID instances
  • This will need to be fixed, but is not a breaking change

Documentation Requirements

• API docs

Follow Up Requirements

• Ensure devtools changes is checked when this closes