[CSHARP-23] Could we de-serialize arrays as ArrayList or List<object>? Created: 04/Mar/10  Updated: 12/Mar/10  Resolved: 12/Mar/10

Status: Closed
Project: C# Driver
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement Priority: Minor - P4
Reporter: Andrew Rondeau Assignee: Sam Corder
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
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Environment:

.Net


Backwards Compatibility: Major Change

 Description   

Could we de-serialize arrays as ArrayList or List? In Javascript, an "Array" behaves like a .Net ArrayList or List. Furthermore, the behavior of deserialization is somewhat non-deterministic as the programmer can really only count on getting an IEnumerable as opposed to a working collection. This is especially the case with mixed types, where the programmer would usually get an object[], but might get an int[] or string[].

This would be a breaking change, but it would be worth it.

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A potential way to do it is (in BsonReader.cs):

private Object ConvertToArray (Document doc)

{ List<object> ret = new List<object>(); foreach (String key in doc.Keys) ret.Add(doc[key]); return ret; }

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(Note: I'm trying to keep my local branch as close as possible to the master, so I'm keeping this out of my local branch.)



 Comments   
Comment by Sam Corder [ 12/Mar/10 ]

Commited fix to the pool branch. It will be in the next release coming shortly.

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