[CSHARP-311] New serialization format for Dictionary<TKey, TValue> as array of nested documents Created: 29/Aug/11 Updated: 02/Apr/15 Resolved: 06/Oct/11 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | C# Driver |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | 1.1 |
| Fix Version/s: | 1.3 |
| Type: | New Feature | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Robert Stam | Assignee: | Robert Stam |
| Resolution: | Done | Votes: | 1 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Description |
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Currently Dictionary<TKey, TValue> is serialized as one of two forms: 1. A document where the element names are the dictionary key values (only possible when TKey is string) The second representation is perfectly adequate for serialization/deserialization, but it is difficult to query against. To better support querying the following alternate representation is proposed: { 'dictionary' : [ { 'k' : key1, 'v' : value1 }, ...] } This representation uses a nested document for the key/value pairs instead of a nested two-element array. This facilitates querying against either the keys or the values. There should also be a serialization option to allow the developer to choose the second representation even when TKey is string. |