DBPointer

DBPointer

Deprecated

This functionality is deprecated in the BSON specification. See https://bsonspec.org/spec.html

A reference to a document in another collection.

A DB pointer is composed of two values: a namespace (the name of a collection) and an ID.

See also

• BsonValue.decodeDBPointerNamespace: Read the namespace.

• BsonValue.decodeDBPointerId: Read the ID.

• BsonFieldWriter.writeDBPointer: Write this type.

Properties

code

val code: Byte

The byte identifier for this particular type.

Guaranteed to be in the range -1 (MinKey) to 127 (MaxKey).

name

expect val name: String

ordinal

expect val ordinal: Int