Interface IEntity

The contract for Entity classes

Namespace: MongoDB.Entities
Assembly: MongoDB.Entities.dll
Syntax
public interface IEntity

Properties

ID

The ID property for this entity type.

IMPORTANT: make sure to decorate this property with the [BsonId] attribute when implementing this interface

Declaration
string ID { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
String

Methods

GenerateNewID()

Generate and return a new ID string from this method. It will be used when saving new entities that don't have their ID set. That is, if an entity has a null ID, this method will be called for getting a new ID value. If you're not doing custom ID generation, simply do return ObjectId.GenerateNewId().ToString()

Declaration
string GenerateNewID()
Returns
Type Description
String

Extension Methods