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package com.mongodb;

import org.bson.BSONObject;

This interface adds some specific behaviour to BSONObject for MongoDB documents. 
@mongodb.driver.manual
core/document/ Documents/**
 * This interface adds some specific behaviour to {@link org.bson.BSONObject} for MongoDB documents.
 *
 * @mongodb.driver.manual core/document/ Documents
 */
public interface DBObject extends BSONObject {
    
If this object was retrieved with only some fields (using a field filter) this method will be called to mark it as such.
/**
     * If this object was retrieved with only some fields (using a field filter) this method will be called to mark it as such.
     */
    void markAsPartialObject();

    
Whether markAsPartialObject was ever called only matters if you are going to upsert and do not want to risk losing fields. 
Returns:
true if this has been marked as a partial object/**
     * Whether {@link #markAsPartialObject} was ever called only matters if you are going to upsert and do not want to risk losing fields.
     *
     * @return true if this has been marked as a partial object
     */
    boolean isPartialObject();
}