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package org.bson.conversions;

import org.bson.BsonDocument;
import org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistry;

An interface for types that are able to render themselves into a BsonDocument. 
Since:
3.0/**
 * An interface for types that are able to render themselves into a {@code BsonDocument}.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface Bson {
    
Render the filter into a BsonDocument.
Params:
documentClass – the document class in scope for the collection. This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to alter the structure of the returned BsonDocument based on some knowledge of the document class.
codecRegistry – the codec registry. This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to look up Codec instances for the document class or any other related class.
Type parameters:
<TDocument> – the type of the document class
Returns:
the BsonDocument/**
     * Render the filter into a BsonDocument.
     *
     * @param documentClass the document class in scope for the collection.  This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to alter
     *                      the structure of the returned {@code BsonDocument} based on some knowledge of the document class.
     * @param codecRegistry the codec registry.  This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to look up {@code Codec} instances for
     *                      the document class or any other related class.
     * @param <TDocument> the type of the document class
     * @return the BsonDocument
     */
    <TDocument> BsonDocument toBsonDocument(Class<TDocument> documentClass, CodecRegistry codecRegistry);
}