Module: BSON::String

Defined in:
lib/bson/string.rb

Overview

Injects behaviour for encoding and decoding string values to and from raw bytes as specified by the BSON spec.

See Also:

Since:

  • 2.0.0

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: ClassMethods

Constant Summary collapse

BSON_TYPE =

A string is type 0x02 in the BSON spec.

Since:

  • 2.0.0

::String.new(2.chr, encoding: BINARY).freeze
ILLEGAL_KEY =

Regex for matching illegal BSON keys.

Since:

  • 4.1.0

/(\A[$])|(\.)/

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_bson(buffer = ByteBuffer.new) ⇒ BSON::ByteBuffer

Get the string as encoded BSON.

Examples:

Get the string as encoded BSON.

"test".to_bson

Returns:

Raises:

  • (EncodingError) —

    If the string is not UTF-8.

See Also:

Since:

  • 2.0.0



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# File 'lib/bson/string.rb', line 50

def to_bson(buffer = ByteBuffer.new)
  buffer.put_string(self)
end

#to_bson_key ⇒ String

Get the string as a BSON key name encoded C string with checking for special characters.

Examples:

Get the string as key name.

"test".to_bson_key

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The encoded string.

Raises:

  • (EncodingError) —

    If the string is not UTF-8.

See Also:

Since:

  • 2.0.0



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# File 'lib/bson/string.rb', line 66

def to_bson_key
  self
end

#to_bson_object_id ⇒ String

Note:

This is used for repairing legacy bson data.

Convert the string to an object id. This will only work for strings of size 12.

Examples:

Convert the string to an object id.

string.to_bson_object_id

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The raw object id bytes.

Raises:

Since:

  • 2.0.0



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# File 'lib/bson/string.rb', line 83

def to_bson_object_id
  ObjectId.repair(self)
end

#to_hex_string ⇒ String

Convert the string to a hexidecimal representation.

Examples:

Convert the string to hex.

"\x01".to_hex_string

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The string as hex.

Since:

  • 2.0.0



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# File 'lib/bson/string.rb', line 95

def to_hex_string
  unpack("H*")[0]
end