NAME

BSON::Bytes - BSON type wrapper for binary byte strings

VERSION

version v1.12.2

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use BSON::Types ':all';
$bytes = bson_bytes( $bytestring );
$bytes = bson_bytes( $bytestring, $subtype );
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a BSON type wrapper for binary data represented as a string of bytes.

ATTRIBUTES

data

A scalar, interpreted as bytes. (I.e. "character" data should be encoded to bytes.) It defaults to the empty string.

subtype

A numeric BSON subtype between 0 and 255. This defaults to 0 and generally should not be modified. Subtypes 128 to 255 are "user-defined".

METHODS

TO_JSON

Returns Base64 encoded string equivalent to the data attribute.

If the BSON_EXTJSON option is true, it will instead be compatible with MongoDB's extended JSON format, which represents it as a document as follows:

            

              
              
{"$binary" : { "base64": "<base64 data>", "subType" : "<type>"} }
            
          

OVERLOADING

The stringification operator ("") is overloaded to return the binary data and fallback overloading is enabled.

AUTHORS

• David Golden <david@mongodb.com>

• Stefan G. <minimalist@lavabit.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by Stefan G. and MongoDB, Inc.

This is free software, licensed under:

            

              
              
The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004