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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions snooty.toml
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"/connect",
"/indexes",
"work-with-indexes",
"/data-formats"
]

sharedinclude_root = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10gen/docs-shared/main/"
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language = "Kotlin"
version-number = "5.1"
version = "v{+version-number+}"
patch-version-number = "{+version-number+}.0"
patch-version-number = "{+version-number+}.2"
mdb-server = "MongoDB Server"
stable-api = "Stable API"
api = "https://mongodb.github.io/mongo-java-driver/{+version-number+}/apidocs/mongodb-driver-kotlin-sync"
core-api = "https://mongodb.github.io/mongo-java-driver/{+version-number+}/apidocs/mongodb-driver-core/"
java-api = "https://mongodb.github.io/mongo-java-driver/{+version-number+}"
core-api = "{+java-api+}/apidocs/mongodb-driver-core/"
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.. _kotlin-sync-data-formats:

========================
Specialized Data Formats
========================

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

.. facet::
:name: genre
:values: reference

.. meta::
:keywords: bson, data, class, date, time

.. toctree::
:titlesonly:
:maxdepth: 1

/data-formats/bson

.. TODO: /data-formats/data-class
.. TODO: /data-formats/extended-json
.. TODO: /data-formats/time-series

Overview
--------

You can use several types of specialized data formats in your {+driver-short+}
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You can use several types of specialized data formats in your {+driver-short+}
You can use several types of specialized document data formats in your {+driver-short+}

application. To learn how to work with these data formats, see the following
sections:

- Learn how to work with the BSON data format in the :ref:`BSON <kotlin-sync-bson>` guide.

.. TODO: Uncomment these as pages get built
.. - Learn how to store and retrieve data using {+language+} data classes in the :ref:`data-classes` guide.
.. - Learn how to use the Extended JSON format in the :ref:`kotlin-sync-extended-json` guide.
.. - Learn how to store and interact with time series data in the :ref:`kotlin-sync-time-series` guide.
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.. _kotlin-sync-bson:

==========================
Document Data Format: BSON
==========================

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

Overview
--------

In this guide, you can learn about the BSON data format, how MongoDB
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Q: How MongoDB uses it feels a little vague to me. How about something like:

"How MongoDB uses BSON to organize and store data"?

uses it, and how to install the BSON library independently of the
{+driver-short+}.

BSON Data Format
----------------

**BSON**, or Binary JSON, is the data format that MongoDB uses to organize
and store data. This data format includes all JSON data structure types and
adds support for types including dates, differently-sized integers, ObjectIds, and
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Q: I am unsure what differently-sized integers means in this context. Integers that are too big for regular JSON types?

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It refers to 32 and 64 bit integers.

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It could be good to state that explicitly

binary data. For a complete list of supported types, see the
:manual:`BSON Types </reference/bson-types>` server manual page.
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:manual:`BSON Types </reference/bson-types>` server manual page.
see :manual:`BSON Types </reference/bson-types>` in the MongoDB Server documentation.


The binary format is not human-readable, but you can use the
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The binary format is not human-readable, but you can use the
BSON is not human-readable, but you can use the

:ref:`BSON library <install-bson-library>` to convert it to the human-readable JSON
representation. You can read more about the relationship between these
formats in the :website:`JSON and BSON </json-and-bson>` guide on the MongoDB website.

MongoDB and BSON
----------------

You can use BSON data with your {+driver-short+} application by using one of the
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S: "You can use...using" feels like a lot of "use". How about:

You can work with BSON data in your {+driver-short+} application by using...

following object types that implements the `BSON interface <{+java-api+}/apidocs/bson/org/bson/conversions/Bson.html>`__:

- `Document <{+java-api+}/apidocs/bson/org/bson/Document.html>`__ (BSON library package)
- `BsonDocument <{+java-api+}/apidocs/bson/org/bson/BsonDocument.html>`__ (BSON library package)
- `RawBsonDocument <{+java-api+}/apidocs/bson/org/bson/RawBsonDocument.html>`__ (BSON library package)
- `JsonObject <{+java-api+}/apidocs/bson/org/bson/json/JsonObject.html>`__ (BSON library package)

.. _install-bson-library:

Install the BSON Library
------------------------

These instructions detail how to add the BSON library as a dependency to
your project.

.. note::

If you have already added the {+driver-short+} as a dependency to your
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Q: I'm a little confused on the use case where a user would not have the driver installed but would need to install just the BSON library as a dependency, given that this page talks about using BSON with the user's Kotlin sync application

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This is a good question – I'm not sure why the other driver versions of this page have this section. I can raise it to the team at large to see if anyone has context.

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Update: There have been cases where developers are interested in this.

Although developers who find this page after they've already been in the Kotlin docs might not need this, it could be helpful for developers who find the docs through external sources (e.g. googling).

project, then you can skip this step. This is because the BSON library is already
included as a required dependency of the driver.

.. TODO: For instructions on how to add the
.. MongoDB Kotlin driver as a dependency to your project, see the
.. :ref:`driver installation <kotlin-sync-download-install>` section of our Get Started
.. guide.

We recommend that you use the `Maven <https://maven.apache.org/>`__ or
`Gradle <https://gradle.org/>`__ build automation tool to manage your {+language+}
project's dependencies. Select from the following tabs to see the dependency declaration
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Q: I'm not sure if you need the sentence "Select from the following tabs...", as it seems to be pretty clear which tab does what/how users would get to a certain tab.

S: Remove the sentence

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I think there should still be some sort of introduction to the tabbed instructions so I'm opposed to removing the sentence outright, but I can tweak it to be a little more natural-sounding.

for that tool:

.. tabs::

.. tab:: Maven
:tabid: maven-dependencies

The following snippet shows the dependency declaration in the
``dependencies`` section of your ``pom.xml`` file.

.. include:: /includes/data-formats/bson-maven-versioned.rst

.. tab:: Gradle
:tabid: gradle-dependencies

The following snippet shows the dependency declaration in the
``dependencies`` object in your ``build.gradle`` file.

.. include:: /includes/data-formats/bson-gradle-versioned.rst

If you are not using either of the preceding tools, then you can include the BSON dependency
in your project by downloading the JAR file directly from the
`sonatype repository <https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/mongodb/bson/>`__.
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.. code-block:: kotlin

dependencies {
implementation("org.mongodb:bson:{+patch-version-number+}")
}
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.. code-block:: xml

<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>bson</artifactId>
<version>{+patch-version-number+}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
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/write-operations
/read
/indexes
/data-formats
/faq
/connection-troubleshooting
/issues-and-help
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Learn how you can retrieve data from MongoDB in the :ref:`kotlin-sync-read` section.

Optimize Queries with Indexes
-----------------------------

Learn how to work with common types of indexes in the :ref:`kotlin-sync-indexes`
section.

Specialized Data Formats
------------------------

Learn how to work with specialized data formats and custom types in the
:ref:`kotlin-sync-data-formats` section.

FAQ
---

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