bson_append_maxkey()

Synopsis

bool
bson_append_maxkey (bson_t     *bson,
                    const char *key,
                    int         key_length);

Parameters

bson

A bson_t.

key

An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.

key_length

The length of key in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with strlen().

Description

The bson_append_maxkey() function shall append an element of type BSON_TYPE_MAXKEY to a bson document. This is primarily used in queries and unlikely to be used when storing a document to MongoDB.

Returns

true if the operation was applied successfully, otherwise false and bson should be discarded.