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.