BSON_APPEND_SYMBOL(3)

NAME
bson_append_symbol()

SYNOPSIS
bool
bson_append_symbol (bson_t     *bson,
                    const char *key,
                    int         key_length,
                    const char *value,
                    int         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() .

value
    The symbol.

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

DESCRIPTION
Appends a new field to bson of type BSON_TYPE_SYMBOL. This BSON type is deprecated and should not be used in new code.

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

COLOPHON
This page is part of libbson. Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.