# bson_iter_type()

## Synopsis

    typedef enum
    {
       BSON_TYPE_EOD           = 0x00,
       BSON_TYPE_DOUBLE        = 0x01,
       BSON_TYPE_UTF8          = 0x02,
       BSON_TYPE_DOCUMENT      = 0x03,
       BSON_TYPE_ARRAY         = 0x04,
       BSON_TYPE_BINARY        = 0x05,
       BSON_TYPE_UNDEFINED     = 0x06,
       BSON_TYPE_OID           = 0x07,
       BSON_TYPE_BOOL          = 0x08,
       BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME     = 0x09,
       BSON_TYPE_NULL          = 0x0A,
       BSON_TYPE_REGEX         = 0x0B,
       BSON_TYPE_DBPOINTER     = 0x0C,
       BSON_TYPE_CODE          = 0x0D,
       BSON_TYPE_SYMBOL        = 0x0E,
       BSON_TYPE_CODEWSCOPE    = 0x0F,
       BSON_TYPE_INT32         = 0x10,
       BSON_TYPE_TIMESTAMP     = 0x11,
       BSON_TYPE_INT64         = 0x12,
       BSON_TYPE_MAXKEY        = 0x7F,
       BSON_TYPE_MINKEY        = 0xFF,
    } bson_type_t;

    bson_type_t
    bson_iter_type (const bson_iter_t *iter);

## Parameters

iter | A bson_iter_t.

## Description

The bson_iter_type() function shall return the type of the observed element in a bson document.

## Returns

A bson_type_t.