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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using MongoDB.Bson.IO;

namespace MongoDB.Bson.Serialization {
    /// <summary>
    /// An interface implemented by classes that handle their own BSON serialization.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IBsonSerializable {
        /// <summary>
        /// Deserializes this object from a BsonReader.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bsonReader">The BsonReader.</param>
        /// <param name="nominalType">The nominal type of the object.</param>
        /// <param name="options">The serialization options.</param>
        /// <returns>Normally itself, though sometimes an instance of a subclass or null.</returns>
        object Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options);
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the document Id.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">The Id.</param>
        /// <param name="idNominalType">The nominal type of the Id.</param>
        /// <param name="idGenerator">The IdGenerator for the Id type.</param>
        /// <returns>True if the document has an Id.</returns>
        bool GetDocumentId(out object id, out Type idNominalType, out IIdGenerator idGenerator);
        /// <summary>
        /// Serializes this object to a BsonWriter.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bsonWriter">The BsonWriter.</param>
        /// <param name="nominalType">The nominal type of this object.</param>
        /// <param name="options">The serialization options.</param>
        void Serialize(BsonWriter bsonWriter, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options);
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the document Id.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">The Id.</param>
        void SetDocumentId(object id);
    }
}