// DBObject.java
/**
* Copyright (C) 2008 10gen Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.mongodb;
import org.bson.BSONObject;
/**
* A key-value map that can be saved to the database.
*/
public interface DBObject extends BSONObject {
/**
* if this object was retrieved with only some fields (using a field filter)
* this method will be called to mark it as such.
*/
public void markAsPartialObject();
/**
* whether markAsPartialObject was ever called
* only matters if you are going to upsert and do not want to risk losing fields
*/
public boolean isPartialObject();
}