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package org.bson.conversions;

import org.bson.BsonDocument;
import org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistry;

/**
 * An interface for types that are able to render themselves into a {@code BsonDocument}.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface Bson {
    /**
     * Render the filter into a BsonDocument.
     *
     * @param documentClass the document class in scope for the collection.  This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to alter
     *                      the structure of the returned {@code BsonDocument} based on some knowledge of the document class.
     * @param codecRegistry the codec registry.  This parameter may be ignored, but it may be used to look up {@code Codec} instances for
     *                      the document class or any other related class.
     * @param <TDocument> the type of the document class
     * @return the BsonDocument
     */
    <TDocument> BsonDocument toBsonDocument(final Class<TDocument> documentClass, final CodecRegistry codecRegistry);
}
