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NAME

BSON::Binary - Binary data for BSON

VERSION

version 0.12

SYNOPSIS

    use BSON;

    my $bin = BSON::Binary->new([1,2,3,4,5,0x67,0x89], 0);

DESCRIPTION

This module is needed for BSON and it manages BSON's binary element.

METHODS

new

Main constructor which takes two parameters: An array reference with binary data and a data type. A string may also be passed as the first parameter, in which case it will be converted to an array ref.

    my $bin = BSON::Binary->new("classic\x20string\0", 0);

The different types are described in the BSON specification. A type is one of the following:

    0x00  Binary / Generic
    0x01  Function
    0x02  Binary (Old)
    0x03  UUID
    0x05  MD5
    0x80  User defined

data

Returns an array reference to the contents of the binary data.

type

Returns the type of the binary data per the BSON specification.

SEE ALSO

BSON

AUTHORS

  • minimalist <minimalist@lavabit.com>

  • David Golden <david@mongodb.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2015 by minimalist and MongoDB, Inc..

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004