MongoDB C# Driver - Ignore fields on binding
Yes. Just decorate your UserModel
class with the BsonIgnoreExtraElements
attribute:
[BsonIgnoreExtraElements]
public class UserModel
{
public ObjectId id { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
}
As the name suggests, the driver would ignore any extra fields instead of throwing an exception. More information here - Ignoring Extra Elements.
Yet Another possible solution, is to register a convention for this.
This way, we do not have to annotate all classes with [BsonIgnoreExtraElements].
Somewhere when creating the mongo client, setup the following:
var pack = new ConventionPack();
pack.Add(new IgnoreExtraElementsConvention(true));
ConventionRegistry.Register("My Solution Conventions", pack, t => true);
Yes. Another way (instead of editing you model class) is to use RegisterClassMap
with SetIgnoreExtraElements
.
In your case just add this code when you initialize your driver:
BsonClassMap.RegisterClassMap<UserModel>(cm =>
{
cm.AutoMap();
cm.SetIgnoreExtraElements(true);
});
You can read more about ignoring extra elements using class mapping here - Ignoring Extra Elements.