How can I tell the MongoDB C# driver to store all Guids in string format?

Question

I\'m currently applying the [BsonRepresentation(BsonType.String)] attribute to all Guid properties in my domain models to have those properties ser

Answer 1

This can be achieved using Conventions

Something along the lines of:

var myConventions = new ConventionProfile();
myConventions.SetSerializationOptionsConvention(
    new TypeRepresentationSerializationOptionsConvention(typeof (Guid), BsonType.String));

BsonClassMap.RegisterConventions(myConventions, t => t == typeof (MyClass));

This should go somewhere in your app startup.

You can read more about conventions here: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/CSharp+Driver+Serialization+Tutorial#CSharpDriverSerializationTutorial-Conventions