On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,

> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would do
> something like this

> static main(args)
>                {
>                                if(args.length != 1)
>                                {
>                                                println("Usage
> <binFile>")
>                                }
>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
> BSONDecoder()
>                                BSONObject bson = decoder.readObject
> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
>                }

> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do this in C#?
> What would be BSONDecoder equivalant in C#? I have the Mongo
> Driver,BSON DLL so i just need to find out the right set of calls to
> decode it.

> Thanks

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array, and
> then you can decode it using:

>     byte[] bytes;
>     BsonDocument document =
> BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hi,

>> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
>> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would do
>> something like this

>> static main(args)
>>                {
>>                                if(args.length != 1)
>>                                {
>>                                                println("Usage
>> <binFile>")
>>                                }
>>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
>> BSONDecoder()
>>                                BSONObject bson = decoder.readObject
>> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
>>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
>>                }

>> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do this in C#?
>> What would be BSONDecoder equivalant in C#? I have the Mongo
>> Driver,BSON DLL so i just need to find out the right set of calls to
>> decode it.

>> Thanks

> You can also deserialize BSON data directly from a binary stream, like this:

>     Stream stream;
>     var document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream);

> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array, and
> > then you can decode it using:

> >     byte[] bytes;
> >     BsonDocument document =
> > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Hi,

> >> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
> >> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would do
> >> something like this

> >> static main(args)
> >>                {
> >>                                if(args.length != 1)
> >>                                {
> >>                                                println("Usage
> >> <binFile>")
> >>                                }
> >>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
> >> BSONDecoder()
> >>                                BSONObject bson = decoder.readObject
> >> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
> >>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
> >>                }

> >> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do this in C#?
> >> What would be BSONDecoder equivalant in C#? I have the Mongo
> >> Driver,BSON DLL so i just need to find out the right set of calls to
> >> decode it.

> >> Thanks

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am getting an
> exception.

> string bson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\myuser\Desktop\bson.txt");
> byte[] bytesarr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bson);  // Tried different
> Encoding here but that didn't seem to matter.
>  BsonDocument document =

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytesar r);

> Steps:
> 1) Convert bsonresponse to bytes array
> 2) Call the Deserializer you have provided
> 3) Execute and i get following exception

> Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Attempted to read
> past the
> end of the stream.
>   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream, Int32 count)
>   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream)
>   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonReader.Create(Stream stream,
> BsonBinaryReaderSettings
> settings)
>   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> stream, Type
> nominalType)
>   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Byte[]
> bytes, Type n
> ominalType)
>   at
> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> (Byte[]
>  bytes)
>   at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> st\Program.cs:line 54

> Thanks Alot!

> On May 24, 3:49 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > You can also deserialize BSON data directly from a binary stream, like
> this:

> >     Stream stream;
> >     var document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream);

> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array, and
> > > then you can decode it using:

> > >     byte[] bytes;
> > >     BsonDocument document =
> > > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > >> Hi,

> > >> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
> > >> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would do
> > >> something like this

> > >> static main(args)
> > >>                {
> > >>                                if(args.length != 1)
> > >>                                {
> > >>                                                println("Usage
> > >> <binFile>")
> > >>                                }
> > >>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
> > >> BSONDecoder()
> > >>                                BSONObject bson = decoder.readObject
> > >> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
> > >>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
> > >>                }

> > >> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do this in C#?
> > >> What would be BSONDecoder equivalant in C#? I have the Mongo
> > >> Driver,BSON DLL so i just need to find out the right set of calls to
> > >> decode it.

> > >> Thanks

> BSON is a binary encoding. If your file is not a binary file you won't be
> able to decode it as BSON.

> If your file is a text file containing JSON you will want to parse it a
> different way:

> string json; // load this from your file
> BsonDocument document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(json);

> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am getting an
> > exception.

> > string bson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\myuser\Desktop\bson.txt");
> > byte[] bytesarr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bson);  // Tried different
> > Encoding here but that didn't seem to matter.
> >  BsonDocument document =

> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytesar r);

> > Steps:
> > 1) Convert bsonresponse to bytes array
> > 2) Call the Deserializer you have provided
> > 3) Execute and i get following exception

> > Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Attempted to read
> > past the
> > end of the stream.
> >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream, Int32 count)
> >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream)
> >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonReader.Create(Stream stream,
> > BsonBinaryReaderSettings
> > settings)
> >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > stream, Type
> > nominalType)
> >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Byte[]
> > bytes, Type n
> > ominalType)
> >   at
> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > (Byte[]
> >  bytes)
> >   at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > st\Program.cs:line 54

> > Thanks Alot!

> > On May 24, 3:49 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > You can also deserialize BSON data directly from a binary stream, like
> > this:

> > >     Stream stream;
> > >     var document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream);

> > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > > Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array, and
> > > > then you can decode it using:

> > > >     byte[] bytes;
> > > >     BsonDocument document =
> > > > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > >> Hi,

> > > >> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
> > > >> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would do
> > > >> something like this

> > > >> static main(args)
> > > >>                {
> > > >>                                if(args.length != 1)
> > > >>                                {
> > > >>                                                println("Usage
> > > >> <binFile>")
> > > >>                                }
> > > >>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
> > > >> BSONDecoder()
> > > >>                                BSONObject bson = decoder.readObject
> > > >> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
> > > >>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
> > > >>                }

> > > >> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do this in C#?
> > > >> What would be BSONDecoder equivalant in C#? I have the Mongo
> > > >> Driver,BSON DLL so i just need to find out the right set of calls to
> > > >> decode it.

> > > >> Thanks

On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> Hi Robert,

> yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying to
> convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was giving
> me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream directly
> to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do something but
> complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate element. We
> have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im getting
> back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C# code, i
> get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver? Thanks

> Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate
> element name 'm
> _fleg'.
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> BsonElement& elem
> ent)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> Type nominalT
> ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReade
> r, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> stream, Type
> nominalType)
>    at
> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> (Stream
>  stream)
>    at Test.Program.HttpRequest() in C:\project\XPathFormatingTools\Test
> \Test\Pro
> gram.cs:line 86
>    at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> st\Program.cs:line 61
> Press any key to continue . . .

> On May 24, 7:29 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > BSON is a binary encoding. If your file is not a binary file you won't
> be
> > able to decode it as BSON.

> > If your file is a text file containing JSON you will want to parse it a
> > different way:

> > string json; // load this from your file
> > BsonDocument document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(json);

> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am getting an
> > > exception.

> > > string bson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\myuser\Desktop\bson.txt");
> > > byte[] bytesarr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bson);  // Tried different
> > > Encoding here but that didn't seem to matter.
> > >  BsonDocument document =

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytesar
> r);

> > > Steps:
> > > 1) Convert bsonresponse to bytes array
> > > 2) Call the Deserializer you have provided
> > > 3) Execute and i get following exception

> > > Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Attempted to read
> > > past the
> > > end of the stream.
> > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream, Int32 count)
> > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream)
> > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonReader.Create(Stream stream,
> > > BsonBinaryReaderSettings
> > > settings)
> > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > stream, Type
> > > nominalType)
> > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Byte[]
> > > bytes, Type n
> > > ominalType)
> > >   at
> > > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > (Byte[]
> > >  bytes)
> > >   at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > > st\Program.cs:line 54

> > > Thanks Alot!

> > > On May 24, 3:49 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > > You can also deserialize BSON data directly from a binary stream,
> like
> > > this:

> > > >     Stream stream;
> > > >     var document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream);

> > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array,
> and
> > > > > then you can decode it using:

> > > > >     byte[] bytes;
> > > > >     BsonDocument document =
> > > > > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > > > >> Hi,

> > > > >> I need help decoding Bson. I am making a WebRequest and getting
> > > > >> encoded Bson blob which I need to decode in C#. IN java you would
> do
> > > > >> something like this

> > > > >> static main(args)
> > > > >>                {
> > > > >>                                if(args.length != 1)
> > > > >>                                {
> > > > >>                                                println("Usage
> > > > >> <binFile>")
> > > > >>                                }
> > > > >>                                BSONDecoder decoder = new
> > > > >> BSONDecoder()
> > > > >>                                BSONObject bson =
> decoder.readObject
> > > > >> (new FileInputStream(args[0]))
> > > > >>                                OutputBson(System.out, bson, 0)
> > > > >>                }

> > > > >> but I need to do similar in C#. Could somebody help me do

> Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON string
> encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec here:  http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > Hi Robert,

> > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying to
> > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was giving
> > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream directly
> > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do something but
> > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate element. We
> > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im getting
> > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C# code, i
> > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver? Thanks

> > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate
> > element name 'm
> > _fleg'.
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > BsonElement& elem
> > ent)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > Type nominalT
> > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReade
> > r, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > stream, Type
> > nominalType)
> >    at
> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > (Stream
> >  stream)
> >    at Test.Program.HttpRequest() in C:\project\XPathFormatingTools\Test
> > \Test\Pro
> > gram.cs:line 86
> >    at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > st\Program.cs:line 61
> > Press any key to continue . . .

> > On May 24, 7:29 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > BSON is a binary encoding. If your file is not a binary file you won't
> > be
> > > able to decode it as BSON.

> > > If your file is a text file containing JSON you will want to parse it a
> > > different way:

> > > string json; // load this from your file
> > > BsonDocument document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(json);

> > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am getting an
> > > > exception.

> > > > string bson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\myuser\Desktop\bson.txt");
> > > > byte[] bytesarr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bson);  // Tried different
> > > > Encoding here but that didn't seem to matter.
> > > >  BsonDocument document =

> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytesar
> > r);

> > > > Steps:
> > > > 1) Convert bsonresponse to bytes array
> > > > 2) Call the Deserializer you have provided
> > > > 3) Execute and i get following exception

> > > > Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Attempted to read
> > > > past the
> > > > end of the stream.
> > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream, Int32 count)
> > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream)
> > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonReader.Create(Stream stream,
> > > > BsonBinaryReaderSettings
> > > > settings)
> > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > > stream, Type
> > > > nominalType)
> > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Byte[]
> > > > bytes, Type n
> > > > ominalType)
> > > >   at
> > > > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > > (Byte[]
> > > >  bytes)
> > > >   at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > > > st\Program.cs:line 54

> > > > Thanks Alot!

> > > > On May 24, 3:49 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > > > You can also deserialize BSON data directly from a binary stream,
> > like
> > > > this:

> > > > >     Stream stream;
> > > > >     var document = BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream);

> > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > Write whatever code you need to get the BSON data as a byte array,
> > and
> > > > > > then you can decode it using:

> > > > > >     byte[] bytes;
> > > > > >     BsonDocument document =
> > > > > > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytes);

> > > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:

On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I would
> assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that do
> similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go with an
> assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats the case,
> how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular JSON?

> Thanks

> On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON string
> > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec here:  
> http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > Hi Robert,

> > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying to
> > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was giving
> > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream directly
> > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do something but
> > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate element. We
> > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im getting
> > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C# code, i
> > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver? Thanks

> > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate
> > > element name 'm
> > > _fleg'.
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > BsonElement& elem
> > > ent)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > Type nominalT
> > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReade
> > > r, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > stream, Type
> > > nominalType)
> > >    at
> > > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > (Stream
> > >  stream)
> > >    at Test.Program.HttpRequest() in
> C:\project\XPathFormatingTools\Test
> > > \Test\Pro
> > > gram.cs:line 86
> > >    at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > > st\Program.cs:line 61
> > > Press any key to continue . . .

> > > On May 24, 7:29 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > > BSON is a binary encoding. If your file is not a binary file you
> won't
> > > be
> > > > able to decode it as BSON.

> > > > If your file is a text file containing JSON you will want to parse
> it a
> > > > different way:

> > > > string json; // load this from your file
> > > > BsonDocument document =
> BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(json);

> > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am getting
> an
> > > > > exception.

> > > > > string bson =
> File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\myuser\Desktop\bson.txt");
> > > > > byte[] bytesarr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bson);  // Tried
> different
> > > > > Encoding here but that didn't seem to matter.
> > > > >  BsonDocument document =

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bytesar
> > > r);

> > > > > Steps:
> > > > > 1) Convert bsonresponse to bytes array
> > > > > 2) Call the Deserializer you have provided
> > > > > 3) Execute and i get following exception

> > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Attempted to
> read
> > > > > past the
> > > > > end of the stream.
> > > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream, Int32
> count)
> > > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonBuffer.LoadFrom(Stream stream)
> > > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.IO.BsonReader.Create(Stream stream,
> > > > > BsonBinaryReaderSettings
> > > > > settings)
> > > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > > > stream, Type
> > > > > nominalType)
> > > > >   at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Byte[]
> > > > > bytes, Type n
> > > > > ominalType)
> > > > >   at

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > > > (Byte[]
> > > > >  bytes)
> > > > >   at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te

On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> It looks something like that once saved to File

>   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> bson_string ?      ?m_
> mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?
> m_cy
> ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

> On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the server,
> use
> > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byetArray) and save that to a file.  if it is
> > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from there.

> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I would
> > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that do
> > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go with an
> > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats the case,
> > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular JSON?

> > > Thanks

> > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON
> string
> > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec here:
> > >http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > Hi Robert,

> > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying to
> > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was
> giving
> > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream
> directly
> > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do something
> but
> > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate element.
> We
> > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im getting
> > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C#
> code, i
> > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver?
> Thanks

> > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate
> > > > > element name 'm
> > > > > _fleg'.
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > ent)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at
> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > > > bsonReade
> > > > > r, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > > > stream, Type
> > > > > nominalType)
> > > > >    at

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > > > (Stream
> > > > >  stream)
> > > > >    at Test.Program.HttpRequest() in
> > > C:\project\XPathFormatingTools\Test
> > > > > \Test\Pro
> > > > > gram.cs:line 86
> > > > >    at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > > > > st\Program.cs:line 61
> > > > > Press any key to continue . . .

> > > > > On May 24, 7:29 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > > > > > BSON is a binary encoding. If your file is not a binary file you
> > > won't
> > > > > be
> > > > > > able to decode it as BSON.

> > > > > > If your file is a text file containing JSON you will want to
> parse
> > > it a
> > > > > > different way:

> > > > > > string json; // load this from your file
> > > > > > BsonDocument document =
> > > BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(json);

> > > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > > > Thanks Robert for the quick reply. I tried that but I am

> Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do next.  Take
> the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use the
> bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and inspect
> the file.

> bsondump.exe {filename}

> If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if everything looks
> valid.

> On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > It looks something like that once saved to File

> >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> > bson_string ?      ?m_
> > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?
> > m_cy
> > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

> > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the server,
> > use
> > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byetArray) and save that to a file.  if it is
> > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from there.

> > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I would
> > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that do
> > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go with an
> > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats the case,
> > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular JSON?

> > > > Thanks

> > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON
> > string
> > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec here:
> > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > Hi Robert,

> > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying to
> > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was
> > giving
> > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream
> > directly
> > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do something
> > but
> > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate element.
> > We
> > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im getting
> > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C#
> > code, i
> > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver?
> > Thanks

> > > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate
> > > > > > element name 'm
> > > > > > _fleg'.
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > ent)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at
> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > > > > bsonReade
> > > > > > r, Type nominalType, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize(Stream
> > > > > > stream, Type
> > > > > > nominalType)
> > > > > >    at

> > MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize[TNominalType]
> > > > > > (Stream
> > > > > >  stream)
> > > > > >    at Test.Program.HttpRequest() in
> > > > C:\project\XPathFormatingTools\Test
> > > > > > \Test\Pro
> > > > > > gram.cs:line 86
> > > > > >    at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\project
> > > > > > \XPathFormatingTools\Test\Te
> > > > > > st\Program.cs:line 61
> > > > > > Press any key to continue . . .

> > > > > > On May 24, 7:29 pm, Robert Stam

On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:08:30 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> Hi Craig,

> I just ran the bsondump and it seems everything is looking good now.
> Unfortunately I cant post the results since its company confidential
> data but if there is a way to diagrammatically do this now, that would
> be job done :).

> Thanks

> On May 25, 2:12 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do next.
>  Take
> > the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use the
> > bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and inspect
> > the file.

> > bsondump.exe {filename}

> > If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if everything looks
> > valid.

> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > It looks something like that once saved to File

> > >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> > > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> > > bson_string ?      ?m_
> > > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?
> > > m_cy
> > > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

> > > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the
> server,
> > > use
> > > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byetArray) and save that to a file.  if it
> is
> > > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from there.

> > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I
> would
> > > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that do
> > > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go with an
> > > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats the
> case,
> > > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular JSON?

> > > > > Thanks

> > > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON
> > > string
> > > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec
> here:
> > > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > > Hi Robert,

> > > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying
> to
> > > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was
> > > giving
> > > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream
> > > directly
> > > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do
> something
> > > but
> > > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate
> element.
> > > We
> > > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im
> getting
> > > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C#
> > > code, i
> > > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver?
> > > Thanks

> > > > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException:
> Duplicate
> > > > > > > element name 'm
> > > > > > > _fleg'.
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader

> So if the bsondump prints good data, then I'm not sure what to say about
> your problem.  Robert gave the way the .net driver uses to deserialize
> bson.  BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bson) //or some other
> overload

> Can you post the code you are using from receipt of the bson to where you
> are decoding it (or as much as possible)?

> On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:08:30 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > Hi Craig,

> > I just ran the bsondump and it seems everything is looking good now.
> > Unfortunately I cant post the results since its company confidential
> > data but if there is a way to diagrammatically do this now, that would
> > be job done :).

> > Thanks

> > On May 25, 2:12 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do next.
> >  Take
> > > the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use the
> > > bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and inspect
> > > the file.

> > > bsondump.exe {filename}

> > > If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if everything looks
> > > valid.

> > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > It looks something like that once saved to File

> > > >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> > > > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> > > > bson_string ?      ?m_
> > > > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?
> > > > m_cy
> > > > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

> > > > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the
> > server,
> > > > use
> > > > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byetArray) and save that to a file.  if it
> > is
> > > > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from there.

> > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I
> > would
> > > > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that do
> > > > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go with an
> > > > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats the
> > case,
> > > > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular JSON?

> > > > > > Thanks

> > > > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a JSON
> > > > string
> > > > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson spec
> > here:
> > > > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > > > Hi Robert,

> > > > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was trying
> > to
> > > > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which was
> > > > giving
> > > > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the stream
> > > > directly
> > > > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do
> > something
> > > > but
> > > > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate
> > element.
> > > > We
> > > > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im
> > getting
> > > > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from my C#
> > > > code, i
> > > > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the Driver?
> > > > Thanks

> > > > > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException:
> > Duplicate
> > > > > > > > element name 'm
> > > > > > > > _fleg'.
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)

On Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:00:52 AM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> This is sort of what I am using right now to just test it out

>         public static HttpRequest(string url)
>         {
>             WebRequest request = null;

>             string url = url;
>             request = WebRequest.Create(url);

>             request.Method = "GET";
>             request.Proxy = null;
>             request.Timeout = 60000;

>             Stream stream = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
>             var document =
> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(stream) ; //

> Tried Byte array, string and few other types.
>     }

> On May 25, 4:26 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So if the bsondump prints good data, then I'm not sure what to say about
> > your problem.  Robert gave the way the .net driver uses to deserialize
> > bson.  BsonSerializer.Deserialize<BsonDocument>(bson) //or some other
> > overload

> > Can you post the code you are using from receipt of the bson to where
> you
> > are decoding it (or as much as possible)?

> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:08:30 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > Hi Craig,

> > > I just ran the bsondump and it seems everything is looking good now.
> > > Unfortunately I cant post the results since its company confidential
> > > data but if there is a way to diagrammatically do this now, that would
> > > be job done :).

> > > Thanks

> > > On May 25, 2:12 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do next.
> > >  Take
> > > > the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use the
> > > > bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and
> inspect
> > > > the file.

> > > > bsondump.exe {filename}

> > > > If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if everything
> looks
> > > > valid.

> > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > It looks something like that once saved to File

> > > > >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> > > > > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> > > > > bson_string ?      ?m_
> > > > > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces    
>  ?
> > > > > m_cy
> > > > > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

> > > > > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the
> > > server,
> > > > > use
> > > > > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byetArray) and save that to a file.  if
> it
> > > is
> > > > > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from there.

> > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I
> > > would
> > > > > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that
> do
> > > > > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go
> with an
> > > > > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats
> the
> > > case,
> > > > > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular
> JSON?

> > > > > > > Thanks

> > > > > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a
> JSON
> > > > > string
> > > > > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson
> spec
> > > here:
> > > > > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/specification?

> > > > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > > > > > > > > Hi Robert,

> > > > > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was
> trying
> > > to
> > > > > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which
> was
> > > > > giving
> > > > > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the
> stream
> > > > > directly
> > > > > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do
> > > something
> > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate
> > > element.
> > > > > We
> > > > > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that Im
> > > getting
> > > > > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from
> my C#
> > > > > code, i
> > > > > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the
> Driver?
> > > > > Thanks

> > > > > > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException:
> > > Duplicate
> > > > > > > > > element name 'm
> > > > > > > > > _fleg'.
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(BsonElement element)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Deserialize(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader,
> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > > bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.ReadFrom(BsonReader
> bsonReader)
> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.ReadFrom(BsonReader

> That looks right to me.  We are going to be kinda stuck here unless you
> can provide us with a sample of the bson you are trying to decode, or at
> least an example that breaks.  If you are okay providing 10gen with a copy
> of the data so we can debug through it, then you can create a jira issue
> for the project "Community Private".  It will only be seen by 10gen
> employees.  You can assign it to me, Craig Wilson and I'll look at it asap.
>   https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa

> Hope this will help.

> On Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:00:52 AM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

>> This is sort of what I am using right now to just test it out

>>         public static HttpRequest(string url)
>>         {
>>             WebRequest request = null;

>>             string url = url;
>>             request = WebRequest.Create(url);

>>             request.Method = "GET";
>>             request.Proxy = null;
>>             request.Timeout = 60000;

>>             Stream stream = request.GetResponse().**GetResponseStream();
>>             var document =
>> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.**BsonSerializer.Deserialize<**BsonDocument>(str eam); //

>> Tried Byte array, string and few other types.
>>     }

>> On May 25, 4:26 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > So if the bsondump prints good data, then I'm not sure what to say
>> about
>> > your problem.  Robert gave the way the .net driver uses to deserialize
>> > bson.  BsonSerializer.Deserialize<**BsonDocument>(bson) //or some
>> other
>> > overload

>> > Can you post the code you are using from receipt of the bson to where
>> you
>> > are decoding it (or as much as possible)?

>> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:08:30 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

>> > > Hi Craig,

>> > > I just ran the bsondump and it seems everything is looking good now.
>> > > Unfortunately I cant post the results since its company confidential
>> > > data but if there is a way to diagrammatically do this now, that
>> would
>> > > be job done :).

>> > > Thanks

>> > > On May 25, 2:12 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do next.
>> > >  Take
>> > > > the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use the
>> > > > bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and
>> inspect
>> > > > the file.

>> > > > bsondump.exe {filename}

>> > > > If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if everything
>> looks
>> > > > valid.

>> > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

>> > > > > It looks something like that once saved to File

>> > > > >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
>> > > > > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
>> > > > > bson_string ?      ?m_
>> > > > > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces
>>  ?
>> > > > > m_cy
>> > > > > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _   ?WSValue -

>> > > > > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from the
>> > > server,
>> > > > > use
>> > > > > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(**byetArray) and save that to a file.
>>  if it
>> > > is
>> > > > > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from
>> there.

>> > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

>> > > > > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me but I
>> > > would
>> > > > > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps that
>> do
>> > > > > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go
>> with an
>> > > > > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If thats
>> the
>> > > case,
>> > > > > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular
>> JSON?

>> > > > > > > Thanks

>> > > > > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > > > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is it a
>> JSON
>> > > > > string
>> > > > > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the bson
>> spec
>> > > here:
>> > > > > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/**specification<http://bsonspec.org/#/specification>?

>> > > > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

>> > > > > > > > > Hi Robert,

>> > > > > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I was
>> trying
>> > > to
>> > > > > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array which
>> was
>> > > > > giving
>> > > > > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the
>> stream
>> > > > > directly
>> > > > > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do
>> > > something
>> > > > > but
>> > > > > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no duplicate
>> > > element.
>> > > > > We
>> > > > > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json that
>> Im
>> > > getting
>> > > > > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it from
>> my C#
>> > > > > code, i
>> > > > > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the
>> Driver?
>> > > > > Thanks

>> > > > > > > > > Unhandled Exception: System.**InvalidOperationException:
>> > > Duplicate
>> > > > > > > > > element name 'm
>> > > > > > > > > _fleg'.
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(**BsonElement
>> element)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
>> > > > > > > > > ent)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
>> > > > > > > > > ent)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
>> > > > > > > > > ent)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonArray.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
>> > > > > > > > > ent)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
>> > > > > > > > > ent)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader,
>> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
>> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> > > bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
>> bsonReader)
>> > > > > > > > >    at

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:01 PM, sLaVeN <slug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just double check and yes indeed, there are some duplicate elements.
> Now I downloaded the source code and I do see that you guys have a
> flag to allow duplicate elements. How can I use this flag to allow
> duplicate elements? I think that would solve the problem.

> Thanks

> On May 28, 3:56 pm, Robert Stam <rob...@10gen.com> wrote:
> > In one of your earlier messages you mentioned that you got this
> exception:

> > Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate element
> > name 'm_fleg'

> > If you got that exception it would seem that you were in the process of
> > properly decoding a binary BSON stream but that the C# driver found a
> > duplicate element name (even though you don't think there are any
> > duplicates).

> > The BSON spec is silent on whether duplicate names are allowed. The
> various
> > drivers and the server differ on whether they allow duplicate names to be
> > created in the first place and how they respond when they encounter a
> > duplicate name. The C# driver is on the strict side and throws exceptions
> > when a duplicate element is encountered. The server often doesn't even
> > notice when duplicate element names are stored. Some drivers handle
> > duplicate names by overwriting the value with the last value encountered.

> > I strongly suspect that you really do have a duplicate element name, even
> > if you don't think you do.

> > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com
> >wrote:

> > > That looks right to me.  We are going to be kinda stuck here unless you
> > > can provide us with a sample of the bson you are trying to decode, or
> at
> > > least an example that breaks.  If you are okay providing 10gen with a
> copy
> > > of the data so we can debug through it, then you can create a jira
> issue
> > > for the project "Community Private".  It will only be seen by 10gen
> > > employees.  You can assign it to me, Craig Wilson and I'll look at it
> asap.
> > >  https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa

> > > Hope this will help.

> > > On Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:00:52 AM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > >> This is sort of what I am using right now to just test it out

> > >>         public static HttpRequest(string url)
> > >>         {
> > >>             WebRequest request = null;

> > >>             string url = url;
> > >>             request = WebRequest.Create(url);

> > >>             request.Method = "GET";
> > >>             request.Proxy = null;
> > >>             request.Timeout = 60000;

> > >>             Stream stream =
> request.GetResponse().**GetResponseStream();
> > >>             var document =

> MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.**BsonSerializer.Deserialize<**BsonDocument>(str
> eam); //

> > >> Tried Byte array, string and few other types.
> > >>     }

> > >> On May 25, 4:26 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > So if the bsondump prints good data, then I'm not sure what to say
> > >> about
> > >> > your problem.  Robert gave the way the .net driver uses to
> deserialize
> > >> > bson.  BsonSerializer.Deserialize<**BsonDocument>(bson) //or some
> > >> other
> > >> > overload

> > >> > Can you post the code you are using from receipt of the bson to
> where
> > >> you
> > >> > are decoding it (or as much as possible)?

> > >> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:08:30 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > >> > > Hi Craig,

> > >> > > I just ran the bsondump and it seems everything is looking good
> now.
> > >> > > Unfortunately I cant post the results since its company
> confidential
> > >> > > data but if there is a way to diagrammatically do this now, that
> > >> would
> > >> > > be job done :).

> > >> > > Thanks

> > >> > > On May 25, 2:12 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > Cool, that looks like it is probably bson.  Here's what to do
> next.
> > >> > >  Take
> > >> > > > the byte array and save it to a file on disk.  Then we can use
> the
> > >> > > > bsondump.exe in the bin directory of your mongo installation and
> > >> inspect
> > >> > > > the file.

> > >> > > > bsondump.exe {filename}

> > >> > > > If you can, post the results here.  If not, tell me if
> everything
> > >> looks
> > >> > > > valid.

> > >> > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:48:57 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > >> > > > > It looks something like that once saved to File

> > >> > > > >   ?RgPmtSg ?     ?m_mcFO ?   ?m_mss _   ?Wu
> > >> > > > > e -   ?m_lVdfgs         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces      ?m_cy ?   ?
> > >> > > > > bson_string ?      ?m_
> > >> > > > > mooNet _   ?WSnValue -   ?m_lValue         ?BYTEm_nDecPlaces
> > >>  ?
> > >> > > > > m_cy
> > >> > > > > ?   ?bson_string ?       ?m_mcAddOnBase ?   ?m_ms _
> ?WSValue -

> > >> > > > > On May 25, 1:38 pm, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > Well, here's a test.  Take the stream you are getting from
> the
> > >> > > server,
> > >> > > > > use
> > >> > > > > > Encoding.UTF8.GetString(**byetArray) and save that to a
> file.
> > >>  if it
> > >> > > is
> > >> > > > > > legible, then it is a json string.  If not, we'll go from
> > >> there.

> > >> > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 4:16:28 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > >> > > > > > > Hmm, I am not sure how the server is returning it to me
> but I
> > >> > > would
> > >> > > > > > > assume it would be BSON because we have some other apps
> that
> > >> do
> > >> > > > > > > similar things and display it as JSON. However, I could go
> > >> with an
> > >> > > > > > > assumption that it could be JSON encoded as binary. If
> thats
> > >> the
> > >> > > case,
> > >> > > > > > > how would I got about decoding the Json Binary to regular
> > >> JSON?

> > >> > > > > > > Thanks

> > >> > > > > > > On May 25, 11:44 am, craiggwilson <craiggwil...@gmail.com

> > >> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > > > Is the stream you are passing in encoded in BSON or is
> it a
> > >> JSON
> > >> > > > > string
> > >> > > > > > > > encoded as binary?  As in, does the stream match the
> bson
> > >> spec
> > >> > > here:
> > >> > > > > > >http://bsonspec.org/#/**specification<
> http://bsonspec.org/#/specification>?

> > >> > > > > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:15:45 PM UTC-4, sLaVeN wrote:

> > >> > > > > > > > > Hi Robert,

> > >> > > > > > > > > yes, there could have been an issue there because I
> was
> > >> trying
> > >> > > to
> > >> > > > > > > > > convert the stream to string as well as bytes array
> which
> > >> was
> > >> > > > > giving
> > >> > > > > > > > > me those issues. However, I tried now to pass in the
> > >> stream
> > >> > > > > directly
> > >> > > > > > > > > to the Deserializer and it looks like its trying to do
> > >> > > something
> > >> > > > > but
> > >> > > > > > > > > complains about Duplicate element. There is no
> duplicate
> > >> > > element.
> > >> > > > > We
> > >> > > > > > > > > have WebApp where we can make these calls and Json
> that
> > >> Im
> > >> > > getting
> > >> > > > > > > > > back is fine, no duplicates but when i try to do it
> from
> > >> my C#
> > >> > > > > code, i
> > >> > > > > > > > > get the following error. Could there be a bug in the
> > >> Driver?
> > >> > > > > Thanks

> > >> > > > > > > > > Unhandled Exception:
> System.**InvalidOperationException:
> > >> > > Duplicate
> > >> > > > > > > > > element name 'm
> > >> > > > > > > > > _fleg'.
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.Add(**BsonElement
> > >> element)
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at
> MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader
> > >> > > bsonReader,
> > >> > > > > > > > > Type nominalT
> > >> > > > > > > > > ype, IBsonSerializationOptions options)
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > >> > > bsonReader)
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > >> bsonReader)
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at MongoDB.Bson.BsonElement.**ReadFrom(BsonReader
> > >> bsonReader,
> > >> > > > > > > > > BsonElement& elem
> > >> > > > > > > > > ent)
> > >> > > > > > > > >    at
> MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument.**Deserialize(BsonReader