MongoDB C# Driver: Ignore Property on Insert

Question

I am using the Official MongoDB C# Drive v0.9.1.26831, but I was wondering given a POCO class, is there anyway to ignore certain properties from getting inserted.

For example, I have the following class:

public class GroceryList
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public FacebookList Owner { get; set; }
    public bool IsOwner { get; set; }
}

Is there a way, for the IsOwner to not get inserted when I insert a GroceryList object? Basically, I fetch the object from the database then set the IsOwner property in the app layer and then return it back to the controller, which than maps the object to a view model.

Hope my question makes sense. thanks!

Answer 1

It looks like the [BsonIgnore] attribute did the job.

public class GroceryList : MongoEntity<ObjectId>
{
    public FacebookList Owner { get; set; }
    [BsonIgnore]
    public bool IsOwner { get; set; }
}