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using System;

namespace MongoDB.Bson.Serialization
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Contract for serializers that can get and set Id values.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IBsonIdProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the document Id.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="document">The document.</param>
        /// <param name="id">The Id.</param>
        /// <param name="idNominalType">The nominal type of the Id.</param>
        /// <param name="idGenerator">The IdGenerator for the Id type.</param>
        /// <returns>True if the document has an Id.</returns>
        bool GetDocumentId(object document, out object id, out Type idNominalType, out IIdGenerator idGenerator);

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the document Id.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="document">The document.</param>
        /// <param name="id">The Id.</param>
        void SetDocumentId(object document, object id);
    }
}