Casbah - check if string is parseable as ObjectId

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Is there a simple built in way to check if a string is a valid ObjectId? I know if I try to construct an ObjectId from an invalid string it throws an exception, is there a way to circumvent the try-catch block?

One possible way would be to check against this regex: ^[0-9a-b]{48}$ Is there something more elegant?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '13 at 10:42

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There is method ObjectId.isValid(String s): docs

answered Jul 07 '13 at 10:42

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I thought that maybe Casbah somewhere had a method that would yield an Option[ObjectId] but it seems that I will have to implement it. – laci37 Jul 08 '13 at 09:50

Casbah - check if string is parseable as ObjectId

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