How to save a private field with LiteDB

Question

Is there an attribute for private properties to be stored with the LiteDB engine?

I want to store this property in the LiteDB database

private string SomeGoodPropertyName { get; set; }

Is there an exact opposite of the [BsonIgnore] attribute, (like "[BsonInclude]") which includes private fields in the storage process?

I tried to simply set the [BsonField] attribute, but that did not help, and I looked at Mappers, but as far as I saw all of them rely on the field being public.

Here is an example of why I would want to do that: I have the following class:

public class Authenticator {
    private string AuthenticationString { get; set; }
    private CashRegisterType ActiveCashRegisterType { get; set; }
    public void SetAuthenticationString(string authString, CashRegisterType type)
    {
       //Perform some validation
       ...

       AuthenticationString = authString;
       ActiveCashRegisterType = type;
    }

    public string GetAuthenticatorString(CashRegisterType type){
       //Validate request -> returns null if validation failed
       ...

       return AuthenticationString;
    }
}

This object should now be stored in the database (as a child object of another document). I do not want the two properties to be public, because I have to perform the validation before setting and getting it, but I want to store the data on the disk.

Why do you want to bsoninclude, its a matter of not giving [bsoninclude] so that it will be included — SmartestVEGA, Jun 25 '19 at 13:50
In my case private properties are not included. Only public ones. Can I configure something differently? — Luchspeter, Jun 25 '19 at 13:51
the idea of private is encapsulation, why you want private property to be exposed/included? — SmartestVEGA, Jun 25 '19 at 13:52
I hope this example shows why I would want to do that. Is something else wrong in my "architecture" here? — Luchspeter, Jun 25 '19 at 14:00
see this helps https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31406063/bsonelement-attribute-and-custom-deserialization-logic-with-mongodb-c-sharp-driv — SmartestVEGA, Jun 25 '19 at 14:07
The LiteDB library does not define the "BsonRequired" tag. It suggest installing the MongoDB nuget package... I guess the "BsonRequired" Attribute would solve the issue for MongoDB, but it does not help in my case. The code does not compile. — Luchspeter, Jun 25 '19 at 14:07
Looks like you need to achieve it without using BsonInclude , some other ways might be there ..i am not sure — SmartestVEGA, Jun 25 '19 at 14:09
Mhh thanks for the attempt to help. I did not find anything on the GitHub Wiki about this... — Luchspeter, Jun 25 '19 at 14:10

How to save a private field with LiteDB

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