4.1.0

BSON can now be configured to validate keys, this defaults to false but if set to true a BSON::String::IllegalKey exception will get raised for keys that contain a '.' or start with '$':

BSON::Config.validating_keys = true

4.0.3

This release contains the following bug fixes and improvements:

• RUBY-1091 Fix ObjectId generation on little endian architectures.

4.0.2

This release has one bug fix for the java ByteBuf rewind method.

• After rewind, set ByteBuf to read mode

v4.0.1

This patch release has the following changes:

• Initialize the ObjectId counter to a random value, as per the ObjectId spec. @alethea
• Add #rewind! method to ByteBuffer.

v4.0.0

This is a new major version of the bson gem. The most notable change is the implementation and use of ByteBuffers instead of Strings, which greatly improves the serialization/deserialization performance (#to_bson/#from_bson).

• RUBY-1019 Performance improvements; implementation and use of ByteBuffers instead of Strings
• Remove unused gems
• Use [] instead of fetch in hashes
• Update for JRuby 9
• RUBY-1071 Integer#to_bson_key should return a String
• Serialize Symbols to String bson types
• BSON::ObjectId conversion function passes ObjectIds through (@jesjos)
• Documentation fix (@knapo)