ConnectionMode Enumeration

Updated: June 30, 2017

Represents the connection mode to be used by the client when connecting to the Azure DocumentDB database service.

Namespace: Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client
Assembly: Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client (in Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client.dll)

Syntax

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	Member name	Description
	Direct	Uses direct connectivity to connect to the data nodes in the Azure DocumentDB database service. Use gateway only to initialize and cache logical addresses and refresh on updates
	Gateway	Use the DocumentDB gateway to route all requests to the Azure DocumentDB database service. The gateway proxies requests to the right data partition.
	IsDefined	Determines if a certain property is defined or not. (Defined by TypeCheckFunctionsExtensions.)
	IsNull	Determines if a certain property is null or not. (Defined by TypeCheckFunctionsExtensions.)
	IsPrimitive	Determines if a certain property is of premitive JSON type. (Defined by TypeCheckFunctionsExtensions.)

Direct and Gateway connectivity modes are supported. Gateway is the default.


DocumentClient client = new DocumentClient(endpointUri, masterKey, new ConnectionPolicy { ConnectionMode = ConnectionMode.Direct });