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=== Basic Querying
GORM for MongoDB supports all of the https://grails.apache.org/docs/latest/grails-data/hibernate5/manual/index.html#querying[regular methods] for executing GORM queries apart from HQL, which is a Hibernate specific query language more appropriate for SQL databases.

If you wish to execute a native MongoDB query you can use the `find` method that takes a https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/org/bson/conversions/Bson.html[Bson] argument. For example:

[source,groovy]
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include::{grailsDataMongodbCoreDir}/src/test/groovy/grails/gorm/tests/FindNativeSpec.groovy[tags=nativeImport]
...
include::{grailsDataMongodbCoreDir}/src/test/groovy/grails/gorm/tests/FindNativeSpec.groovy[tags=nativeFind,indent=0]
----

The `find` method will return a https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/com/mongodb/client/FindIterable.html[FindIterable] instance that you can then use to further customize via https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/com/mongodb/client/model/Filters.html[filters], https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/com/mongodb/client/model/Sorts.html[sorting] and https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/com/mongodb/client/model/Projections.html[projections].

TIP: For the full MongoDB client model refer to the https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/com/mongodb/client/model/package-summary.html[com.mongodb.client.model] package.

The `find` method will return instances of your domain class for each query. If you wish to instead obtain MongoDB https://api.mongodb.com/java/current/org/bson/Document.html[Document] instance then you should use the `collection` property of the domain class:

[source,groovy]
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include::{grailsDataMongodbCoreDir}/src/test/groovy/grails/gorm/tests/FindNativeSpec.groovy[tags=nativeImport]
...
include::{grailsDataMongodbCoreDir}/src/test/groovy/grails/gorm/tests/FindNativeSpec.groovy[tags=collectionFind,indent=0]
----
