Method max

pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py:644–664

Adds ``max`` operator that specifies upper bound for specific index. When using ``max``, :meth:`~hint` should also be configured to ensure the query uses the expected index and starting in MongoDB 4.2 :meth:`~hint` will be required. :param spec: a list of field, lim

(self, spec: _Sort)

        return self

    def max(self, spec: _Sort) -> Cursor[_DocumentType]:
        """Adds ``max`` operator that specifies upper bound for specific index.

        When using ``max``, :meth:`~hint` should also be configured to ensure
        the query uses the expected index and starting in MongoDB 4.2
        :meth:`~hint` will be required.

        :param spec: a list of field, limit pairs specifying the exclusive
            upper bound for all keys of a specific index in order.

        .. versionchanged:: 3.8
           Deprecated cursors that use ``max`` without a :meth:`~hint`.

        .. versionadded:: 2.7
        """
        if not isinstance(spec, (list, tuple)):
            raise TypeError(f"spec must be an instance of list or tuple, not {type(spec)}")

        self._check_okay_to_chain()
        self._max = dict(spec)
        return self

    def min(self, spec: _Sort) -> Cursor[_DocumentType]:
        """Adds ``min`` operator that specifies lower bound for specific index.