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-.. note::
-
-   The empty argument ("") refers to a file to use as a data source.
-   In this case our data source is a MongoDB collection, so the data
-   source argument is empty.
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-By default, reading from MongoDB in a ``SparkSession`` infers the
-schema by sampling documents from the collection. You can also use a
-|class| to define the schema explicitly, thus removing the extra
-queries needed for sampling.
-
-.. note::
-
-   If you provide a case class for the schema, MongoDB returns **only
-   the declared fields**. This helps minimize the data sent across the
-   wire.
-   
-The following statement creates a ``Character`` |class| and then
-uses it to define the schema for the DataFrame: