feat(NODE-3115): Add generic parameterization

.eslintrc.json

@@ -51,5 +51,9 @@
     "files": ["*.mjs"],
     "parserOptions": {"sourceType": "module"}
 
+  },{
+    "files": ["*.ts"],
+    "parserOptions": {"sourceType": "module"}
+
   }]
 }

.gitignore

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ yarn.lock
 lib/
 *.tgz
 *.d.ts
+# type definition tests
+!test/types
 
 .vscode
 output

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -1,53 +1,101 @@
 # Contributors
 
-  - Christian Kvalheim
-  - Matt Broadstone <<mbroadst@mongodb.com>>
-  - Dan Aprahamian <<daniel.aprahamian@mongodb.com>>
-  - Katherine Walker <<katherine.walker@mongodb.com>>
-  - Aaron Heckmann
-  - Christoph Pojer
-  - Pau Ramon Revilla
-  - Nathan White
-  - Emmerman
-  - Seth LaForge
-  - Boris Filipov
-  - Stefan Schärmeli
-  - Tedde Lundgren
-  - renctan
-  - Sergey Ukustov
-  - Ciaran Jessup
-  - kuno
-  - srimonti
-  - Erik Abele
-  - Pratik Daga
-  - Slobodan Utvic
-  - Kristina Chodorow
-  - Yonathan Randolph
-  - Brian Noguchi
-  - Sam Epstein
-  - James Harrison Fisher
-  - Vladimir Dronnikov
-  - Ben Hockey
-  - Henrik Johansson
-  - Simon Weare
-  - Alex Gorbatchev
-  - Shimon Doodkin
-  - Kyle Mueller
-  - Eran Hammer-Lahav
-  - Marcin Ciszak
-  - François de Metz
-  - Vinay Pulim
-  - nstielau
-  - Adam Wiggins
-  - entrinzikyl
-  - Jeremy Selier
-  - Ian Millington
-  - Public Keating
-  - andrewjstone
-  - Christopher Stott
-  - Corey Jewett
-  - brettkiefer
-  - Rob Holland
-  - Senmiao Liu
-  - heroic
-  - gitfy
+- Christian Kvalheim
+- Matt Broadstone
+- Dan Aprahamian
+- Katherine Walker
+- Aaron Heckmann
+- Christoph Pojer
+- Pau Ramon Revilla
+- Nathan White
+- Emmerman
+- Seth LaForge
+- Boris Filipov
+- Stefan Schärmeli
+- Tedde Lundgren
+- renctan
+- Sergey Ukustov
+- Ciaran Jessup
+- kuno
+- srimonti
+- Erik Abele
+- Pratik Daga
+- Slobodan Utvic
+- Kristina Chodorow
+- Yonathan Randolph
+- Brian Noguchi
+- Sam Epstein
+- James Harrison Fisher
+- Vladimir Dronnikov
+- Ben Hockey
+- Henrik Johansson
+- Simon Weare
+- Alex Gorbatchev
+- Shimon Doodkin
+- Kyle Mueller
+- Eran Hammer-Lahav
+- Marcin Ciszak
+- François de Metz
+- Vinay Pulim
+- nstielau
+- Adam Wiggins
+- entrinzikyl
+- Jeremy Selier
+- Ian Millington
+- Public Keating
+- andrewjstone
+- Christopher Stott
+- Corey Jewett
+- brettkiefer
+- Rob Holland
+- Senmiao Liu
+- heroic
+- gitfy
+
+## Maintainers
+
+- Neal Beeken <<neal.beeken@mongodb.com>>
+- Eric Adum <<eric.adum@mongodb.com>>
+- Durran Jordan <<durran@gmail.com>>
+- Daria Pardue <<daria.pardue@mongodb.com>>
+
+## Community Types
+
+This release of the driver draws inspiration from the community contributed types to reduce upgrade friction as much as possible.
+We thank those listed below who contributed to the open source types, still available at `@types/mongodb` for versions prior to v4.
+
+**Thank you!**
+
+- Federico Caselli <https://github.com/CaselIT>
+- Alan Marcell <https://github.com/alanmarcell>
+- Gaurav Lahoti <https://github.com/dante-101>
+- Mariano Cortesi <https://github.com/mcortesi>
+- Enrico Picci <https://github.com/EnricoPicci>
+- Alexander Christie <https://github.com/AJCStriker>
+- Julien Chaumond <https://github.com/julien-c>
+- Dan Aprahamian <https://github.com/daprahamian>
+- Denys Bushulyak <https://github.com/denys-bushulyak>
+- Bastien Arata <https://github.com/BastienAr>
+- Wan Bachtiar <https://github.com/sindbach>
+- Geraldine Lemeur <https://github.com/geraldinelemeur>
+- Dominik Heigl <https://github.com/various89>
+- Angela-1 <https://github.com/angela-1>
+- Hector Ribes <https://github.com/hector7>
+- Florian Richter <https://github.com/floric>
+- Erik Christensen <https://github.com/erikc5000>
+- Nick Zahn <https://github.com/Manc>
+- Jarom Loveridge <https://github.com/jloveridge>
+- Luis Pais <https://github.com/ranguna>
+- Hossein Saniei <https://github.com/HosseinAgha>
+- Alberto Silva <https://github.com/albertossilva>
+- Piotr Błażejewicz <https://github.com/peterblazejewicz>
+- Linus Unnebäck <https://github.com/LinusU>
+- Richard Bateman <https://github.com/taxilian>
+- Igor Strebezhev <https://github.com/xamgore>
+- Valentin Agachi <https://github.com/avaly>
+- HitkoDev <https://github.com/HitkoDev>
+- TJT <https://github.com/Celend>
+- Julien TASSIN <https://github.com/jtassin>
+- Anna Henningsen <https://github.com/addaleax>
+- Emmanuel Gautier <https://github.com/emmanuelgautier>
+- Wyatt Johnson <https://github.com/wyattjoh>