Added DatabaseFeatures.supports_inspectdb.

Needed by MongoDB.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
index 06adfe39ed..8bd6c4bc0c 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         )
 
     def handle(self, **options):
-        try:
+        if connections[options["database"]].features.supports_inspectdb:
             for line in self.handle_inspection(options):
                 self.stdout.write(line)
-        except NotImplementedError:
+        else:
             raise CommandError(
                 "Database inspection isn't supported for the currently selected "
                 "database backend."
diff --git a/django/db/backends/base/features.py b/django/db/backends/base/features.py
index 2031beaf8a..e8fa82aa21 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/base/features.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/base/features.py
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseFeatures:
     supports_on_delete_db_default = True
     supports_on_delete_db_null = True
 
+    # Does the backend support the inspectdb management command?
+    supports_inspectdb = True
+
     # Collation names for use by the Django test suite.
     test_collations = {
         "ci": None,  # Case-insensitive.