QueryCriteria.where() adds backticks to ALL keys, breaks keys that use META()

For example:

import static org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.N1QLExpression.*;
...
QueryCriteria criteria = QueryCriteria.where(path(meta(escapedBucket(getCouchbaseOperations().getBucketName())), "cas").toString()).eq(version);

produces a query like so:

(`META(`YS_Apps`).cas` = 1611287177404088320)

[mikereiche]

Adding support for a where(N1qlExpression) method. This would require changing the “key” of QueryCriteria from a String to a N1QLExpression.

Unrelated to the where(N1lqExpression) issue - the CAS in n1ql should always be treated as a string, not a number. https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/MB-24464 https://issues.couchbase.com/browse/MB-44048

[aaronjwhiteside]

OK, you didn’t mention N1QLExpression in your initial response, so I was confused 😃

So what are the next steps?