Fix for "merge" issue

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This release contains the following features:

• Fix for issue 14

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This release contains the following features:

• JSON type support for 20c and above

• Bug 32148353. Eliminates an unnecessary round-trip when using the metadata cache, thus improving performance.

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This release contains the following features:

• Binary JSON support for better performance on ATP/ADW cloud

• lock. This provides support for pessimistic locking (analogous to "select for update" in SQL).

• Merge patch (see mergeOne, mergeOneAndGet).

• startKey

• Support for specifying hits. See insertAndGet, bulk insertAndGet, saveAndGet and hint.

This release contains the following bug fixes:

• Bug in collection metadata caching (wrong cache key was used)

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This release contains the following features:

• Enhanced QBEs, including item method operators

• Text search using $contains QBE operator

• GeoJSON querying

• Indexing enhancements, including GeoJSON indexing

• Enhanced orderbys. This addresses issue 3

This release contains the following bug fixes:

An OracleException is now thrown when createIndex method is invoked
and the index with supplied name exists already. This exception was previously incorrectly
swallowed up. If your application relies on this exception not being thrown,
please make sure to adjust the application code to catch the exception and ignore it

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This release contains the following features:

Added keyLike(...) method on OracleOperationBuilder, as requested by a user

This release contains the following bug fixes:

Error thrown when multiple $id clauses are encountered in a QBE

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This release contains the following features

• Json Search Index support (including support for DataGuide on 12.2.0.1).
• getDataGuide() method on OracleCollectionAdmin (requires 12.2.0.1)
• avoidTxnManagement flag to guard against SODA transaction management when working with distributed transactions
• Unwrapping of OracleConnection objects if they are wrapped when supplied to getDatabase(...), which is common in app server environments

This release contains the following bug fixes

• Descriptor cache key now includes database instance info

If you're using releases prior to this one, please upgrade to the latest. This release contains the following bug fixes

• Fixed bug with adding of [0] array steps to order-by specification and index specification
• Added default, "scalarRequired", and "lax" modes to index specifications

If you're using releases prior to this one, please upgrade to the latest. This release contains the following bug fixes

• nvarchar2/nclob/raw JSON storage support is removed, since these types are not certified with Oracle Database SQL/JSON
• algorithm for default derivation of the name of the table storing the collection is changed. The new algorithm is described in Creating a New Document Collection with SODA for Java

Bug fix: improved error message returned when a collection with uncommitted writes is attempted to be dropped.