C* Java Driver requirements tracker

[Yuqi-Du]

For Data API table feature, we decide to stick on C* Java Driver QueryBuilder, instead of using our own.
Here are 4 C* tickets that Driver is working on.

• Vector stuff JAVA-3118 Add support for vector data type in Schema Builder, QueryBuilder
• AND/OR logical operator https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-19931
• NOT operator https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-19930
• access extensions in TableMetadata https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-19932

For OR feature in OSS driver distribution. Driver team has reached out to engineers maintaining C* OSS / CNDB and there seems to be no agreement in shipping this syntax to OSS version any time soon. Even non-vector databases do not have it currently. Driver also is not doing like a custom branch containing Astra-specific functionality or anything. So this ticket is no-go currently. Lukasz points us to hack that help us generate complex OR and ().