fix: stop depending on synthesized bind-variable names (DRIVER-903)

[nikagra]

Driver-side follow-up to CUSTOMER-583 /
SCYLLADB-3454, tracked as
DRIVER-903 under epic DRIVER-898. The 4.x
counterpart is #1020.

ScyllaDB synthesizes a name for each anonymous ? marker, and that spelling is not a contract: it
varies by release line rather than along one version sequence — 2024.1 emits in(col), 2026.1.8
emits IN(col), and SCYLLADB-3454 restores in(col) in 2026.1.12 / 2026.2.6. CUSTOMER-583 broke on
upgrade because the application bound by that name. Writing the coverage turned up two real defects
on the 3.x lookup path that 4.x lacks.

• ColumnDefinitions folded case with the JVM's default locale on both the index and the lookup
  side, so a Turkish-locale JVM indexed IN(v) as ın(v) and never resolved in(v).
• A case-sensitive miss returned an empty array where callers read null as "no such name" — so
  contains() reported the name present, getIndexOf() threw instead of returning -1, and a name
  setter silently left the variable unset, which the server rejects with Unexpected unset value for bind variable N.
• The same unpinned fold ran through Metadata.handleId, querybuilder.Utils.handleId,
  DataType.Name.toString() — which the schema builder splices into generated CQL — and throughout
  driver-mapping. All now pin Locale.ROOT.
• The manual now recommends positional binding for ? and named binding only for explicit :name,
  and upgrade_guide/README.md records the observable change.

Verified with mvn test -pl driver-core,driver-mapping -Dtest.groups=unit — 715 and 68 green — and
every new unit test confirmed red with its own fix reverted, one site at a time. The CCM test ran
against Scylla 2024.1.21, which sends in(k), and 2026.1.10, which sends IN(k). The 3.x docs
build needs poetry, which isn't available locally; left to CI.

Open question: this is the fork's first entry in upgrade_guide/README.md — say the word if
fork-version sections don't belong there.

Refs: https://scylladb.atlassian.net/browse/DRIVER-903

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Walkthrough

The change makes core and mapping identifier case conversion use Locale.ROOT. ColumnDefinitions now handles duplicate synthesized marker names consistently and distinguishes absent exact quoted names. Tests cover Turkish-locale behavior, marker binding, mapping, naming conventions, and type rendering. Documentation describes anonymous marker binding and the updated lookup and locale behavior.

Suggested reviewers: dkropachev

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 55939

The PR makes bind-variable name handling deterministic across locales and corrects missing-name behavior. The remaining bounded risk is that newly added locale-sensitive tests can interfere with other tests if executed in parallel, so they should be serialized or isolated; the PR is otherwise mergeable with that owner awareness.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 52.17% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 46 functions across 15 files. (3 skipped:…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately identifies the primary bind-variable lookup change. It is concise and directly related to the synthesized-name problem, although it does not mention the broader locale-independent…
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the bind-variable lookup defects, locale-dependent folding changes, documentation updates, tests, and verification status. It is directly related to the changeset.

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The title accurately identifies the primary bind-variable lookup change. It is concise and directly related to the synthesized-name problem, although it does not mention the broader locale-independent identifier fixes.

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Pull request overview

Improves bind-variable lookup reliability across locales and documents safe marker binding.

Changes:

• Uses Locale.ROOT for identifier and variable-name folding.
• Corrects exact-match misses in ColumnDefinitions.
• Adds regression tests and binding guidance.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 10 out of 10 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
upgrade_guide/README.md	Documents behavior changes.
manual/statements/simple/README.md	Clarifies simple-statement binding.
manual/statements/prepared/README.md	Recommends safe marker binding.
driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/ColumnDefinitions.java	Fixes variable-name lookup.
driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/Metadata.java	Makes identifier folding locale-neutral.
driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/querybuilder/Utils.java	Fixes query-builder identifier folding.
driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/ColumnDefinitionsTest.java	Tests lookup behavior.
driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/MetadataTest.java	Tests locale-neutral metadata identifiers.
driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/PreparedStatementTest.java	Tests synthesized marker binding.
driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/querybuilder/QueryBuilderTest.java	Tests query-builder folding.

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Suppressed comments (3)

driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParser.java:98

• The new locale-neutral parsing of annotation consistency levels is not covered under a Turkish default locale; current tests use already-uppercase values such as QUORUM and ONE, which also passed before this change. Add coverage using a lowercase value containing i (for example serial) so removing Locale.ROOT from either read/write parse is detected.

            : ConsistencyLevel.valueOf(table.writeConsistency().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
    ConsistencyLevel readConsistency =
        table.readConsistency().isEmpty()
            ? null
            : ConsistencyLevel.valueOf(table.readConsistency().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));

driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParser.java:191

• The @UDT normalization fix is also untested at the parser level. No added test calls parseUDT under a Turkish locale, so this line can regress independently while the direct naming-convention and property-mapper tests continue to pass. Add an integration test for an unquoted UDT name containing uppercase I.

    String udtName =
        udt.caseSensitiveType() ? Metadata.quote(udt.name()) : udt.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);

driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParser.java:289

• The accessor @QueryParameters consistency conversion is a separate locale-sensitive call site, but no added test parses a lowercase value containing i under a Turkish locale. Add an accessor parser test (for example with consistency = "serial") so this fix cannot regress independently of the @Table conversions above.

        cl =
            options.consistency().isEmpty()
                ? null
                : ConsistencyLevel.valueOf(options.consistency().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));

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driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParserTest.java (1)

77-83: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Isolate locale-mutating tests from parallel execution.

java.util.Locale.setDefault changes JVM-global state. If these tests run in parallel, they can observe or restore another test’s temporary Turkish locale and cause nondeterministic failures. Run the locale-sensitive tests serially or in isolated JVMs.

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In
`@driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParserTest.java`
around lines 77 - 83, Prevent the seven tests that temporarily call
Locale.setDefault from running in parallel by configuring them for serial
execution or isolated JVM execution. Apply this to AnnotationParserTest.java
lines 77-83, 96-102, 111-117, and 129-135; DefaultPropertyMapperTest.java lines
72-79 and 102-110; and NamingConventionsTest.java lines 499-538, preserving each
test’s existing locale restoration behavior.

Apply the same fix in
`@driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/DataTypeTest.java` around
lines 419 - 433: The same JVM-global locale mutation and serialization
requirement applies to these locale-sensitive tests.

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In
`@driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParserTest.java`:
- Around line 77-83: Prevent the seven tests that temporarily call
Locale.setDefault from running in parallel by configuring them for serial
execution or isolated JVM execution. Apply this to AnnotationParserTest.java
lines 77-83, 96-102, 111-117, and 129-135; DefaultPropertyMapperTest.java lines
72-79 and 102-110; and NamingConventionsTest.java lines 499-538, preserving each
test’s existing locale restoration behavior.

Apply the same fix in
`@driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/DataTypeTest.java` around
lines 419 - 433: The same JVM-global locale mutation and serialization
requirement applies to these locale-sensitive tests.

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• driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/ColumnDefinitions.java
• driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/DataType.java
• driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/Metadata.java
• driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/querybuilder/Utils.java
• driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/ColumnDefinitionsTest.java
• driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/DataTypeTest.java
• driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/MetadataTest.java
• driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/PreparedStatementTest.java
• driver-core/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/core/querybuilder/QueryBuilderTest.java
• driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParser.java
• driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/DefaultPropertyMapper.java
• driver-mapping/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/NamingConventions.java
• driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/AnnotationParserTest.java
• driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/DefaultPropertyMapperTest.java
• driver-mapping/src/test/java/com/datastax/driver/mapping/NamingConventionsTest.java
• manual/statements/prepared/README.md
• manual/statements/simple/README.md
• upgrade_guide/README.md

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