Fix - Cassandra CDC Connector Fails with ClassCastException for Timestamp Values in Collection Columns

[priyanshu-ctds]

Fix

fixes #195

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
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Description

The Pull request fixes the connector issue, in which Cassandra CDC (Change Data Capture) Source Connector encounters a ClassCastException when processing data from tables that contain collection columns (list, map, or set) storing timestamp values.

What's added/changed

• Custom Marshalling method for collection fields in AbstractNativeConverter, which checks for Instant type data and converts that to long data.
• Integrated the new marshaling methods with collection columns (list, map, or set) converters.

Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
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• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation.
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• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules.

[sandeep-ctds]

LGTM!!