Enable JSON column support for EF Core 10 complex collections

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Description

EF Core 10 requires complex collections (collections of complex types) to be mapped to JSON columns. The provider was blocking all JSON-mapped entities with an error from EF Core 7 era.

Changes

Core Changes

• MySqlModelValidator: Removed validation that blocked JSON-mapped entities. Now delegates to EF Core's base implementation which handles complex collection requirements
• MySqlComplianceTest: Prepared complex JSON test bases for enabling (currently commented pending validation)

Documentation & Tests

• Added ComplexCollectionJsonMySqlTest.cs demonstrating complex collection usage
• Added docs/ComplexCollections.md documenting version requirements and configuration

Database Version Requirements

Database	Minimum Version	Feature
MySQL	5.7.8+	Native JSON type
MariaDB	10.2.4+	JSON functions

Tests use [SupportedServerVersionCondition("Json")] to skip on unsupported versions.

Example

public class School
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public List<Department> Departments { get; set; } // Complex collection
}

// Complex type (no key)
public class Department  
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Budget { get; set; }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<School>()
        .ComplexProperty(e => e.Departments); // Maps to JSON column in EF Core 10
}

Notes

• No breaking changes
• Compliance tests prepared but not enabled pending database validation
• Complex collection API syntax may need refinement based on EF Core 10 final specification

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>ToJson is missing</issue_title>
<issue_description>Error: System.InvalidOperationException : The complex collection property 'School.Departments' must be mapped to a JSON column. Use 'ToJson()' to configure this complex collection as mapped to a JSON column.

Figure which versions of mysql/mariadb that supports JSON as a data type and only do the tests for versions that will support it and skip it for older ones.

Also check reference MySQL and MariaDB documentation, so the results are as expected.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>it is .net core 10</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes ToJson is missing #118

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