Nested data structure update (numeric keys)

[MarcoFlo]

When I try to update a nested data structure with numeric keys, the operation doesn't turn out as expected and the nested structure is not preserved.

An example:
new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Update().set("node.1.59.21", dataEntity)

This behaviour was not present in spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb/2.3.9.RELEASE, but from that version onwards yes (2.3.10.RELEASE and 2.4.5 tested)

The java driver (4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.1.2) itself has been excluded, due to the fact
com.mongodb.client.model.Updates.set("node.1.59.21", dataEntity.toDocument())
works as expected and it's my current workaround.

[christophstrobl]

Thanks for reporting.
Can you please share the context this is used in. The domain types and the actual update invocation. A Minimal, Reproducible Example would be ideal.

The following seems to work as expected with spring-data-mongodb:3.1.8 used by spring-boot:2.4.5.

Update update = new Update().set("node.1.59.21", new Document("the", "value"));
Document mappedUpdate = updateMapper.getMappedObject(update.getUpdateObject(), context.getPersistentEntity(Model.class));
assertThat(mappedUpdate).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ '$set' : { 'node.1.59.21' : {'the' : 'value' }}}"));

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[MarcoFlo]

@christophstrobl I'm not really able to pin point the reason, but I'm no more able to reproduce this behaviour and now it's all working as expected.

I suppose the issue can be closed.
Sorry for the late and kind of response