AutoQueryFeature/locode changes break OrmLiteConfig.InsertFilter/UpdateFilter

[jhf]

Describe the issue

I have used the following IAudit setup from https://docs.servicestack.net/ormlite/filters

public interface IAudit 
{
    DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; }
    DateTime ModifiedDate { get; set; }
    string ModifiedBy { get; set; }
}

OrmLiteConfig.InsertFilter = (dbCmd, row) => {
    if (row is IAudit auditRow)
        auditRow.CreatedDate = auditRow.ModifiedDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
};

OrmLiteConfig.UpdateFilter = (dbCmd, row) => {
    if (row is IAudit auditRow)
        auditRow.ModifiedDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
};

But it does not work with /locode using AutoQuery generated types.
Upon inspection I found that the row is a DictionaryRow, ref https://docs.servicestack.net/ormlite/dictionary-apis thus
my new implementation is

        OrmLiteConfig.InsertFilter = (dbCmd, row) =>
        {
            switch (row)
            {
                case IAudit auditRow:
                    auditRow.CreatedAt = auditRow.UpdatedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                    break;
                case DictionaryRow dictRow when dictRow.Type.HasInterface(typeof(IAudit)):
                    dictRow.Fields[nameof(IAudit.CreatedAt)] = dictRow.Fields[nameof(IAudit.UpdatedAt)] = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                    break;
            }
        };

        OrmLiteConfig.UpdateFilter = (dbCmd, row) =>
        {
            switch (row)
            {
                case IAudit auditRow:
                    auditRow.UpdatedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                    break;
                case DictionaryRow dictRow when dictRow.Type.HasInterface(typeof(IAudit)):
                    dictRow.Fields[nameof(IAudit.UpdatedAt)] = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                    break;
            }
        };

This implementation works, and I consider this a breaking change, I think the old API should have continued to work,
and there should maybe be another callback, or a typed callback, to work on the DictionaryRow.

Reproduction

Setup a sample project with IAudit as recommended, configure /locode with AutoQuery, using a PostgreSQL Database, go to /locode and make a new entity, and step through the insert filter with the debugger.

Expected behavior

I expected the existing API to continue working as documented, so the it doesn't matter if changes are done with locode, AutoQuery or code directly, it's all the same behaviour.

System Info

dotnet 8.0.108
ServiceStack 8.4.0
ServiceStack.OrmLite.PostgreSQL 8.4.0

Additional context

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[mythz]

The IAudit is an example of how you can filters with your own code which only works for typed POCOs not dynamic data structures as documented.

The filters are accessing internals of how locode works, we can't guarantee data structures locode uses wont change to support features it needs.

[jhf]

Ok, maybe you could update the documentation then.

[mythz]

We don't have any docs about using filters with Locode nor would we recommend using them to modifying internal data structures.

Is there a reason why you're not using AutoPopulate to populate AutoQuery audit properties?