support non-constant expressions for path arguments for json_value and json_query #15320
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Description
This PR adds support for using expressions to compute the json path argument for
JSON_VALUE
andJSON_QUERY
functions. Note that when using a path expression that isn't a constant, Druid cannot take advantage of the specialized virtual column typically used, and so must fall back to a pure expression virtual column to compute the values from the 'raw' json blob, which will be much less performant than if the path is constant and known up front.This PR has: