public virtual SqlExpression Translate(
            SqlExpression instance,
            MethodInfo method,
            IReadOnlyList <SqlExpression> arguments,
            IDiagnosticsLogger <DbLoggerCategory.Query> logger)
        {
            if (method.DeclaringType != typeof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions))
            {
                return(null);
            }

            var args = arguments
                       // Skip useless DbFunctions instance
                       .Skip(1)
                       // JSON extensions accept object parameters for JSON, since they must be able to handle POCOs, strings or DOM types.
                       // This means they come wrapped in a convert node, which we need to remove.
                       // Convert nodes may also come from wrapping JsonTraversalExpressions generated through POCO traversal.
                       .Select(RemoveConvert)
                       // CHECK: Either just not doing this at all is fine, or not applying it to JsonQuote and JsonUnquote
                       // (as already implemented below) is needed. An alternative would be to move the check into the local
                       // json() function.
                       //
                       // If a function is invoked over a JSON traversal expression, that expression may come with
                       // returnText: true (i.e. operator ->> and not ->). Since the functions below require a json object and
                       // not text, we transform it.
                       // .Select(
                       //     a => a is MySqlJsonTraversalExpression traversal &&
                       //          method.Name != nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonQuote) &&
                       //          method.Name != nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonUnquote)
                       //         ? withReturnsText(traversal, false)
                       //         : a)
                       .ToArray();

            var result = method.Name switch
            {
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.AsJson)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.ApplyTypeMapping(
                    args[0],
                    _sqlExpressionFactory.FindMapping(method.ReturnType, "json")),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonType)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_TYPE",
                    new[] { Json(args[0]) },
                    typeof(string)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonQuote)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_QUOTE",
                    new[] { args[0] },
                    method.ReturnType),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonUnquote)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_UNQUOTE",
                    new[] { args[0] },
                    method.ReturnType),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonExtract)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_EXTRACT",
                    Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                    .Append(Json(args[0]))
                    .Concat(DeconstructParamsArray(args[1])),
                    method.ReturnType,
                    _sqlExpressionFactory.FindMapping(method.ReturnType, "json"),
                    false),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContains)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS",
                    args.Length >= 3
                            ? new[] { Json(args[0]), args[1], args[2] }
                            : new[] { Json(args[0]), args[1] },
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPath)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    new[] { Json(args[0]), _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"), args[1] },
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPathAny)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                    .Append(Json(args[0]))
                    .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"))
                    .Concat(DeconstructParamsArray(args[1])),
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPathAll)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                    .Append(Json(args[0]))
                    .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("all"))
                    .Concat(DeconstructParamsArray(args[1])),
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonSearchAny)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.IsNotNull(
                    _sqlExpressionFactory.NullableFunction(
                        "JSON_SEARCH",
                        Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                        .Append(Json(args[0]))
                        .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"))
                        .Append(args[1])
                        .AppendIfTrue(
                            args.Length >= 3, () => args.Length >= 4
                                        ? args[3]
                                        : _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(null, RelationalTypeMapping.NullMapping))
                        .AppendIfTrue(args.Length >= 3, () => args[2]),
                        typeof(bool),
                        null,
                        false)),     // JSON_SEARCH can return null even if all arguments are not null
                _ => null
            };

            return(result);

            SqlExpression Json(SqlExpression e) => _sqlExpressionFactory.ApplyTypeMapping(EnsureJson(e), _sqlExpressionFactory.FindMapping(e.Type, "json"));
        public virtual SqlExpression Translate(SqlExpression instance, MethodInfo method, IReadOnlyList <SqlExpression> arguments)
        {
            if (method.DeclaringType != typeof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions))
            {
                return(null);
            }

            var args = arguments
                       // Skip useless DbFunctions instance
                       .Skip(1)
                       // JSON extensions accept object parameters for JSON, since they must be able to handle POCOs, strings or DOM types.
                       // This means they come wrapped in a convert node, which we need to remove.
                       // Convert nodes may also come from wrapping JsonTraversalExpressions generated through POCO traversal.
                       .Select(removeConvert)
                       // If a function is invoked over a JSON traversal expression, that expression may come with
                       // returnText: true (i.e. operator ->> and not ->). Since the functions below require a json object and
                       // not text, we transform it.
                       .Select(a => a is MySqlJsonTraversalExpression traversal ? withReturnsText(traversal, false) : a)
                       .ToArray();

            if (!args.Any(a => a.TypeMapping is MySqlJsonTypeMapping || a is MySqlJsonTraversalExpression))
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("The EF JSON methods require a JSON parameter but none was found.");
            }

            var result = method.Name switch
            {
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonType)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                    "JSON_TYPE",
                    new[] { args[0] },
                    typeof(string)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContains)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS",
                    args.Length >= 3
                        ? new[] { json(args[0]), args[1], args[2] }
                        : new[] { json(args[0]), args[1] },
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPath)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    new[] { json(args[0]), _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"), args[1] },
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPathAny)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                    .Append(json(args[0]))
                    .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"))
                    .Concat(deconstructParamsArray(args[1])),
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonContainsPathAll)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                    "JSON_CONTAINS_PATH",
                    Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                    .Append(json(args[0]))
                    .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("all"))
                    .Concat(deconstructParamsArray(args[1])),
                    typeof(bool)),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonSearchAny)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.IsNotNull(
                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                        "JSON_SEARCH",
                        Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                        .Append(json(args[0]))
                        .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("one"))
                        .Append(args[1])
                        .AppendIfTrue(args.Length >= 3, () => args.Length >= 4
                                ? args[3]
                                : _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(null, RelationalTypeMapping.NullMapping))
                        .AppendIfTrue(args.Length >= 3, () => args[2]),
                        typeof(bool))),
                nameof(MySqlJsonDbFunctionsExtensions.JsonSearchAll)
                => _sqlExpressionFactory.IsNotNull(
                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
                        "JSON_SEARCH",
                        Array.Empty <SqlExpression>()
                        .Append(json(args[0]))
                        .Append(_sqlExpressionFactory.Constant("all"))
                        .Append(args[1])
                        .AppendIfTrue(args.Length >= 3, () => args.Length >= 4
                                ? args[3]
                                : _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(null, RelationalTypeMapping.NullMapping))
                        .AppendIfTrue(args.Length >= 3, () => args[2]),
                        typeof(bool))) as SqlExpression,
                _ => null
            };

            return(result);

            SqlExpression json(SqlExpression e) => _sqlExpressionFactory.ApplyTypeMapping(e, _sqlExpressionFactory.FindMapping(e.Type, "json"));