Fixed the like pattern for customizable field

[KarnaiahPesula]

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved free-text filtering for customizable field metadata, making searches more reliable across field name, description, and UI group values.
  • Preserved existing search behavior while preventing issues caused by text handling during filtering.

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• sormas-backend/src/main/java/de/symeda/sormas/backend/customizablefield/CustomizableFieldMetadataService.java

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

In CustomizableFieldMetadataService.buildCriteriaFilter, the NAME, DESCRIPTION, and UI_GROUP criteria paths now include an explicit .as(String.class) cast before cb.lower(...) is applied for free-text filtering.

Customizable Field Metadata Free-Text Filter

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Explicit String cast in free-text predicate sormas-backend/src/.../customizablefield/CustomizableFieldMetadataService.java	NAME, DESCRIPTION, and UI_GROUP paths now call .as(String.class) before cb.lower(...) in the OR-combined LIKE predicates.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

A bunny hopped through fields of code,
Found paths that needed strings bestowed,
.as(String.class) — a tiny fix,
No more type-casting magic tricks!
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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description is only the template placeholder and is missing the required issue number after Fixes #.	Replace the placeholder with a real issue reference, e.g. "Fixes #1234", and keep any additional summary details as needed.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title is concise and matches the main change to customizable field text filtering.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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