Missing commands in Elasticache for JSON data type

Amazon ElastiCache supports various data types, including JSON, for storing and retrieving data within your cache clusters. However, not all commands or operations that are available in traditional databases or data stores may be supported in ElastiCache. This is because ElastiCache is a managed caching service that is optimized for high-performance, low-latency data access, and it may have limitations or differences compared to full-fledged database systems.

Regarding the specific support for JSON data type and related commands in ElastiCache, it's important to understand that ElastiCache primarily supports key-value data structures, such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets, rather than structured data types like JSON objects. While you can certainly store JSON-formatted strings as values within ElastiCache, there may be limitations or constraints on directly querying or manipulating JSON data within the cache.

As for when or if additional commands or features related to JSON data may be added to ElastiCache, that would depend on various factors including customer demand, technical feasibility, and AWS's product roadmap. AWS periodically updates its services and introduces new features based on customer feedback and market trends, so it's possible that additional capabilities for working with JSON data could be added to ElastiCache in the future.

In the meantime, if you have specific requirements or use cases for working with JSON data in ElastiCache, you may need to implement workarounds or use complementary AWS services to achieve your goals. For example, you could preprocess or serialize JSON data before storing it in ElastiCache, or you could consider using a different AWS service such as Amazon DocumentDB or Amazon DynamoDB for managing JSON documents and executing complex queries. Additionally, you can provide feedback and feature requests to AWS through the AWS Support Center or AWS forums to help influence future developments of the service.

Can you share some examples of specific commands you expected to be supported but are not?