CNDB-15578: CNDB-15381: Port CASSANDRA-20888 index hints improvements…

[michaelsembwever]

https://github.com/riptano/cndb/issues/15578

Port into main-5.0 commit 7e7230c

CNDB-15381: Port CASSANDRA-20888 index hints improvements (https://github.com/datastax/cassandra/pull/2004)
Port some of the improvements for index hints done by
[CASSANDRA-20888](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-20888),
especially the ones in messaging. Also clean up unused methods in index hints.

[github-actions]

Checklist before you submit for review

• This PR adheres to the Definition of Done
• Make sure there is a PR in the CNDB project updating the Converged Cassandra version
• Use NoSpamLogger for log lines that may appear frequently in the logs
• Verify test results on Butler
• Test coverage for new/modified code is > 80%
• Proper code formatting
• Proper title for each commit staring with the project-issue number, like CNDB-1234
• Each commit has a meaningful description
• Each commit is not very long and contains related changes
• Renames, moves and reformatting are in distinct commits
• All new files should contain the DataStax copyright header instead of the Apache License one

[djatnieks]

Looks like there are test regressions.

[michaelsembwever]

@djatnieks , tests are good now. cannot reproduce ForceRepairTest.

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
92.7% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[cassci-bot]

❌ Build ds-cassandra-pr-gate/PR-2065 rejected by Butler

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4 regressions found
See build details here

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Found 4 new test failures

Test	Explanation	Runs	Upstream
junit.framework.TestSuite.org.apache.cassandra.distributed.test.CASMultiDCTest-_jdk11	REGRESSION	🔴🔵	0 / 13
o.a.c.cql3.validation.operations.AggregationQueriesTest.testAggregationQueryShouldNotTimeoutWhenItExceedesReadTimeout (compression)	REGRESSION	🔴🔴	2 / 13
o.a.c.distributed.test.repair.ForceRepairTest.forceWithDifference ()	NEW	🔴🔴	7 / 13
o.a.c.utils.binlog.BinLogTest.testTruncationReleasesLogSpace (compression)	REGRESSION	🔵🔴	0 / 13

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Found 5 known test failures