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 to override which version of the defined keys is considered 'default'.
 
+## Caveats
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+Keep in mind that this library hooks into spring-data's serialization/deserialization only. As such, any operation that bypasses this, for example `findAndModify()` or direct mongo driver accesses (`mongoTemplate.getCollection()`), will not do any encryption/decryption. You can either find another way to achieve your goal via spring-data, or you will have to do the encryption/decryption manually. See the next paragraph for examples.
 
 ## Encrypt other data