rewriteBatchedStatements disables server side prepared statements in 2.7.5

// src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/Configuration.java

public class Configuration {

  // ...

  // prepare

  private boolean cachePrepStmts = true;

  private int prepStmtCacheSize = 250;

  private boolean useServerPrepStmts = false;

  // ...

}

    Properties propDesc = new Properties();

    try (InputStream inputStream =

        Driver.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("driver.properties")) {

      propDesc.load(inputStream);

    } catch (IOException io) {

      // eat

    }

    List<DriverPropertyInfo> props = new ArrayList<>();

    for (Field field : Configuration.Builder.class.getDeclaredFields()) {

      if (!field.getName().startsWith("_")) {

        try {

  //...

DriverPropertyInfo propertyInfo = new DriverPropertyInfo(field.getName(), value);

 //...       

   return props.toArray(new DriverPropertyInfo[0]);

  }

private void initializeAdditionalConfig(Builder builder) {

//...

this.cachePrepStmts = builder.cachePrepStmts == null || builder.cachePrepStmts;

//...