[ACCUMULO-1768] Add synchronous on/offline to proxy

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: shell
• Assignee: Keith Turner
• Reporter: Keith Turner
• Created: 10/Oct/13 03:40
• Updated: 24/Oct/13 20:04
• Resolved: 24/Oct/13 20:04

Description

Need to expose new synchronous calls for online and offlining tables in proxy. I was thinking of two options for this

1. Add parameter to existing offlineTable() and onlineTable() methods
2. Add new method offlineTableAndWait() to proxy

Option #1 will break clients that used the 1.5 IDL and switch to the 1.6 IDL.

Option #2 will not break clients that switch from the 1.5 to 1.6 IDL, but it will clutter the proxy API.

I was discussing this w/ ctubbsii and he suggested going w/ option 1 because user can continue to use the 1.5 IDL to access a 1.6 proxy server. The 1.6 server can use thrift mechanisms to handle the fact that 1.5 IDL does not pass the extra parameter, defaulting to not waiting/async.