[ARROW-15956] [Java][FlightRPC] Consolidate integration testing code

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: FlightRPC, Java
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31382
• Assignee: David Li
• Reporter: David Li
• Created: 16/Mar/22 20:55
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:40
• Resolved: 23/Mar/22 19:21

Description

The Java Flight integration tests are an "example" but IMO they are a poor example: there's a lot going on that isn't strictly necessary, and beyond the code, there's not much presentation. Also, they serve double duty as example/integration test, but this means code is split between the "example" and the integration test. We would be better off with a full example in the cookbook, and consolidating and simplifying the integration test code. Also, we should make the integration test code better about reporting errors to debug issues like ARROW-15953.

Issue Links

• relates to: ARROW-15953 [CI][Go][Flight] Go Flight integration client seems flaky
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12650