[FLINK-7055] refactor BlobService#getURL() methods to return a File object

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Runtime / Coordination, Runtime / Network
• Assignee: Nico Kruber
• Reporter: Nico Kruber
• Created: 30/Jun/17 14:30
• Updated: 14/Aug/17 09:19
• Resolved: 14/Aug/17 09:18

Description

As a relic from its use by the URLClassLoader, BlobService#getURL() methods always returned URL objects although they were always pointing to locally cached files. As a step towards a better architecture and API, these should return a File object instead.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4236