[HADOOP-17210] backport HADOOP-15691 PathCapabilities API to branch-3.2

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.2
• Component/s: fs, fs/s3
• Target Version/s: 3.2.2
• Assignee: Steve Loughran
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 17/Aug/20 10:38
• Updated: 19/Aug/20 16:18
• Resolved: 19/Aug/20 16:15

Description

Backport the PathCapabilities API of HADOOP-15691 as a precursor to the HADOOP-13230 backport, so making it easier to probe FS abilities.

going back further than is may be hard, but we'll see

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: HADOOP-17199 Backport HADOOP-13230 list/getFileStatus changes for preserved directory markers
• relates to: HADOOP-15691 Add PathCapabilities to FS and FC to complement StreamCapabilities