[JCLOUDS-264] Support >2GB payloads in a single request when running default http driver on Java 7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.2, 1.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: jclouds-blobstore
• Assignee: Adrian Cole
• Reporter: Andrew Gaul
• Created: 04/Sep/13 16:59
• Updated: 07/Aug/15 20:06
• Resolved: 25/Oct/14 18:03

Description

The default http driver uses java's HttpUrlConnection, which uses an integer to determine fixed length of content. This means that it cannot be used to send >2GB content. The current workaround is to use an http driver that supports >2GB payloads in a single request.

This issue will conditionally allow the default driver to support >2GB payloads in a single request. It will do so via conditionally using setFixedLengthStreamingMode(long) on Java 7 and setFixedLengthStreamingMode(int) on Java 6:

https://gist.github.com/andrewgaul/6439757