[RATIS-1179] Add a new API to DataStreamOutput for sending a File

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Streaming
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 25/Nov/20 16:18
• Updated: 26/Nov/20 10:47
• Resolved: 26/Nov/20 02:13

Description

As discussed in RATIS-1176, there are more efficient APIs for sending out files, e.g. using Netty DefaultFileRegion. This JIRA is to add a new API to DataStreamOutput for writing a File

 CompletableFuture<DataStreamReply> writeAsync(File);

Issue Links

• relates to: RATIS-1176 Benchmark various ways to stream data
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #299