[RATIS-1192] Add a public API to get server states.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: server
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 02/Dec/20 08:03
• Updated: 10/Dec/20 20:17
• Resolved: 02/Dec/20 11:15

Description

Server states such as isLeader, isLeaderReady, etc. are useful for StateMachine implementations to determine the current server states. This JIRA is to add a public API so that implementations do not have to access RaftServerImpl directly.

Issue Links

• is a child of: RATIS-1181 Define public APIs for StateMachine implementations
• is duplicated by: RATIS-1180 Expose RaftServer status with Status Info
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #313