Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5353#discussion_r165018462
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flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/taskexecutor/TaskExecutorGateway.java
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@@ -175,4 +177,13 @@
final AllocationID allocationId,
final Throwable cause,
@RpcTimeout final Time timeout);
+
+ /**
+ * Requests the file upload of the specified type to the cluster's
{@link BlobServer}.
+ *
+ * @param fileType to upload
+ * @param timeout for the asynchronous operation
+ * @return Future which is completed with the {@link TransientBlobKey}
of the uploaded file.
+ */
+ CompletableFuture<TransientBlobKey> requestFileUpload(FileType
fileType, @RpcTimeout Time timeout);
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Yes, we should adapt `RpcTaskManagerGateway` accordingly.
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