[jira] [Created] (FLINK-26522) Refactoring code for multiple component leader election

["Niklas Semmler (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Niklas Semmler created FLINK-26522:
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             Summary: Refactoring code for multiple component leader election
                 Key: FLINK-26522
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26522
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Niklas Semmler


The current implementation of the multiple component leader election faces a number of issues. These issues mostly stem from an attempt to make the multiple leader election process work just the same way as the single component leader election.

An attempt at listing the issues follows:
* * *Naming* MultipleComponentLeaderElectionService appears by name similar to the LeaderElectionService, but is in fact closer to the LeaderElectionDriver.
* *Similarity* The interfaces LeaderElectionService, LeaderElectionDriver and MultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriver are very similar to each other.
* *Cyclic dependency* DefaultMultipleComponentLeaderElectionService holds a reference to the ZooKeeperMultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriver (MultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriver), which in turn holds a reference to the DefaultMultipleComponentLeaderElectionService (LeaderLatchListener)
* *Unclear contract* With single component leader election drivers such as ZooKeeperLeaderElectionDriver a call to the LeaderElectionService#stop from JobMasterServiceLeadershipRunner#closeAsync implies giving up the leadership of the JobMaster. With the multiple component leader election this is no longer the case. The leadership is held until the HighAvailabilityServices shutdown. This logic may be difficult to understand from the perspective of one of the components (e.g., the Dispatcher)
* *Long call hierarchy* DefaultLeaderElectionService->MultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriverAdapter->MultipleComponentLeaderElectionService->ZooKeeperMultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriver
* *Adapter as primary implementation* All non-testing non-multiple-component leadership drivers are deprecated. The primary implementation of LeaderElectionDriver is the adapter MultipleComponentLeaderElectionDriverAdapter.
* *Possible redundancy* We currently have similar methods for the Dispatcher, ResourceManager, JobMaster and WebMonitorEndpoint. (E.g., for granting leadership.) As these methods are called at the same time due to the multiple component leader election, it may make sense to combine this logic into a single object.



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