* delta GCounter and PNCounter
* first stab at delta propagation protocol
* send delta in the direct write
* possibility to turn off delta propagation
* tests
* protobuf serializer for DeltaPropagation
* documentation
* fix merge issues of DataEnvelope and its pruning
* simplify by removing the tombstones, which didn't work in all cases anyway
* keep the PruningPerformed markers in the DataEnvelope until configured
TTL has elapsed (wall clock)
* simplify PruningState structure
* also store the pruning markers in durable data
* collect removed nodes from the data, listing on MemberRemoved is not enough
* possibility to disable pruning altogether
* documented caveat for durable data
* one Replicator per configured role
* log LMDB directory at startup
* clarify the imporantce of the LMDB directory
* use more than one key to support many entities
* CoordinatedShutdown that can run tasks for configured phases in order (DAG)
* coordinate handover/shutdown of singleton with cluster exiting/shutdown
* phase config obj with depends-on list
* integrate graceful leaving of sharding in coordinated shutdown
* add timeout and recover
* add some missing artery ports to tests
* leave via CoordinatedShutdown.run
* optionally exit-jvm in last phase
* run via jvm shutdown hook
* send ExitingConfirmed to leader before shutdown of Exiting
to not have to wait for failure detector to mark it as
unreachable before removing
* the unreachable signal is still kept as a safe guard if
message is lost or leader dies
* PhaseClusterExiting vs MemberExited in ClusterSingletonManager
* terminate ActorSystem when cluster shutdown (via Down)
* add more predefined and custom phases
* reference documentation
* migration guide
* problem when the leader order was sys2, sys1, sys3,
then sys3 could not perform it's duties and move Leving sys1 to
Exiting because it was observing sys1 as unreachable
* exclude Leaving with exitingConfirmed from convergence condidtion
- All Map types are now generic in their key: ORMap, ORMultiMap, LWWMap,
PNCounterMap
- test for binary compatibility with previous version for serialization
- entries are sorted for deterministic SHA-1 on same value
* Provide shorter aliases for the ActorRefProviders #20649
* Use the new actorefprovider aliases throughout code and docs
* Cleaner alias replacement logic
The WriteAggregator and ReadAggregator typically send
the same message to several replicas and by caching the serialized bytes
we avoid doing the same thing for each message
and add a test for WriteAggregator
Previously know as [patriknw/akka-data-replication](https://github.com/patriknw/akka-data-replication),
which was originally inspired by [jboner/akka-crdt](https://github.com/jboner/akka-crdt).
The functionality is very similar to akka-data-replication 0.11.
Here is a list of the most important changes:
* The package name changed to `akka.cluster.ddata`
* The extension was renamed to `DistributedData`
* The keys changed from strings to classes with unique identifiers and type information of the data values,
e.g. `ORSetKey[Int]("set2")`
* The optional read consistency parameter was removed from the `Update` message. If you need to read from
other replicas before performing the update you have to first send a `Get` message and then continue with
the ``Update`` when the ``GetSuccess`` is received.
* `BigInt` is used in `GCounter` and `PNCounter` instead of `Long`
* Improvements of java api
* Better documentation
