This pull request supports dealing with deletion records in partial update merge engine.
Tests
Unit tests are added in PrimaryKeyFileStoreTableTest to verify the changes in this PR
API and Format
This pull request affects the default behavior of partial-update merge engine in cases where deletion records exist. Given that the existing behavior is to throw exception in this case, the changes in this PR are backward compatible.
Documentation
This PR requires to update the document about merge engine, which has been included in the commit.
Purpose
Linked issue: close #3048
This pull request supports dealing with deletion records in partial update merge engine.
Tests
Unit tests are added in PrimaryKeyFileStoreTableTest to verify the changes in this PR
API and Format
This pull request affects the default behavior of partial-update merge engine in cases where deletion records exist. Given that the existing behavior is to throw exception in this case, the changes in this PR are backward compatible.
Documentation
This PR requires to update the document about merge engine, which has been included in the commit.