Firestore expose Observable in calls instead of wrapping in ApiFuture #5887
Description
Hi there, this is another issue related to the GCP Java Frameworks team's reactive Spring Data project.
We noticed that the main document retrieval method getAll() (and the singular get() is implemented using getAll()) actually creates an observer in-line for the request ,but then wraps the entire return value in an ApiFuture. (FirestoreImpl.java line 154 or thereabouts)
The problem for us is that the ApiFuture requires a whole new thread from the user to actually use, while letting us access the observer (either by accepting a callback that is then called inside your in-line observer or otherwise) lets us utilize the thread GRPC manages, which would be really ideal for us.
So our request is: would it be possible to expose an alternative method getAll and get in the Firestore client that lets us tie into the observer without the extra wrapping layer of ApiFuture?
cc my teammates: @meltsufin, @dzou, @elefeint, @dmitry-s