Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, for grpc WriteToOnlineRequest, features map is written as Map<String, String> to feast feature server. This makes it impossible to write any complex types (array, map, struct).
Describe the solution you'd like
We should be able to alternatively write Map<String, ValueProto> to feast feature server for writes.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Possibly write JSON formatted strings but would require client to serialize and server to deserialize which is wasteful from PROTO perspective
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, for grpc WriteToOnlineRequest, features map is written as Map<String, String> to feast feature server. This makes it impossible to write any complex types (array, map, struct).
Describe the solution you'd like
We should be able to alternatively write Map<String, ValueProto> to feast feature server for writes.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Possibly write JSON formatted strings but would require client to serialize and server to deserialize which is wasteful from PROTO perspective