In 'google-cloud-storage', Allow passing data size to Storage.create

[PadrePadrone]

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The 'create' method in the Storage interface, receives the data as a byte[] argument, and implicitly uses the array length as the data size.

We are using a pool of such arrays, all of the same size, however on every call to 'create' the actual data size is <= than the array length.
Current 'create' forces us to create a clone of the data array with the exact size. With thousands of object written, this memory used is significant.

Would be great if you could add a version of create with array length and offset:
Blob create(BlobInfo var1, byte[] var2, int offset, int len, Storage.BlobTargetOption... var3);

[frankyn]

@andrey-qlogic I'm looking over what @PadrePadrone stated in their request.

Current 'create' forces us to create a clone of the data array with the exact size. With thousands of object written, this memory used is significant.

Isn't this technically what #4273 is adding to the library, but instead hiding it from the developer?

@PadrePadrone could you comment if change #4273 will solve your issue?