diff --git a/openraft/src/network/mod.rs b/openraft/src/network/mod.rs
index c2c7a2ec1..b4cb9915b 100644
--- a/openraft/src/network/mod.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/network/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ mod factory;
 #[allow(clippy::module_inception)] mod network;
 mod rpc_option;
 mod rpc_type;
-#[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))] pub(crate) mod stream_snapshot;
+
+pub mod snapshot_transport;
 
 pub use backoff::Backoff;
 pub use factory::RaftNetworkFactory;
diff --git a/openraft/src/network/network.rs b/openraft/src/network/network.rs
index 96f48ae94..d319e37bf 100644
--- a/openraft/src/network/network.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/network/network.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,25 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
         option: RPCOption,
     ) -> Result<AppendEntriesResponse<C::NodeId>, RPCError<C::NodeId, C::Node, RaftError<C::NodeId>>>;
 
+    /// Send an InstallSnapshot RPC to the target.
+    #[cfg(feature = "generic-snapshot-data")]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.9.0",
+        note = "with `generic-snapshot-data` enabled, use `full_snapshot()` instead to send full snapshot"
+    )]
+    async fn install_snapshot(
+        &mut self,
+        _rpc: crate::raft::InstallSnapshotRequest<C>,
+        _option: RPCOption,
+    ) -> Result<
+        crate::raft::InstallSnapshotResponse<C::NodeId>,
+        RPCError<C::NodeId, C::Node, RaftError<C::NodeId, crate::error::InstallSnapshotError>>,
+    > {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
     /// Send an InstallSnapshot RPC to the target.
     #[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))]
-    #[deprecated(since = "0.9.0", note = "use `snapshot()` instead for sending a complete snapshot")]
     async fn install_snapshot(
         &mut self,
         _rpc: crate::raft::InstallSnapshotRequest<C>,
@@ -82,6 +98,23 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
         option: RPCOption,
     ) -> Result<SnapshotResponse<C::NodeId>, StreamingError<C, Fatal<C::NodeId>>>;
 
+    /// Send a complete Snapshot to the target.
+    ///
+    /// This method is responsible to fragment the snapshot and send it to the target node.
+    /// Before returning from this method, the snapshot should be completely transmitted and
+    /// installed on the target node, or rejected because of `vote` being smaller than the
+    /// remote one.
+    ///
+    /// The default implementation just calls several `install_snapshot` RPC for each fragment.
+    ///
+    /// The `vote` is the leader vote which is used to check if the leader is still valid by a
+    /// follower.
+    /// When the follower finished receiving snapshot, it calls `Raft::install_full_snapshot()`
+    /// with this vote.
+    ///
+    /// `cancel` get `Ready` when the caller decides to cancel this snapshot transmission.
+    // If generic-snapshot-data disabled,
+    // provide a default implementation that relies on AsyncRead + AsyncSeek + Unpin
     #[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))]
     async fn full_snapshot(
         &mut self,
@@ -90,10 +123,10 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
         cancel: impl Future<Output = ReplicationClosed> + OptionalSend,
         option: RPCOption,
     ) -> Result<SnapshotResponse<C::NodeId>, StreamingError<C, Fatal<C::NodeId>>> {
-        use crate::network::stream_snapshot;
-        use crate::network::stream_snapshot::SnapshotTransport;
+        use crate::network::snapshot_transport::Chunked;
+        use crate::network::snapshot_transport::SnapshotTransport;
 
-        let resp = stream_snapshot::Chunked::send_snapshot(self, vote, snapshot, cancel, option).await?;
+        let resp = Chunked::send_snapshot(self, vote, snapshot, cancel, option).await?;
         Ok(resp)
     }
 
diff --git a/openraft/src/network/stream_snapshot.rs b/openraft/src/network/snapshot_transport.rs
similarity index 82%
rename from openraft/src/network/stream_snapshot.rs
rename to openraft/src/network/snapshot_transport.rs
index 3245c1b4a..134c0b737 100644
--- a/openraft/src/network/stream_snapshot.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/network/snapshot_transport.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//! Provide a default chunked snapshot transport implementation for SnapshotData that implements
+//! AsyncWrite + AsyncRead + AsyncSeek + Unpin.
+
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::SeekFrom;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -28,8 +31,13 @@ use crate::StorageIOError;
 use crate::ToStorageResult;
 use crate::Vote;
 
+/// Defines the sending and receiving API for snapshot transport.
 #[add_async_trait]
-pub(crate) trait SnapshotTransport<C: RaftTypeConfig> {
+pub trait SnapshotTransport<C: RaftTypeConfig> {
+    /// Send a snapshot to a target node via `Net` in chunks.
+    ///
+    /// The implementation should watch the `cancel` future and return at once if it is ready.
+    // TODO: remove dependency on RaftNetwork
     async fn send_snapshot<Net>(
         _net: &mut Net,
         _vote: Vote<C::NodeId>,
@@ -38,23 +46,21 @@ pub(crate) trait SnapshotTransport<C: RaftTypeConfig> {
         _option: RPCOption,
     ) -> Result<SnapshotResponse<C::NodeId>, StreamingError<C, Fatal<C::NodeId>>>
     where
-        Net: RaftNetwork<C> + ?Sized,
-    {
-        unimplemented!("send_snapshot is only implemented with SnapshotData with AsyncRead + AsyncSeek ...")
-    }
+        Net: RaftNetwork<C> + ?Sized;
 
+    /// Receive a chunk of snapshot. If the snapshot is done, return the snapshot.
     async fn receive_snapshot(
         _streaming: &mut Option<Streaming<C>>,
         _req: InstallSnapshotRequest<C>,
-    ) -> Result<Option<Snapshot<C>>, StorageError<C::NodeId>> {
-        unimplemented!("receive_snapshot is only implemented with SnapshotData with AsyncWrite + AsyncSeek ...")
-    }
+    ) -> Result<Option<Snapshot<C>>, StorageError<C::NodeId>>;
 }
 
 /// Send and Receive snapshot by chunks.
-pub(crate) struct Chunked {}
+pub struct Chunked {}
 
-impl<C: RaftTypeConfig> SnapshotTransport<C> for Chunked {
+impl<C: RaftTypeConfig> SnapshotTransport<C> for Chunked
+where C::SnapshotData: tokio::io::AsyncRead + tokio::io::AsyncWrite + tokio::io::AsyncSeek + Unpin
+{
     /// Stream snapshot by chunks.
     ///
     /// This function is for backward compatibility and provides a default implement for
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ impl<C: RaftTypeConfig> SnapshotTransport<C> for Chunked {
 
         if done {
             let streaming = streaming.take().unwrap();
-            let mut data = streaming.snapshot_data;
+            let mut data = streaming.into_snapshot_data();
 
             data.as_mut()
                 .shutdown()
@@ -191,23 +197,23 @@ impl<C: RaftTypeConfig> SnapshotTransport<C> for Chunked {
 }
 
 /// The Raft node is streaming in a snapshot from the leader.
-pub(crate) struct Streaming<C>
+pub struct Streaming<C>
 where C: RaftTypeConfig
 {
     /// The offset of the last byte written to the snapshot.
-    pub(crate) offset: u64,
+    offset: u64,
 
     /// The ID of the snapshot being written.
-    pub(crate) snapshot_id: SnapshotId,
+    snapshot_id: SnapshotId,
 
     /// A handle to the snapshot writer.
-    pub(crate) snapshot_data: Box<C::SnapshotData>,
+    snapshot_data: Box<C::SnapshotData>,
 }
 
 impl<C> Streaming<C>
 where C: RaftTypeConfig
 {
-    pub(crate) fn new(snapshot_id: SnapshotId, snapshot_data: Box<C::SnapshotData>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(snapshot_id: SnapshotId, snapshot_data: Box<C::SnapshotData>) -> Self {
         Self {
             offset: 0,
             snapshot_id,
@@ -215,8 +221,23 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn snapshot_id(&self) -> &SnapshotId {
+        &self.snapshot_id
+    }
+
+    /// Consumes the `Streaming` and returns the snapshot data.
+    pub fn into_snapshot_data(self) -> Box<C::SnapshotData> {
+        self.snapshot_data
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C> Streaming<C>
+where
+    C: RaftTypeConfig,
+    C::SnapshotData: tokio::io::AsyncWrite + tokio::io::AsyncSeek + Unpin,
+{
     /// Receive a chunk of snapshot data.
-    pub(crate) async fn receive(&mut self, req: InstallSnapshotRequest<C>) -> Result<bool, StorageError<C::NodeId>> {
+    pub async fn receive(&mut self, req: InstallSnapshotRequest<C>) -> Result<bool, StorageError<C::NodeId>> {
         // TODO: check id?
 
         // Always seek to the target offset if not an exact match.
diff --git a/openraft/src/raft/mod.rs b/openraft/src/raft/mod.rs
index 3fece00cf..5ba1caabf 100644
--- a/openraft/src/raft/mod.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/raft/mod.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
             tx_shutdown: Mutex::new(Some(tx_shutdown)),
             core_state: Mutex::new(CoreState::Running(core_handle)),
 
-            #[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))]
             snapshot: Mutex::new(None),
         };
 
@@ -409,7 +408,13 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
     ///
     /// If receiving is finished `done == true`, it installs the snapshot to the state machine.
     /// Nothing will be done if the input snapshot is older than the state machine.
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "generic-snapshot-data",
+        deprecated(
+            since = "0.9.0",
+            note = "with `generic-snapshot-shot` enabled, use `Raft::install_full_snapshot()` instead"
+        )
+    )]
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
     pub async fn install_snapshot(
         &self,
@@ -418,8 +423,8 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
     where
         C::SnapshotData: tokio::io::AsyncRead + tokio::io::AsyncWrite + tokio::io::AsyncSeek + Unpin,
     {
-        use crate::network::stream_snapshot::Chunked;
-        use crate::network::stream_snapshot::SnapshotTransport;
+        use crate::network::snapshot_transport::Chunked;
+        use crate::network::snapshot_transport::SnapshotTransport;
 
         tracing::debug!(req = display(&req), "Raft::install_snapshot()");
 
@@ -428,7 +433,7 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
 
         let mut streaming = self.inner.snapshot.lock().await;
 
-        let curr_id = streaming.as_ref().map(|s| &s.snapshot_id);
+        let curr_id = streaming.as_ref().map(|s| s.snapshot_id());
 
         if curr_id != Some(&req.meta.snapshot_id) {
             if req.offset != 0 {
@@ -457,7 +462,7 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
                     }
                 }
             };
-            *streaming = Some(crate::network::stream_snapshot::Streaming::new(
+            *streaming = Some(crate::network::snapshot_transport::Streaming::new(
                 req.meta.snapshot_id.clone(),
                 snapshot_data,
             ));
diff --git a/openraft/src/raft/raft_inner.rs b/openraft/src/raft/raft_inner.rs
index d13fdfeec..a1bf298b6 100644
--- a/openraft/src/raft/raft_inner.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/raft/raft_inner.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ where C: RaftTypeConfig
     pub(in crate::raft) core_state: Mutex<CoreState<C::NodeId, C::AsyncRuntime>>,
 
     /// The ongoing snapshot transmission.
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "generic-snapshot-data"))]
-    pub(in crate::raft) snapshot: Mutex<Option<crate::network::stream_snapshot::Streaming<C>>>,
+    pub(in crate::raft) snapshot: Mutex<Option<crate::network::snapshot_transport::Streaming<C>>>,
 }
 
 impl<C> RaftInner<C>