Looks great, Rajini — a detailed and complete KIP with a great backwards-compatibility plan. Nothing came to mind aside from how easy it was to read and understand. Thanks for writing it so clearly.
Ron > On Aug 6, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Rajini Sivaram <rajinisiva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have created a KIP to replace the Scala Authorizer API with a new Java > API: > > - > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-504+-+Add+new+Java+Authorizer+Interface > > This is replacement for KIP-50 which was accepted but never merged. Apart > from moving to a Java API consistent with other pluggable interfaces in the > broker, KIP-504 also attempts to address known limitations in the > authorizer. If you have come across other limitations that you would like > to see addressed in the new API, please raise these on the discussion > thread so that we can consider those too. All suggestions and feedback are > welcome. > > Thank you, > > Rajini