Hi again Sagar, My apologies; I was thinking of the `sensor` method: org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Metrics#sensor(java.lang.String, org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.MetricConfig, long, org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Sensor.RecordingLevel, org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Sensor...)
I'm in favor of your KIP. Also, sorry for responding to the VOTE thread instead of DISCUSS. I'm +1 (binding) -John On Tue, May 24, 2022, at 09:10, John Roesler wrote: > Hi Sagar, > > Thanks for the KIP! > > I’m not at my computer right now, but I think I confronted a similar > problem a while back for the Streams metrics. I think that I already > made the “addMetric” method to be idempotent, so if it’s already > registered, the call just returns the old one instead of creating a new > one. That way, you no longer have to check up front if the metric is > registered. I think that is also motivation for this KIP, right? > > Thanks, > John > > On Tue, May 24, 2022, at 06:48, Sagar wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I would like to open a voting thread for the following KIP: >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-843%3A+Adding+metricOrElseCreate+method+to+Metrics >> >> Thanks! >> Sagar.