Dear all, I noticed a issue after starting the vote :(
The package "org.apache.kafka.common" disallows to import "org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord". Hence, "org.apache.kafka.common.RecordReader" can't reference "org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord" directly. It seems to me the tool-related interface should be able to access all public classes from "common", "producer", "consumer", and "admin". Accordingly, I'd like to move the package of "RecordReader" from "org.apache.kafka.common" to ""org.apache.kafka.clients.tool". Please take a look at above change. thanks, chia-ping