Hello everyone, I would like to start a discussion on KIP-1140: Avoid to return null value in Map from public api of consumer <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/mIuMEw>
This proposal aims to improve the Kafka consumer API by ensuring that the Map it returns contains only non-null values, aligning with the design philosophy of Java collections. This change provides significantly more benefits than drawbacks, enhancing API consistency and usability while reducing errors caused by developer misuse. Best Regards, Jiunn-Yang
