Hi Colin, If so, is 5.0 the earliest this 'allow.nulls.in.consumer' configuration can be changed and marked as deprecated? And if that holds, is 6.0 the earliest it can be removed?
Thanks, Kirk On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, at 1:10 PM, Colin McCabe wrote: > I would suggest adding a configuration key which controls whether the null > values are added. That configuration key can default to true in 4.x and false > in 5.x. This will give people a chance to test the new behavior before 5.x. > > best, > Colin > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2025, at 04:30, 黃竣陽 wrote: > > 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 >
