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Ewen Cheslack-Postava commented on KAFKA-3073:
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Something to keep in mind when implementing this is that currently the Java
client only supports Java regexes. Most users will probably expect PCREs as
that's standard pretty much everywhere else, and I've already encountered
multiple users who say "I'm not a Java programmer, I'm just trying to get data
into Kafka".
> KafkaConnect should support regular expression for topics
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> Key: KAFKA-3073
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3073
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: KafkaConnect
> Reporter: Gwen Shapira
> Assignee: Liquan Pei
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> KafkaConsumer supports both a list of topics or a pattern when subscribing.
> KafkaConnect only supports a list of topics, which is not just more of a
> hassle to configure - it also requires more maintenance.
> I suggest adding topics.pattern as a new configuration and letting users
> choose between 'topics' or 'topics.pattern'.
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