Wow, I managed to send two incomplete messages thanks to the new mac touchbar :)
I was suggesting either renaming to IllegalTopicException or have a one that clearly mentions the name InvalidTopicNameException. However I guess the first option would be the easiest. Thanks, Cosmin ________________________________ From: Cosmin Lehene Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 4:29:14 PM To: dev@kafka.apache.org Subject: Should InvalidTopicException be called IllegalTopicException It's a bit confusing when trying to understand what's the difference between UnknownTopicOrPartitionException (retriable) and InvalidTopicException (non-retriable). Looking through the code to figure out what's an invalid topic I see most tests that throw it describe it as "illegal". This is also the case when trying to write to an internal topic. While a longer discussion around having an invalid topic _name
