GitHub user vahidhashemian opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/3320
KAFKA-5370 (WIP): Replace uses of the old consumer with the new consumer when possible Also, methods in `ClientUtils` that are called by server or tools code should be introduced in `AdminUtils` with the implementation living in `AdminUtils`. All the existing callers apart from the old clients should call the `AdminUtils` methods. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/vahidhashemian/kafka KAFKA-5370 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/3320.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #3320 ---- commit 8e09061514d7b4f30abe59dd9321c884d4aa9101 Author: Vahid Hashemian <vahidhashem...@us.ibm.com> Date: 2017-06-13T15:36:31Z KAFKA-5370: Replace use of old consumer with the new consumer when possible - Uses of the old consumers in tools and tests where the new consumer would work as well (or better). - Methods in `ClientUtils` that are called by server or tools code should be introduced in `AdminUtils` with the implementation living in `AdminUtils`. All the existing callers apart from the old clients should call the `AdminUtils` methods. ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---