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Ukpa Uchechi edited comment on KAFKA-18836 at 2/20/25 3:29 AM: --------------------------------------------------------------- Hi[~mjsax] , can I pick this up? was (Author: JIRAUSER307712): Hi, @Matthias, can I pick this up? > Make ConsumerGroupMetadata an interface > --------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-18836 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18836 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: clients, consumer > Reporter: Matthias J. Sax > Priority: Minor > Labels: needs-kip > > This ticket is based on feedback from the user mailing list: > [https://lists.apache.org/thread/bw0ycbmtxlrfd3bsh9kk41xjdq9dhmnz] > Users should not create instances of `ConsumerGroupMetadata`, and this class > should not have any public constructor. > Ideally, it would only be an interface. We should do a KIP an deprecate both > constructors, and make it an interface in AK 5.0 release. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)