The Kafka Java Admin client is actively being worked on now as part of KIP-4
see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1694 specifically sub-task #9 Create Java Admin Client The Server side and wire protocol for admin commands like create/delete/modify topic are already in Kafka 0.10.1 -hans /** * Hans Jespersen, Principal Systems Engineer, Confluent Inc. * h...@confluent.io (650)924-2670 */ On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Demian Calcaprina <calcacue...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Is there a way to remove a kafka topic from the java api? > > I have the following scenario: > We have a subscription service, which returns responses to subscribed > clients through kafka topic. Per subscription, we create a new kafka topic > and send the data by publishing in this new topic. And, when the > subscription ends, this topic is not needed anymore, so I would like to > purge it so that it does not store data it will not be used anymore. > Does it make sense? > > Thanks! >
