Hello Kafka Community, I would like to start a discussion on KIP-1247, which proposes to officially make the "Bytes" and "Time" utils classes part of Kafka's public API.
*KIP Link:* https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1247%3A+Make+Bytes+and+Time+utils+classes+part+of+the+public+API *Background:* Currently, "org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Bytes" and "org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time" are exposed through numerous public API interfaces in Kafka Streams and other components, yet they are not officially designated as public API since the utils package is not included in Javadoc generation. This creates confusion for users who cannot determine if these classes are officially supported, and causes broken Javadoc references. *Proposal:* This KIP proposes to: 1. Include "Bytes" and "Time" in Javadoc generation, officially making them part of the public API 2. Move other internal utility classes to an "internals" subpackage to prevent similar issues in the future *Impact:*This change has no compatibility impact - all classes remain in their current locations and no user code changes are required. You can find more details in the attached KIP link. Looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you. Best regards. Siddhartha
