Github user hmcl commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1826#discussion_r92546386
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external/storm-kafka-client/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/kafka/spout/KafkaSpout.java
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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
private KafkaSpoutStreams kafkaSpoutStreams; //
Object that wraps all the logic to declare output fields and emit tuples
private transient KafkaSpoutTuplesBuilder<K, V> tuplesBuilder; //
Object that contains the logic to build tuples for each ConsumerRecord
- private transient Map<TopicPartition, OffsetEntry> acked; //
Tuples that were successfully acked. These tuples will be committed
periodically when the commit timer expires, after consumer rebalance, or on
close/deactivate
+ transient Map<TopicPartition, OffsetEntry> acked; // Tuples
that were successfully acked. These tuples will be committed periodically when
the commit timer expires, after consumer rebalance, or on close/deactivate
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I believe this is for testing purposes, right? There are ways for testing
frameworks to access private fields, if really necessary. I am in favor of not
break encapsulation and expose internal state for the purposes of testing.
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