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Florin Akermann commented on KAFKA-14748: ----------------------------------------- I have created a PR for this particular issue. [https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/14107] I am ok with first considering merging when I have addressed the 4 related issues as well. Nonetheless it would be great to have some feedback. Just so I know whether I haveĀ understood the scope of this particular item (KAFKA-14748) and what I should keep in mind for the other incoming merge requests. > Relax non-null FK left-join requirement > --------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-14748 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-14748 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: streams > Reporter: Matthias J. Sax > Assignee: Florin Akermann > Priority: Major > > Kafka Streams enforces a strict non-null-key policy in the DSL across all > key-dependent operations (like aggregations and joins). > This also applies to FK-joins, in particular to the ForeignKeyExtractor. If > it returns `null`, it's treated as invalid. For left-joins, it might make > sense to still accept a `null`, and add the left-hand record with an empty > right-hand-side to the result. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)