borisssmidtCET commented on code in PR #14597: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/14597#discussion_r1415314693
########## clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/security/auth/KafkaPrincipal.java: ########## @@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ public KafkaPrincipal(String principalType, String name) { } public KafkaPrincipal(String principalType, String name, boolean tokenAuthenticated) { - this.principalType = requireNonNull(principalType, "Principal type cannot be null"); + //Sharing USER_TYPE reference. + if (principalType.equals(USER_TYPE)) { Review Comment: This moved the equals check to the initialization of the object. instead of the check itself. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org