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Matthias J. Sax updated KAFKA-7267:
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    Component/s: streams

> KafkaStreams Scala DSL process method should accept a ProcessorSupplier
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>                 Key: KAFKA-7267
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7267
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: streams
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
>            Reporter: John Roesler
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: scala
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> scala.KafkaStreams#process currently expects a ()=>Processor, which is 
> semantically equivalent to a ProcessorSupplier, but it's the only such method 
> to do so.
> All the similar methods in the Scala DSL take a Supplier like their Java 
> counterparts.
> Note that on Scala 2.12+, SAM conversion allows callers to pass either a 
> function or a supplier when the parameter is a ProcessorSupplier. (But if the 
> parameter is a function, you must pass a function)
> But on scala 2.11-, callers will have to pass a function if the parameter is 
> a function and a supplier if the parameter is a supplier. This means that 
> currently, 2.11 users are confronted with an api that demands they construct 
> suppliers for all the methods *except* process, which demands a function.
> Mitigating factor: we have some implicits available to convert a Function0 to 
> a supplier, and we could add an implicit from ProcessorSupplier to Function0 
> to smooth over the API.
>  
> What to do about it?
> We could just change the existing method to take a ProcessorSupplier instead.
>  * 2.12+ users would not notice a difference during compilation, as SAM 
> conversion would kick in. However, if they just swap in the new jar without 
> recompiling, I think they'd get a MethodDefNotFound error.
>  * 2.11- users would not be able to compile their existing code. They'd have 
> to swap their function out for a ProcessorSupplier or pull the implicit 
> conversion into scope.
>  * Note that we can delay this action until we drop 2.11 support, and we 
> would break no one.
> We could deprecate the existing method and add a new one taking a 
> ProcessorSupplier.
>  * All scala users would be able to compile their existing code and also swap 
> in the new version at runtime.
>  * Anyone explicitly passing a function would get a deprecation warning, 
> though, regardless of SAM conversion or implicit conversion, since neither 
> conversion won't kick in if there's actually a method overload expecting a 
> function. This would drive everyone to explicitly create a supplier 
> (unnecessarily)
> We could leave the existing method without deprecating it and add a new one 
> taking a ProcessorSupplier.
>  * All scala users would be able to compile their existing code and also swap 
> in the new version at runtime.
>  * There would be no unfortunate deprecation warnings.
>  * The interface would list two process methods, which is untidy.
>  * Once we drop 2.11 support, we would just drop the function variant.



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