ableegoldman commented on code in PR #16024:
URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/16024#discussion_r1608950503


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streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/assignment/TopicPartitionAssignmentInfo.java:
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+package org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.assignment;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * This is a simple container class used during the assignment process to 
distinguish
+ * TopicPartitions type. Since the assignment logic can depend on the type of 
topic we're
+ * looking at, and the rack information of the partition, this container class 
should have
+ * everything necessary to make informed task assignment decisions.
+ */
+public interface TopicPartitionAssignmentInfo {

Review Comment:
   I mean I do agree on keeping it scoped to the assignment, and putting it 
under the assignment package should be effective enough. I was more thinking 
along the lines of marking a clear distinction between interfaces/metadata that 
falls under the `ApplicationState`/input status vs things that fall under the 
`TaskAssignment`/output category. Unfortunately "assignment" is just an 
overloaded term, but since it's correlated with assignor output in other class 
names, I think it's best not to use it in class names to also mean "related to 
the assignor" since putting it under the assignment package is another way to 
signal that



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