kowshik commented on a change in pull request #9001: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/9001#discussion_r463880076
########## File path: clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/Admin.java ########## @@ -1214,6 +1215,71 @@ default AlterClientQuotasResult alterClientQuotas(Collection<ClientQuotaAlterati */ AlterClientQuotasResult alterClientQuotas(Collection<ClientQuotaAlteration> entries, AlterClientQuotasOptions options); + /** + * Describes finalized as well as supported features. By default, the request is issued to any + * broker. It can be optionally directed only to the controller via DescribeFeaturesOptions + * parameter. This is particularly useful if the user requires strongly consistent reads of + * finalized features. + * <p> + * The following exceptions can be anticipated when calling {@code get()} on the future from the + * returned {@link DescribeFeaturesResult}: + * <ul> + * <li>{@link org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException} + * If the request timed out before the describe operation could finish.</li> + * </ul> + * <p> + * @param options the options to use + * + * @return the {@link DescribeFeaturesResult} containing the result + */ + DescribeFeaturesResult describeFeatures(DescribeFeaturesOptions options); Review comment: Sorry, I do not understand why should describeFeatures (in post KIP-500) be handled only by controller? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org