mjsax commented on a change in pull request #11368:
URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/11368#discussion_r729526952



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streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/TableJoined.java
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+package org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.StreamPartitioner;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+/**
+ * The {@code TableJoined} class represents optional params that can be passed 
to
+ * {@link KTable#join(KTable, Function, ValueJoiner, TableJoined) 
KTable#join(KTable,Function,...)} and
+ * {@link KTable#leftJoin(KTable, Function, ValueJoiner, TableJoined) 
KTable#leftJoin(KTable,Function,...)}
+ * operations, for foreign key joins.
+ * @param <K>   this key type ; key type for the left (primary) table
+ * @param <KO>  other key type ; key type for the right (foreign key) table
+ */
+public class TableJoined<K, KO> implements NamedOperation<TableJoined<K, KO>> {
+
+    protected final StreamPartitioner<K, Void> partitioner;
+    protected final StreamPartitioner<KO, Void> otherPartitioner;
+    protected final String name;
+
+    private TableJoined(final StreamPartitioner<K, Void> partitioner,
+                        final StreamPartitioner<KO, Void> otherPartitioner,
+                        final String name) {
+        this.partitioner = partitioner;
+        this.otherPartitioner = otherPartitioner;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    protected TableJoined(final TableJoined<K, KO> tableJoined) {
+        this(tableJoined.partitioner, tableJoined.otherPartitioner, 
tableJoined.name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@code TableJoined} with partitioner and 
otherPartitioner {@link StreamPartitioner} instances.

Review comment:
       It's also worth to point out, that specifying a partitioner does _not_ 
repartition the input data. It's purpose is solely to _tell/inform_ the runtime 
how the input data is in fact partitioned (to compute the join result 
correctly).




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