Why don’t to just put the metadata in the header and leave the key null so it defaults to round robin?
-hans > On May 31, 2018, at 6:54 AM, M. Manna <manme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I can see the this has been set as "KIP required". > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3333 > > I have a use case where I simply want to use the key as some metadata > information (but not really for any messages), but ideally would like to > round-robin partition assignment. All I understand is, unless a hash > collision happens, a key will have a specific partition > > Could a PMC member please confirm if a KIP has been made available for > voting etc., or is this still pending? > > Also, is it meanwhile safe to extends DefaultPartitioner and use > round-robin condition for both Null/non-null keys as override? > > Regards,
