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_{P.S. Static method corresponding to ListSerde under org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes (something like static public Serde<List<T>> List() {...} in org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes) class cannot be added because type needs to be defined beforehand. That's why one needs to create List Serde in the following fashion:Something like this is not allowed:
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Proposed Changes

This KIP proposes adding new ListSerializer and ListDeserializer classes as well as support for the new classes into the Serdes class. This will allow using List<T> Serde directly from Consumers, Producers and Streams.

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