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Public Interfaces

Add an option:

• --reader.-config to tool kafka-console-producer.sh
• --formatter.-config to tool kafka-console-consumer.sh

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Define a property in config file and in options and check that option override config file.

Rejected Alternatives

• Use of generic option --config to avoid confusion in the purpose of this config file (but on the other hand, the current --property is quite generic already, maybe another KIP to change it).
• Use of option name --read.config/--formatter.config, with "." as separator, as it's not consitent with the commonly used option --command-config