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In the DeleteRecordsResult, the Long value accessed by values() and all() method specifies the low watermark as described in the KIP-107.

 The deleteRecords() will have the same authorization setting as deleteTopic(). Its operation type is be DELETE and its resource type is TOPIC.

Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan

This is a new API and won't directly affect existing users.

It should replace the deleteRecordsBefore() method provided by the Scala based Admin Client. So existing users who are using such method, should migrate to use the new Java based Admin Client for this feature.

Rejected Alternatives

If there are alternative ways of accomplishing the same thing, what were they? The purpose of this section is to motivate why the design is the way it is and not some other way.