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Current state: Under Discussion

Discussion thread: here [Change the link from the KIP proposal email archive to your own email thread]

JIRA: here

Motivation

Currently, ConnectorUtils in Kafka Connect API provides functionality for assigning continuous elements in groups. However, there are scenarios where this approach falls short, particularly when a more balanced distribution of elements across groups is desired. In such cases, a round-robin assignment strategy can offer a more equitable allocation of elements.

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Define a Strategy interface, then user can pass different strategy implementation. This solution is incompatible with current ConnectorUtils. Current strategy and round-robin strategy are enough for most scenarios, no other strategies are needed, so there is no need to make extension on strategy.