(kafka) branch trunk updated: MINOR: remove an unused method and adjust method visibility in Utils.java (#21398)

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     new 6586446850a MINOR: remove an unused method and adjust method 
visibility in Utils.java (#21398)
6586446850a is described below

commit 6586446850a91d3cec11dcbc8d81c4f233501bef
Author: Jian <fujian1...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 7 10:39:04 2026 +0800

    MINOR: remove an unused method and adjust method visibility in Utils.java 
(#21398)
    
    Removed safe(List<T> other): This method is not used.
    
    Removed getKafkaClassLoader(): This method was a simple one-line
    wrapper. It has been removed, and its logic
    (Utils.class.getClassLoader()) has been inlined into
    getContextOrKafkaClassLoader() to simplify the code.
    
    Reviewers: PoAn Yang <pay...@apache.org>, Ken Huang
     <s7133...@gmail.com>, Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@gmail.com>
---
 .../java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java   | 21 +--------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java 
b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
index 51cb86f5c88..f8b8456d5f8 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
@@ -901,25 +901,6 @@ public final class Utils {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns an empty list if the provided list is null, otherwise returns 
the list itself.
-     * <p>
-     * This method is useful for avoiding {@code NullPointerException} when 
working with potentially null lists.
-     *
-     * @param other the list to check for null
-     * @return an empty list if the provided list is null, otherwise the 
original list
-     */
-    public static <T> List<T> safe(List<T> other) {
-        return other == null ? Collections.emptyList() : other;
-    }
-
-   /**
-    * Get the ClassLoader which loaded Kafka.
-    */
-    public static ClassLoader getKafkaClassLoader() {
-        return Utils.class.getClassLoader();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the Context ClassLoader on this thread or, if not present, the 
ClassLoader that
      * loaded Kafka.
@@ -929,7 +910,7 @@ public final class Utils {
     public static ClassLoader getContextOrKafkaClassLoader() {
         ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         if (cl == null)
-            return getKafkaClassLoader();
+            return Utils.class.getClassLoader();
         else
             return cl;
     }