If you use Samza's 
OutgoingMessageEnvelope<https://samza.apache.org/learn/documentation/0.9/api/javadocs/org/apache/samza/system/OutgoingMessageEnvelope.html>
 to send a message using this format:

public OutgoingMessageEnvelope(SystemStream systemStream,
                               java.lang.Object partitionKey,
                               java.lang.Object key,
                               java.lang.Object message)
Constructs a new OutgoingMessageEnvelope from specified components.
Parameters:
systemStream - Object representing the appropriate stream of which this 
envelope will be sent on.
partitionKey - A key representing which partition of the systemStream to send 
this envelope on.
key - A deserialized key to be used for the message.
message - A deserialized message to be sent in this envelope.


and you call this method within a stream task's process() method and want to 
route the incoming messages to an appropriate partition, will Samza create the 
partitions for you when you call the method?

E.g.

MessageA = {"id": "idA", "key": "keyA", "body":"some details"}
MessageB = {"id": "idB", "key": "keyB", "body":"some more details"}


If I call within a stream task's process() where msg is a message instance:

public void process(IncomingMessageEnvelope envelope, MessageCollector 
collector, TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
    // ...
    String partition = msg["id"]
    String key = msg["key"]
    collector.send(new OutgoingMessageEnvelope(new SystemStream("kafka", 
"PartitionedMessages"), id, key, msg));
    // ...


Will this create partitions idA and idB automatically for me (i.e. do I need to 
have created these partitions before I send message to them)?

I want to be able to route a message to an appropriate partition and also to be 
able to log compaction with a separate message key.  I do not know in advance 
how many partitions I will need - is this compatible with the way Samza works?

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