GitHub user lujinhong opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1186
add private constructor to KafkaUtils Since all of the methods and fields are static, I think it is a good idea to add a private constructor to KafkaUtils to avoid been constructed. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/lujinhong/storm private_constructor Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1186.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #1186 ---- commit 27a724e2f232d5bcf22ce00ecc0090bbba0bb3ed Author: jinhong-lu <lu_jin_h...@163.com> Date: 2016-03-04T14:53:06Z add private constructor for Utils class ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---