mumrah commented on a change in pull request #8841: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8841#discussion_r438870452
########## File path: clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/SubscriptionState.java ########## @@ -978,7 +1000,7 @@ public boolean hasValidPosition() { @Override public boolean hasPosition() { Review comment: I thought about this too, but if i recall, the whole point of adding the state enum was to not rely on the instance variables to deduce the state. I think another solution here would be to have some kind of empty position monad to avoid the null in the first place. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org