cadonna commented on a change in pull request #9582: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/9582#discussion_r523061696
########## File path: streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/InternalTopologyBuilder.java ########## @@ -410,18 +410,6 @@ public final void addSource(final Topology.AutoOffsetReset offsetReset, } } - for (final Pattern otherPattern : earliestResetPatterns) { - if (topicPattern.pattern().contains(otherPattern.pattern()) || otherPattern.pattern().contains(topicPattern.pattern())) { - throw new TopologyException("Pattern " + topicPattern + " will overlap with another pattern " + otherPattern + " already been registered by another source"); - } - } - - for (final Pattern otherPattern : latestResetPatterns) { - if (topicPattern.pattern().contains(otherPattern.pattern()) || otherPattern.pattern().contains(topicPattern.pattern())) { - throw new TopologyException("Pattern " + topicPattern + " will overlap with another pattern " + otherPattern + " already been registered by another source"); - } - } - Review comment: Pattern `topic*` is contained in pattern `topic*A`. However, `topic*A` matches only a subset of `topic*`. So, they do not match exactly the same topics. But matching exactly the same topics is a pre-requisite for merging the source nodes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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