[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-8819) Plugin path for converters not working as intended

["Magesh kumar Nandakumar (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Magesh kumar Nandakumar created KAFKA-8819:
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             Summary: Plugin path for converters not working as intended
                 Key: KAFKA-8819
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8819
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: KafkaConnect
            Reporter: Magesh kumar Nandakumar
            Assignee: Magesh kumar Nandakumar


KafakConnect allows all plugins to be available via a plugin path mechanism. This allows for classpath isolation. This is not working as designed under the following circumstances for Converters

 

I have 2 directories under plugin path `connector1` and `connector2`. I intend to use AvroConverter and its available in both the plugin directories. Under these circumstances, the Worker attempts to create the Converter available in the plugin director first which should ideally be deterministic but it's not because of the following reasons:-

 

[https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/aa4ba8eee8e6f52a9d80a98fb2530b5bcc1b9a11/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/Worker.java#L421] would lead to all configs of type Class to be loaded and this would mean that they are not loaded in the context of the connectors plugin loader. IIUC, the current loaded would be the DelegatingClassLoader . This would mean that the AvroConverter could potentially be loaded from connector2 plugin path while loading the class. This should be made deterministic as intended. Also, there could be instances where the Converter itself could potentially be using ServiceLoader and for that to work when the Converter is created & configured the current class loader should be set to the one corresponding to the converter.

 

 

 



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