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Posted to commits@kafka.apache.org by mj...@apache.org on 2021/04/12 22:17:38 UTC

[kafka] branch 2.8 updated: MINOR: Improve description of `max.poll.records` config (#10506)

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mjsax pushed a commit to branch 2.8
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka.git


The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/2.8 by this push:
     new 0e9ee42  MINOR: Improve description of `max.poll.records` config (#10506)
0e9ee42 is described below

commit 0e9ee4220366d365b4c7d15fea1689ef7d27e8dd
Author: Matthias J. Sax <ma...@confluent.io>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 12 14:02:24 2021 -0700

    MINOR: Improve description of `max.poll.records` config (#10506)
    
    Reviewers: Jason Gustafson <ja...@confluent.io>
---
 .../main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java   | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
index f34e293..f7a1dff 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ public class ConsumerConfig extends AbstractConfig {
 
     /** <code>max.poll.records</code> */
     public static final String MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG = "max.poll.records";
-    private static final String MAX_POLL_RECORDS_DOC = "The maximum number of records returned in a single call to poll().";
+    private static final String MAX_POLL_RECORDS_DOC = "The maximum number of records returned in a single call to poll()."
+        + " Note, that <code>" + MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG + "</code> does not impact the underlying fetching behavior."
+        + " The consumer will cache the records from each fetch request and returns them incrementally from each poll.";
 
     /** <code>max.poll.interval.ms</code> */
     public static final String MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG = CommonClientConfigs.MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG;