[KAFKA-10431] ProducerPerformance with payloadFile arg: add support for sequential or random outputs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.1
• Component/s: tools
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Zaahir Laher
• Created: 25/Aug/20 13:17
• Updated: 12/Oct/20 08:59

Description

When using ProducerPerformance  with the --payloadFile argument with a file with multiple payloads (i.e the default is one payload per line) , the ProducerPerformance randomly chooses payloads from the file. 

This could result in the same payload being sent, which may not be the desired result in some cases. 

It would be useful to all have another argument that allows for sequence payload submission if required. If left blank this arg would default to false (i.e default random selection).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9225