[KAFKA-9825] Kafka protocol BNF format should have some way to display tagged fields

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Dulvin Witharane
• Reporter: Colin McCabe
• Created: 06/Apr/20 20:12
• Updated: 02/May/20 13:27

Description

The Kafka protocol BNF format should have some way to display tagged fields. But in clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/protocol/Protocol.java , there is no special treatment for fields with a tag. Maybe something like FIELD_NAME<1> (where 1= the tag number) would work.