KAFKA-8305: support default partitions & replication factor in AdminClient#createTopic

build.gradle

@@ -939,6 +939,8 @@ project(':clients') {
     compile libs.lz4
     compile libs.snappy
     compile libs.slf4jApi
+    compile libs.scalaJava8Compat
+
     compileOnly libs.jacksonDatabind // for SASL/OAUTHBEARER bearer token parsing
     compileOnly libs.jacksonJDK8Datatypes
 

clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/NewTopic.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.kafka.clients.admin;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.CreateTopicsRequestData.CreatableReplicaAssignment;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.CreateTopicsRequestData.CreatableTopic;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.CreateTopicsRequestData.CreateableTopicConfig;
@@ -31,16 +32,29 @@
  * A new topic to be created via {@link AdminClient#createTopics(Collection)}.
  */
 public class NewTopic {
+
+    private static final int NO_PARTITIONS = -1;
+    private static final short NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR = -1;
+
     private final String name;
-    private final int numPartitions;
-    private final short replicationFactor;
+    private final Optional<Integer> numPartitions;
+    private final Optional<Short> replicationFactor;
     private final Map<Integer, List<Integer>> replicasAssignments;
     private Map<String, String> configs = null;
 
     /**
      * A new topic with the specified replication factor and number of partitions.
      */
     public NewTopic(String name, int numPartitions, short replicationFactor) {
+        this(name, Optional.of(numPartitions), Optional.of(replicationFactor));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A new topic that optionally defaults {@code numPartitions} and {@code replicationFactor} to
+     * the broker configurations for {@code num.partitions} and {@code default.replication.factor}
+     * respectively.
+     */
+    public NewTopic(String name, Optional<Integer> numPartitions, Optional<Short> replicationFactor) {
         this.name = name;
         this.numPartitions = numPartitions;
         this.replicationFactor = replicationFactor;
@@ -56,8 +70,8 @@ public NewTopic(String name, int numPartitions, short replicationFactor) {
      */
     public NewTopic(String name, Map<Integer, List<Integer>> replicasAssignments) {
         this.name = name;
-        this.numPartitions = -1;
-        this.replicationFactor = -1;
+        this.numPartitions = Optional.empty();
+        this.replicationFactor = Optional.empty();
         this.replicasAssignments = Collections.unmodifiableMap(replicasAssignments);
     }
 
@@ -72,14 +86,14 @@ public String name() {
      * The number of partitions for the new topic or -1 if a replica assignment has been specified.
      */
     public int numPartitions() {
-        return numPartitions;
+        return numPartitions.orElse(NO_PARTITIONS);
     }
 
     /**
      * The replication factor for the new topic or -1 if a replica assignment has been specified.
      */
     public short replicationFactor() {
-        return replicationFactor;
+        return replicationFactor.orElse(NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,8 +125,8 @@ public Map<String, String> configs() {
     CreatableTopic convertToCreatableTopic() {
         CreatableTopic creatableTopic = new CreatableTopic().
             setName(name).
-            setNumPartitions(numPartitions).
-            setReplicationFactor(replicationFactor);
+            setNumPartitions(numPartitions.orElse(NO_PARTITIONS)).
+            setReplicationFactor(replicationFactor.orElse(NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR));
         if (replicasAssignments != null) {
             for (Entry<Integer, List<Integer>> entry : replicasAssignments.entrySet()) {
                 creatableTopic.assignments().add(
@@ -136,8 +150,8 @@ CreatableTopic convertToCreatableTopic() {
     public String toString() {
         StringBuilder bld = new StringBuilder();
         bld.append("(name=").append(name).
-                append(", numPartitions=").append(numPartitions).
-                append(", replicationFactor=").append(replicationFactor).
+                append(", numPartitions=").append(numPartitions.map(String::valueOf).orElse("default")).
+                append(", replicationFactor=").append(replicationFactor.map(String::valueOf).orElse("default")).
                 append(", replicasAssignments=").append(replicasAssignments).
                 append(", configs=").append(configs).
                 append(")");

clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/CreateTopicsRequest.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.common.requests;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.CreateTopicsRequestData;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.CreateTopicsRequestData.CreatableTopic;
@@ -24,8 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.ApiKeys;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.Struct;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 public class CreateTopicsRequest extends AbstractRequest {
     public static class Builder extends AbstractRequest.Builder<CreateTopicsRequest> {
         private final CreateTopicsRequestData data;
@@ -40,6 +41,23 @@ public CreateTopicsRequest build(short version) {
             if (data.validateOnly() && version == 0)
                 throw new UnsupportedVersionException("validateOnly is not supported in version 0 of " +
                         "CreateTopicsRequest");
+
+            final List<String> topicsWithDefaults = data.topics()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(topic -> topic.assignments().isEmpty())
+                .filter(topic ->
+                    topic.numPartitions() == CreateTopicsRequest.NO_NUM_PARTITIONS
+                        || topic.replicationFactor() == CreateTopicsRequest.NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR)
+                .map(CreatableTopic::name)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+            if (!topicsWithDefaults.isEmpty() && version < 4) {
+                throw new UnsupportedVersionException("Creating topics with default "
+                    + "partitions/replication factor are only supported in CreateTopicRequest "
+                    + "version 4+. The following topics need values for partitions and replicas: "
+                    + topicsWithDefaults);
+            }
+
             return new CreateTopicsRequest(data, version);
         }
 

clients/src/main/resources/common/message/CreateTopicsRequest.json

@@ -18,16 +18,17 @@
   "type": "request",
   "name": "CreateTopicsRequest",
   // Version 1 adds validateOnly.
-  "validVersions": "0-3",
+  // Version 4 makes partitions/replicationFactor optional even when assignments are not present (KIP-464)
+  "validVersions": "0-4",
   "fields": [
     { "name": "Topics", "type": "[]CreatableTopic", "versions": "0+",
       "about": "The topics to create.", "fields": [
       { "name": "Name", "type": "string", "versions": "0+", "mapKey": true, "entityType": "topicName",
         "about": "The topic name." },
       { "name": "NumPartitions", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+",
-        "about": "The number of partitions to create in the topic, or -1 if we are specifying a manual partition assignment." },
+        "about": "The number of partitions to create in the topic, or -1 if we are either specifying a manual partition assignment or using the default partitions." },
       { "name": "ReplicationFactor", "type": "int16", "versions": "0+",
-        "about": "The number of replicas to create for each partition in the topic, or -1 if we are specifying a manual partition assignment." },
+        "about": "The number of replicas to create for each partition in the topic, or -1 if we are either specifying a manual partition assignment or using the default replication factor." },
       { "name": "Assignments", "type": "[]CreatableReplicaAssignment", "versions": "0+",
         "about": "The manual partition assignment, or the empty array if we are using automatic assignment.", "fields": [
         { "name": "PartitionIndex", "type": "int32", "versions": "0+", "mapKey": true,

clients/src/main/resources/common/message/CreateTopicsResponse.json

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   // Version 1 adds a per-topic error message string.
   // Version 2 adds the throttle time.
   // Starting in version 3, on quota violation, brokers send out responses before throttling.
-  "validVersions": "0-3",
+  // Version 4 makes partitions/replicationFactor optional even when assignments are not present (KIP-464)
+  "validVersions": "0-4",
   "fields": [
     { "name": "ThrottleTimeMs", "type": "int32", "versions": "2+", "ignorable": true,
       "about": "The duration in milliseconds for which the request was throttled due to a quota violation, or zero if the request did not violate any quota." },

clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestResponseTest.java

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.CreateAclsRequest.AclCreation;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.CreateAclsResponse.AclCreationResponse;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.CreatePartitionsRequest.PartitionDetails;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.CreateTopicsRequest.Builder;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.DeleteAclsResponse.AclDeletionResult;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.DeleteAclsResponse.AclFilterResponse;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.FindCoordinatorRequest.CoordinatorType;
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
 import static org.apache.kafka.test.TestUtils.toBuffer;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -644,6 +646,28 @@ public void testCreateTopicRequestV0FailsIfValidateOnly() {
         createCreateTopicRequest(0, true);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateTopicRequestV3FailsIfNoPartitionsOrReplicas() {
+        final UnsupportedVersionException exception = assertThrows(
+            UnsupportedVersionException.class, () -> {
+                CreateTopicsRequestData data = new CreateTopicsRequestData()
+                    .setTimeoutMs(123)
+                    .setValidateOnly(false);
+                data.topics().add(new CreatableTopic().
+                    setName("foo").
+                    setNumPartitions(CreateTopicsRequest.NO_NUM_PARTITIONS).
+                    setReplicationFactor((short) 1));
+                data.topics().add(new CreatableTopic().
+                    setName("bar").
+                    setNumPartitions(1).
+                    setReplicationFactor(CreateTopicsRequest.NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR));
+
+                new Builder(data).build((short) 3);
+            });
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("supported in CreateTopicRequest version 4+"));
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("[foo, bar]"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFetchRequestMaxBytesOldVersions() throws Exception {
         final short version = 1;

core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/TopicCommand.scala

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import kafka.zk.{AdminZkClient, KafkaZkClient}
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.CommonClientConfigs
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.{ListTopicsOptions, NewPartitions, NewTopic, AdminClient => JAdminClient}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition
-import org.apache.kafka.common.config.{ConfigResource, TopicConfig}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigResource.Type
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.{ConfigResource, TopicConfig}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.{InvalidTopicException, TopicExistsException}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.internals.Topic
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.JaasUtils
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NodeExistsException
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection._
+import scala.compat.java8.OptionConverters._
 import scala.io.StdIn
 
 object TopicCommand extends Logging {
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ object TopicCommand extends Logging {
   class CommandTopicPartition(opts: TopicCommandOptions) {
     val name: String = opts.topic.get
     val partitions: Option[Integer] = opts.partitions
-    val replicationFactor: Integer = opts.replicationFactor.getOrElse(-1)
+    val replicationFactor: Option[Integer] = opts.replicationFactor
     val replicaAssignment: Option[Map[Int, List[Int]]] = opts.replicaAssignment
     val configsToAdd: Properties = parseTopicConfigsToBeAdded(opts)
     val configsToDelete: Seq[String] = parseTopicConfigsToBeDeleted(opts)
@@ -172,14 +173,21 @@ object TopicCommand extends Logging {
   case class AdminClientTopicService private (adminClient: JAdminClient) extends TopicService {
 
     override def createTopic(topic: CommandTopicPartition): Unit = {
-      if (topic.replicationFactor > Short.MaxValue)
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"The replication factor's maximum value must be smaller or equal to ${Short.MaxValue}")
+      if (topic.replicationFactor.exists(rf => rf > Short.MaxValue || rf < 1))
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"The replication factor must be between 1 and ${Short.MaxValue} inclusive")
+      if (topic.partitions.exists(partitions => partitions < 1))
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"The partitions must be greater than 0")
 
       if (!adminClient.listTopics().names().get().contains(topic.name)) {
         val newTopic = if (topic.hasReplicaAssignment)
           new NewTopic(topic.name, asJavaReplicaReassignment(topic.replicaAssignment.get))
-        else
-          new NewTopic(topic.name, topic.partitions.get, topic.replicationFactor.shortValue())
+        else {
+          new NewTopic(
+            topic.name,
+            topic.partitions.asJava,
+            topic.replicationFactor.map(_.toShort).map(Short.box).asJava)
+        }
+
         val configsMap = topic.configsToAdd.stringPropertyNames()
           .asScala
           .map(name => name -> topic.configsToAdd.getProperty(name))
@@ -289,7 +297,7 @@ object TopicCommand extends Logging {
         if (topic.hasReplicaAssignment)
           adminZkClient.createTopicWithAssignment(topic.name, topic.configsToAdd, topic.replicaAssignment.get)
         else
-          adminZkClient.createTopic(topic.name, topic.partitions.get, topic.replicationFactor, topic.configsToAdd, topic.rackAwareMode)
+          adminZkClient.createTopic(topic.name, topic.partitions.get, topic.replicationFactor.get, topic.configsToAdd, topic.rackAwareMode)
         println(s"Created topic ${topic.name}.")
       } catch  {
         case e: TopicExistsException => if (!topic.ifTopicDoesntExist()) throw e
@@ -538,11 +546,11 @@ object TopicCommand extends Logging {
                            .describedAs("name")
                            .ofType(classOf[String])
     private val partitionsOpt = parser.accepts("partitions", "The number of partitions for the topic being created or " +
-      "altered (WARNING: If partitions are increased for a topic that has a key, the partition logic or ordering of the messages will be affected")
+      "altered (WARNING: If partitions are increased for a topic that has a key, the partition logic or ordering of the messages will be affected). If not supplied for create, defaults to the cluster default.")
                            .withRequiredArg
                            .describedAs("# of partitions")
                            .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
-    private val replicationFactorOpt = parser.accepts("replication-factor", "The replication factor for each partition in the topic being created.")
+    private val replicationFactorOpt = parser.accepts("replication-factor", "The replication factor for each partition in the topic being created. If not supplied, defaults to the cluster default.")
                            .withRequiredArg
                            .describedAs("replication factor")
                            .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
@@ -633,7 +641,7 @@ object TopicCommand extends Logging {
         CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, topicOpt)
       if (!has(listOpt) && !has(describeOpt))
         CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, topicOpt)
-      if (has(createOpt) && !has(replicaAssignmentOpt))
+      if (has(createOpt) && !has(replicaAssignmentOpt) && has(zkConnectOpt))
         CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, partitionsOpt, replicationFactorOpt)
       if (has(bootstrapServerOpt) && has(alterOpt)) {
         CommandLineUtils.checkInvalidArgsSet(parser, options, Set(bootstrapServerOpt, configOpt), Set(alterOpt))

core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/AdminManager.scala

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class AdminManager(val config: KafkaConfig,
 
   def hasDelayedTopicOperations = topicPurgatory.numDelayed != 0
 
+  private val defaultNumPartitions = config.numPartitions.intValue()
+  private val defaultReplicationFactor = config.defaultReplicationFactor.shortValue()
+
   /**
     * Try to complete delayed topic operations with the request key
     */
@@ -95,8 +98,15 @@ class AdminManager(val config: KafkaConfig,
           throw new InvalidRequestException("Both numPartitions or replicationFactor and replicasAssignments were set. " +
             "Both cannot be used at the same time.")
         }
+
+        val resolvedNumPartitions = if (topic.numPartitions == NO_NUM_PARTITIONS)
+          defaultNumPartitions else topic.numPartitions
+        val resolvedReplicationFactor = if (topic.replicationFactor == NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR)
+          defaultReplicationFactor else topic.replicationFactor
+
         val assignments = if (topic.assignments().isEmpty) {
-          AdminUtils.assignReplicasToBrokers(brokers, topic.numPartitions, topic.replicationFactor)
+          AdminUtils.assignReplicasToBrokers(
+            brokers, resolvedNumPartitions, resolvedReplicationFactor)
         } else {
           val assignments = new mutable.HashMap[Int, Seq[Int]]
           // Note: we don't check that replicaAssignment contains unknown brokers - unlike in add-partitions case,
@@ -115,9 +125,9 @@ class AdminManager(val config: KafkaConfig,
 
             // Use `null` for unset fields in the public API
             val numPartitions: java.lang.Integer =
-              if (topic.numPartitions == NO_NUM_PARTITIONS) null else topic.numPartitions
+              if (topic.assignments().isEmpty) resolvedNumPartitions else null
             val replicationFactor: java.lang.Short =
-              if (topic.replicationFactor == NO_REPLICATION_FACTOR) null else topic.replicationFactor
+              if (topic.assignments().isEmpty) resolvedReplicationFactor else null
             val javaAssignments = if (topic.assignments().isEmpty) {
               null
             } else {