java_kafkasamples/src/main/java/KafkaAssignApp.java

import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Properties;

public class KafkaAssignApp {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Properties props = new Properties();
    KafkaConsumerCommon.configure(props);

    // The consumer Group ID is NOT required for assign;
    // props.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, "demo");

    KafkaConsumer<String, String> myConsumer = new KafkaConsumer<String, String>(props);

    ArrayList<TopicPartition> partitions = new ArrayList<TopicPartition>();
    TopicPartition myTopicPart0 = new TopicPartition(KafkaCommon.TOPIC, 0);
    TopicPartition myTopicPart1 = new TopicPartition(KafkaCommon.TOPIC, 1);
    partitions.add(myTopicPart0);
    // Will block poll if the partition does not exist.
    partitions.add(myTopicPart1);

    /* Don't let the consumer handle the partitions */
    myConsumer.assign(partitions);

    try {
      while (true) {
        KafkaConsumerCommon.process(myConsumer);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      myConsumer.close();
    }
  }

  private static void assignExamples(KafkaConsumer<String, String> c) {
    TopicPartition partition0 = new TopicPartition(KafkaCommon.TOPIC, 0);
    ArrayList<TopicPartition> partitions = new ArrayList<TopicPartition>();
    partitions.add(partition0);

    c.assign(partitions); // NOT incremental !
  }

}