KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel (Flink : Connectors : Kafka 3.0.2-1.17 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.internals.KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel

```
@Internal
public class KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel
extends Object
```
Magic values used to represent special offset states before partitions are actually read.
The values are all negative. Negative offsets are not used by Kafka (invalid), so we pick a number that is probably (hopefully) not used by Kafka as a magic number for anything else.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static long`	`EARLIEST_OFFSET`	Magic number that defines the partition should start from the earliest offset.
`static long`	`GROUP_OFFSET`	Magic number that defines the partition should start from its committed group offset in Kafka.
`static long`	`LATEST_OFFSET`	Magic number that defines the partition should start from the latest offset.
`static long`	`OFFSET_NOT_SET`	Magic number that defines an unset offset.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

static boolean isSentinel(long offset)
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - OFFSET_NOT_SET
```
public static final long OFFSET_NOT_SET
```
    Magic number that defines an unset offset.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EARLIEST_OFFSET
```
public static final long EARLIEST_OFFSET
```
    Magic number that defines the partition should start from the earliest offset.
    This is used as a placeholder so that the actual earliest offset can be evaluated lazily when the partition will actually start to be read by the consumer.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LATEST_OFFSET
```
public static final long LATEST_OFFSET
```
    Magic number that defines the partition should start from the latest offset.
    This is used as a placeholder so that the actual latest offset can be evaluated lazily when the partition will actually start to be read by the consumer.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - GROUP_OFFSET
```
public static final long GROUP_OFFSET
```
    Magic number that defines the partition should start from its committed group offset in Kafka.
    This is used as a placeholder so that the actual committed group offset can be evaluated lazily when the partition will actually start to be read by the consumer.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel
```
public KafkaTopicPartitionStateSentinel()
```
- Method Detail
  - isSentinel
```
public static boolean isSentinel(long offset)
```