Functions
  
rstring createMessageRemoveTopicPartition(list<tuple<rstring topic, int32 partition>> topicPartitionsToRemove)
  
Creates the JSON message to remove multiple topic-partitions from the operator.
 
Parameters
 
   - 
topicPartitionsToRemove: specifies a list of topic partitions to remove 
   
Returns
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A JSON string to be submitted to the KafkaConsumer input port
rstring createMessageAddTopicPartition(list<tuple<rstring topic, int32 partition, int64 offset>> topicPartitionsToAdd)
  
Creates the JSON message to add multiple topic-partitions to the operator. The operator will begin consuming from the topic-partitions at the specified offset,
-  To begin consuming from the end of a topic-partition, set the offset value to -1
-  To begin consuming from the beginning of a topic-partition, set the offset value to -2
 
 
Parameters
 
   - 
topicPartitionsToAdd: A list of topic-partitions to subscribe to along with the corresponding offset number to begin consuming from. 
   
Returns
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A JSON string to be submitted to the KafkaConsumer input port
rstring createMessageRemoveTopicPartition(rstring topic, int32 partition)
  
Creates the JSON message to remove a single topic-partition from the operator.
 
Parameters
 
   - 
topic: The topic to unsubscribe from
   
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partition: The partition to unsubscribe from  
   
Returns
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A JSON string to be submitted to the KafkaConsumer input port
rstring createMessageAddTopicPartition(rstring topic, int32 partition, int64 offset)
  
Creates the JSON message to add a single topic-partition to the operator and to begin consuming at the specified offset.
-  To begin consuming from the end of a topic-partition, set the offset value to -1
-  To begin consuming from the beginning of a topic-partition, set the offset value to -2
 
 
Parameters
 
   - 
topic: The topic to subscribe to
   
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partition: The partition number to assign to
   
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offset: The offset of the topic-partition to begin consuming from 
   
Returns
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A JSON string to be submitted to the KafkaConsumer input port