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package org.apache.kafka.clients.admin;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Options for {@link Admin#alterConfigs(Map)}.
 *
 * The API of this class is evolving, see {@link Admin} for details.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class AlterConfigsOptions extends AbstractOptions<AlterConfigsOptions> {

    private boolean validateOnly = false;

    /**
     * Set the timeout in milliseconds for this operation or {@code null} if the default api timeout for the
     * AdminClient should be used.
     *
     */
    // This method is retained to keep binary compatibility with 0.11
    public AlterConfigsOptions timeoutMs(Integer timeoutMs) {
        this.timeoutMs = timeoutMs;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Return true if the request should be validated without altering the configs.
     */
    public boolean shouldValidateOnly() {
        return validateOnly;
    }

    /**
     * Set to true if the request should be validated without altering the configs.
     */
    public AlterConfigsOptions validateOnly(boolean validateOnly) {
        this.validateOnly = validateOnly;
        return this;
    }
}

@@ -942,24 +942,71 @@
  for %7B@link 
+Admin#incrementalAlterConfigs(Map)%7D and %7B@link 
 Admin#alterC

Update AlterConfigsOptions Javadoc (#8958)