title: kafka consumer Connection check
body: <p>I want to check the connection of the Kafka consumer at a remote location.</p>
  
  <p>It is possible to determine whether the consumer is allocated to the partition.</p>
  
  <p>At a remote location, i can get detailed information about the topic from the Kafka broker.</p>
  
  <p>But can the consumer guarantee that the consumer is able to receive the message that the consumer is matched to the topic's partition?</p>