public static <K, V> Map.Entry<K, V> mkEntry(final K k, final V v) {
        return new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(k, v);
    }
Creates a map entry (for use with {@link Utils#mkMap(java.util.Map.Entry[])})

@param k   The key
@param v   The value
@param <K> The key type
@param <V> The value type
@return An entry
clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java