one consumerConnector or many?

In thinking about the design of consumption, we have in mind a generic
consumer server which would consume from more than one message type. The
handling of each type of message would be different. I suppose we could
have upwards of say 50 different message types, eventually, maybe 100+
different types. Which of the following designs would be best and why would
the other options be bad?

1) Have all message types go through one topic and use a dispatcher
pattern to select the correct handler. Use one consumerConnector.

2) Use a different topic for each message type, but still use one
consumerConnector and a dispatcher pattern.

3) Use a different topic for each message type and have a separate
consumerConnector for each topic.

I am struggling with whether my assumptions are correct. It seems that a
single connector for a topic would establish one socket to each broker, as
rebalancing assigns various partitions to that thread. Option 2 would pull
messages from more than one topic through a single socket to a particular
broker, is it so? Would option 3 be reasonable, establishing upwards of 100
sockets per broker?

I am guestimating that option 2 is the right way forward, to bound socket
use, and we'll need to figure out a way to parameterize stream consumption
with the right handlers for a particular msg type. If we add a topic, do
you think we should create a new connector or restart the original connector
with the new topic in the map?

Thanks,

rob