Github user ottobackwards commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1099
Ok @justinleet thanks for the diagram. That really helps. I did not see
in the code how we were sending out to the sensor topic and then into the
sensor, I though the bolt was just calling the parser ( which makes the sensor
specific topic not make sense ). I think that this flow is a valid case, one
where the data could be coming from either an aggregated flow into the topic
*or* straight to the topic. My question looking at this, is why ( esp when
people are asking about reduction of kafka overhead ) can't we have the
*option* to eliminate the sensor topic completely?
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