Github user alopresto commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1119#discussion_r82645819
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@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ categorizing them by their functions.
the content fetched from HDFS.
- *FetchS3Object*: Fetches the contents of an object from the Amazon Web
Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3). The outbound FlowFile contains the
contents
received from S3.
-- *GetKafka*: Consumes messages from Apache Kafka. The messages can be
emitted as a FlowFile per message or can be batched together using a
user-specified
- delimiter.
+- *GetKafka*: Fetches messages from Apache Kafka, specifically for 0.8.x
versions. The messages can be emitted as a FlowFile per message or can be
batched together using a user-specified delimiter.
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It's my understanding that this is the best solution for all versions prior
to and including `0.8.x`. I am not sure of compatibility with individual
versions, as Kafka does not maintain backward compatibility on minor releases,
but we don't have any other processors for `0.7.x`, etc.
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