Hi Sergio, The short answer is that Kafka is a log, not a message queue. When you read a Kafka entry, you're reading from a position in the log--not popping or peeking from a queue.
If you want all the gritty details, I suggest you read this article, and then check out the Kafka docs: http://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-what-every-software-engineer-should-know-about-real-time-datas-unifying http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html Best Jake K Dodd > On May 28, 2015, at 00:16, Sergio Fernández <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > using a KafkaSpout I realized that my topology does not consume the topics > from Kafka (i.e., next time I run the topology the old topics are still > there). Probably it's a misunderstanding from my side, but, how should I tell > my topology that those entries should no remain there once they have been > processed? > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > > > -- > Sergio Fernández > Partner Technology Manager > Redlink GmbH > m: +43 6602747925 > e: [email protected] > w: http://redlink.co
