The following are sample encoder/decoder in java.
class StringEncode implements Encoder<String> {
private String encoding = null;
public StringEncoder(VerifiableProperties props) {
if(props == null)
encoding = "UTF8";
else
encoding = props.getString("serializer.encoding", "UTF8");
}
public byte[] def toBytes(String s) {
if(s == null)
return null;
else
return s.getBytes(encoding);
}
}
class StringDecoder implements Decoder<String> {
private String encoding = null;
public StringDecoder(VerifiableProperties props) {
if(props == null)
encoding = "UTF8";
else
encoding = props.getString("serializer.encoding", "UTF8");
}
public String fromBytes(byte bytes[]) {
return new String(bytes, encoding);
}
}
Thanks,
Jun
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Chris Curtin <curtin.ch...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Jun
>
> I've added #1 and #2.
>
> I'll need to think about where to put #3, maybe even adding a 'tips and
> tricks' section?
>
> I've not had to do any encoder/decoders. Can anyone else offer some example
> code I can incorporate into an example?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > Thanks. This is very helpful. I linked your wiki pages to our website. A
> > few more comments:
> >
> > 1. Producer: The details of the meaning of request.required.acks are
> > described in http://kafka.apache.org/08/configuration.html. It would be
> > great if you can add a link to the description in your wiki.
> >
> > 2. High level consumer: Could you add the proper way of stopping the
> > consumer? One just need to call consumer.shutdown(). After this is
> called,
> > hasNext() call in the Kafka stream iterator will return false.
> >
> > 3. SimpleConsumer: We have the following api that returns the offset of
> the
> > last message exposed to the consumer. The difference btw high watermark
> and
> > the offset of the last consumed message tells you how many messages the
> > consumer is behind the broker.
> > highWatermark(topic: String, partition: Int)
> >
> > Finally, it would be great if you can extend the wiki with customized
> > encoder (Producer) and decoder (Consumer) at some point.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jun
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Chris Curtin <curtin.ch...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've tested my examples with the new (4/30) release and they work, so
> > I've
> > > updated the documentation.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks. I also updated your producer example to reflect a recent
> config
> > > > change (broker.list => metadata.broker.list).
> > > >
> > > > Jun
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Chris Curtin <
> curtin.ch...@gmail.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks, I missed that the addition of consumers can cause a
> > re-balance.
> > > > > Thought it was only on Leader changes.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've updated the wording in the example.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll pull down the beta and test my application then change the
> names
> > > on
> > > > > the properties.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Chris
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Basically, every time a consumer joins a group, every consumer in
> > the
> > > > > > groups gets a ZK notification and each of them tries to own a
> > subset
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > total number of partitions. A given partition is only assigned to
> > one
> > > > of
> > > > > > the consumers in the same group. Once the ownership is
> determined,
> > > each
> > > > > > consumer consumes messages coming from its partitions and manages
> > the
> > > > > > offset of those partitions. Since at any given point of time, a
> > > > partition
> > > > > > is only owned by one consumer, there won't be conflicts on
> updating
> > > the
> > > > > > offsets. More details are described in the "consumer rebalancing
> > > > > algorithm"
> > > > > > section of http://kafka.apache.org/07/design.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jun
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Chris Curtin <
> > > curtin.ch...@gmail.com
> > > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jun, can you explain this a little better? I thought when using
> > > > > Consumer
> > > > > > > Groups that on startup Kafka connects to ZooKeeper and finds
> the
> > > last
> > > > > > read
> > > > > > > offset for every partition in the topic being requested for the
> > > > group.
> > > > > > That
> > > > > > > is then the starting point for the consumer threads.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If a second process starts while the first one is running with
> > the
> > > > same
> > > > > > > Consumer Group, won't the second one read the last offsets
> > consumed
> > > > by
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > already running process and start processing from there? Then
> as
> > > the
> > > > > > first
> > > > > > > process syncs consumed offsets, won't the 2nd process's next
> > update
> > > > > > > overwrite them?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Chris
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Chris,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks for the writeup. Looks great overall. A couple of
> > > comments.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 1. At the beginning, it sounds like that one can't run
> multiple
> > > > > > processes
> > > > > > > > of consumers in the same group. This is actually not true. We
> > can
> > > > > > create
> > > > > > > > multiple instances of consumers for the same group in the
> same
> > > JVM
> > > > or
> > > > > > > > different JVMs. The consumers will auto-balance among
> > themselves.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 2. We have changed the name of some config properties.
> > > > > > > > auto.commit.interval.ms is correct. However, zk.connect,
> > > > > > > > zk.session.timeout.ms and zk.sync.time.ms are changed to
> > > > > > > > zookeeper.connect,
> > > > > > > > zookeeper.session.timeout.ms, and zookeeper.sync.time.ms,
> > > > > > respectively.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I will add a link to your wiki in our website.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks again.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Jun
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Chris Curtin <
> > > > > curtin.ch...@gmail.com
> > > > > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Jun,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I finished and published it this morning:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Consumer+Group+Example
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > One question: when documenting the ConsumerConfig
> parameters
> > I
> > > > > > couldn't
> > > > > > > > > find a description for the 'auto.commit.interval.ms'
> > setting.
> > > I
> > > > > > found
> > > > > > > > one
> > > > > > > > > for 'autocommit.interval.ms' (no '.' between auto and
> > commit)
> > > in
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > Google
> > > > > > > > > Cache only. Which spelling is it? Also is my description of
> > it
> > > > > > correct?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'll take a look at custom encoders later this week. Today
> > and
> > > > > > Tuesday
> > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > going to be pretty busy.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Please let me know if there are changes needed to the High
> > > Level
> > > > > > > Consumer
> > > > > > > > > page.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Chris
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Jun Rao <
> jun...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Chris,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Any update of the high level consumer example?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Also, in the Producer example, it would be useful to
> > describe
> > > > how
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > write
> > > > > > > > > > a customized encoder. One subtle thing is that the
> encoder
> > > > needs
> > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > constructor that takes a a single VerifiableProperties
> > > > argument (
> > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-869).
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Jun
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