Tag Archives: serialization

Building Serde for Kafka Streams Application

Building Serde for Kafka Streams Application While developing Kafka Streams applications, I found myself requiring some utility code over and over. One such code is to build Serde for custom types. It is better if it is refactored into separate types and used when needed. It has two methods specificAvroSerde and genericAvroSerde. It must be… Continue reading »

Overriding Default Serialization for Kafka Connect – Be Careful

Overriding Default Serialization for Kafka Connect – Be Careful Serialization / Deserialization for Confluent platform can be sometimes tricky. There are certain defaults to the platform. As developers, it is our responsibility to understand the defaults and tweak the parts which are necessary. Even just a little mismatch can be sometimes very cumbersome and might… Continue reading »