Java Kafka producer example

We have covered different configurations and APIs in previous sections. Let's start coding one simple Java producer, which will help you create your own Kafka producer.

Prerequisite

• IDE: We recommend that you use a Scala-supported IDE such as IDEA, NetBeans, or Eclipse. We have used JetBrains IDEA:
  https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/.
• Build tool: Maven, Gradle, or others. We have used Maven to build our project.
• Pom.xml: Add Kafka dependency to the pom file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
    <artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
    <version>0.10.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Java:

import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
import org.apache.kafka...