This application helps to understand how to send JSON objects using Kafka in realtime

1. Download and install the Kafka on Windows, name the folder as kafka under c:.
2. Configure the zookeeper.properties file under folder c:\kafka\config, dataDir=c:/kafka/zookeeper-data
3. Configure the server.properties file under folder c:\kafka\config, listeners=PLAINTEXT://127.0.0.1:9092 log.dirs=c:/kafka/kafka-logs
4. Run the zookeeper in a new command terminal using the command from path c:\kafka, .\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat .\config\zookeeper.properties
5. Run the kafka server in a new command terminal using the command from path c:\kafka, .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties
6. Run the topic creation in a new command terminal from path c:\kafka, .\bin\windows\kafka-topics.bat --create --topic TestTopic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1
7. Run the producer in a new command terminal to create the messages in topic TestTopic from path c:\kafka, .\bin\windows\kafka-console-producer.bat --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic TestTopic

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8. Run the consumer in a new command terminal to consume the messages from topic TestTopic on path c:\kafka, .\bin\windows\kafka-console-producer.bat --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic TestTopic