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Getting Started to Quarkus Messaging with Apache Kafka

This guide demonstrates how your Quarkus application can utilize Quarkus Messaging to interact with Apache Kafka.

Requisitos previos

To complete this guide, you need:

Roughly 15 minutes
An IDE
JDK 17+ installed with JAVA_HOME configured appropriately
Apache Maven 3.9.9
Docker and Docker Compose or Podman, and Docker Compose
Optionally the Quarkus CLI if you want to use it
Optionally Mandrel or GraalVM installed and configured appropriately if you want to build a native executable (or Docker if you use a native container build)

Arquitectura

In this guide, we are going to develop two applications communicating with Kafka. The first application sends a quote request to Kafka and consumes Kafka messages from the quote topic. The second application receives the quote request and sends a quote back.

The first application, the producer, will let the user request some quotes over an HTTP endpoint. For each quote request a random identifier is generated and returned to the user, to mark the quote request as pending. At the same time, the generated request id is sent over a Kafka topic quote-requests.

The second application, the processor, will read from the quote-requests topic, put a random price to the quote, and send it to a Kafka topic named quotes.

Lastly, the producer will read the quotes and send them to the browser using server-sent events. The user will therefore see the quote price updated from pending to the received price in real-time.

Solución

Le recomendamos que siga las instrucciones de las siguientes secciones y cree las aplicaciones paso a paso. No obstante, puede ir directamente al ejemplo completado.

Clone el repositorio Git: git clone https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git o descargue un archivo.

The solution is located in the kafka-quickstart directory.

Creación del proyecto Maven

En primer lugar, tenemos que crear dos proyectos: el productor y el procesador.

Para crear el proyecto productor, en un terminal ejecute:

CLI

quarkus create app org.acme:kafka-quickstart-producer \
    --extension='rest-jackson,messaging-kafka' \
    --no-code

To create a Gradle project, add the --gradle or --gradle-kotlin-dsl option.

For more information about how to install and use the Quarkus CLI, see the Quarkus CLI guide.

Maven

mvn io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-maven-plugin:3.17.4:create \
    -DprojectGroupId=org.acme \
    -DprojectArtifactId=kafka-quickstart-producer \
    -Dextensions='rest-jackson,messaging-kafka' \
    -DnoCode

To create a Gradle project, add the -DbuildTool=gradle or -DbuildTool=gradle-kotlin-dsl option.

For Windows users:

If using cmd, (don’t use backward slash \ and put everything on the same line)
If using Powershell, wrap -D parameters in double quotes e.g. "-DprojectArtifactId=kafka-quickstart-producer"

This command creates the project structure and selects two Quarkus extensions we will be using:

Quarkus REST (formerly RESTEasy Reactive) and its Jackson support (to handle JSON) to serve the HTTP endpoint.
The Kafka connector for Reactive Messaging

Para crear el proyecto del procesador, desde el mismo directorio, ejecute:

CLI

quarkus create app org.acme:kafka-quickstart-processor \
    --extension='messaging-kafka' \
    --no-code

To create a Gradle project, add the --gradle or --gradle-kotlin-dsl option.

For more information about how to install and use the Quarkus CLI, see the Quarkus CLI guide.

Maven

mvn io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-maven-plugin:3.17.4:create \
    -DprojectGroupId=org.acme \
    -DprojectArtifactId=kafka-quickstart-processor \
    -Dextensions='messaging-kafka' \
    -DnoCode

To create a Gradle project, add the -DbuildTool=gradle or -DbuildTool=gradle-kotlin-dsl option.

For Windows users:

If using cmd, (don’t use backward slash \ and put everything on the same line)
If using Powershell, wrap -D parameters in double quotes e.g. "-DprojectArtifactId=kafka-quickstart-processor"

At that point, you should have the following structure:

.
├── kafka-quickstart-processor
│  ├── README.md
│  ├── mvnw
│  ├── mvnw.cmd
│  ├── pom.xml
│  └── src
│     └── main
│        ├── docker
│        ├── java
│        └── resources
│           └── application.properties
└── kafka-quickstart-producer
   ├── README.md
   ├── mvnw
   ├── mvnw.cmd
   ├── pom.xml
   └── src
      └── main
         ├── docker
         ├── java
         └── resources
            └── application.properties

Abra los dos proyectos en su IDE favorito.

Servicios de desarrollo

No need to start a Kafka broker when using the dev mode or for tests. Quarkus starts a broker for you automatically. See Dev Services for Kafka for details.

El objeto Cotización

The Quote class will be used in both producer and processor projects. For the sake of simplicity, we will duplicate the class. In both projects, create the src/main/java/org/acme/kafka/model/Quote.java file, with the following content:

package org.acme.kafka.model;

public class Quote {

    public String id;
    public int price;

    /**
    * Default constructor required for Jackson serializer
    */
    public Quote() { }

    public Quote(String id, int price) {
        this.id = id;
        this.price = price;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Quote{" +
                "id='" + id + '\'' +
                ", price=" + price +
                '}';
    }
}

JSON representation of Quote objects will be used in messages sent to the Kafka topic and also in the server-sent events sent to web browsers.

Quarkus has built-in capabilities to deal with JSON Kafka messages. In a following section, we will create serializer/deserializer classes for Jackson.

Envío de solicitud de presupuesto

Inside the producer project, create the src/main/java/org/acme/kafka/producer/QuotesResource.java file and add the following content:

package org.acme.kafka.producer;

import java.util.UUID;

import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
import jakarta.ws.rs.POST;
import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

import org.acme.kafka.model.Quote;
import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Channel;
import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Emitter;

@Path("/quotes")
public class QuotesResource {

    @Channel("quote-requests")
    Emitter<String> quoteRequestEmitter; (1)

    /**
     * Endpoint to generate a new quote request id and send it to "quote-requests" Kafka topic using the emitter.
     */
    @POST
    @Path("/request")
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    public String createRequest() {
        UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
        quoteRequestEmitter.send(uuid.toString()); (2)
        return uuid.toString(); (3)
    }
}

1	Inyectar una Mensajería Reactiva `Emitter` para enviar mensajes al canal `quote-requests`.
2	On a post request, generate a random UUID and send it to the Kafka topic using the emitter.
3	Return the same UUID to the client.

The quote-requests channel is going to be managed as a Kafka topic, as that’s the only connector on the classpath. If not indicated otherwise, like in this example, Quarkus uses the channel name as topic name. So, in this example, the application writes into the quote-requests topic. Quarkus also configures the serializer automatically, because it finds that the Emitter produces String values.

Si tiene varios conectores, deberá indicar qué conector desea utilizar en la configuración de la aplicación.

Tramitación de solicitudes de quota

Now let’s consume the quote request and give out a price. Inside the processor project, create the src/main/java/org/acme/kafka/processor/QuotesProcessor.java file and add the following content:

package org.acme.kafka.processor;

import java.util.Random;

import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;

import org.acme.kafka.model.Quote;
import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Incoming;
import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Outgoing;

import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.annotations.Blocking;

/**
 * A bean consuming data from the "quote-requests" Kafka topic (mapped to "requests" channel) and giving out a random quote.
 * The result is pushed to the "quotes" Kafka topic.
 */
@ApplicationScoped
public class QuotesProcessor {

    private Random random = new Random();

    @Incoming("requests") (1)
    @Outgoing("quotes")   (2)
    @Blocking             (3)
    public Quote process(String quoteRequest) throws InterruptedException {
        // simulate some hard working task
        Thread.sleep(200);
        return new Quote(quoteRequest, random.nextInt(100));
    }
}

1	Indicates that the method consumes the items from the `requests` channel.
2	Indicates that the objects returned by the method are sent to the `quotes` channel.
3	Indica que el procesamiento está bloqueando y no puede ser ejecutado en el hilo de la llamada.

For every Kafka record from the quote-requests topic, Reactive Messaging calls the process method, and sends the returned Quote object to the quotes channel. In this case, we need to configure the channel in the application.properties file, to configures the requests and quotes channels:

%dev.quarkus.http.port=8081

# Configure the incoming `quote-requests` Kafka topic
mp.messaging.incoming.requests.topic=quote-requests
mp.messaging.incoming.requests.auto.offset.reset=earliest

Note that in this case we have one incoming and one outgoing connector configuration, each one distinctly named. The configuration properties are structured as follows:

mp.messaging.[outgoing|incoming].{channel-name}.property=value

The channel-name segment must match the value set in the @Incoming and @Outgoing annotation:

quote-requests → Kafka topic from which we read the quote requests
quotes → Kafka topic in which we write the quotes

More details about this configuration is available on the Producer configuration and Consumer configuration section from the Kafka documentation. These properties are configured with the prefix kafka. An exhaustive list of configuration properties is available in Kafka Reference Guide - Configuration.

mp.messaging.incoming.requests.auto.offset.reset=earliest instructs the application to start reading the topics from the first offset, when there is no committed offset for the consumer group. In other words, it will also process messages sent before we start the processor application.

There is no need to set serializers or deserializers. Quarkus detects them, and if none are found, generates them using JSON serialization.

Recepción de presupuestos

Back to our producer project. Let’s modify the QuotesResource to consume quotes from Kafka and send them back to the client via Server-Sent Events:

import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;

...

@Channel("quotes")
Multi<Quote> quotes; (1)

/**
 * Endpoint retrieving the "quotes" Kafka topic and sending the items to a server sent event.
 */
@GET
@Produces(MediaType.SERVER_SENT_EVENTS) (2)
public Multi<Quote> stream() {
    return quotes; (3)
}

1	Inyecta el canal `quotes` utilizando el calificador `@Channel`
2	Indica que el contenido se envía utilizando `Server Sent Events`
3	Devuelve el flujo (Reactive Stream)

No need to configure anything, as Quarkus will automatically associate the quotes channel to the quotes Kafka topic. It will also generate a deserializer for the Quote class.

Message serialization in Kafka

In this example we used Jackson to serialize/deserialize Kafka messages. For more options on message serialization, see Kafka Reference Guide - Serialization.

We strongly suggest adopting a contract-first approach using a schema registry. To learn more about how to use Apache Kafka with the schema registry and Avro, follow the Using Apache Kafka with Schema Registry and Avro guide for Avro or you can follow the Using Apache Kafka with Schema Registry and JSON Schema guide..

La página HTML

Final touch, the HTML page requesting quotes and displaying the prices obtained over SSE.

Inside the producer project, create the src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/quotes.html file with the following content:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Prices</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/patternfly/3.24.0/css/patternfly.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/patternfly/3.24.0/css/patternfly-additions.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
    <div class="card">
        <div class="card-body">
            <h2 class="card-title">Quotes</h2>
            <button class="btn btn-info" id="request-quote">Request Quote</button>
            <div class="quotes"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script>
    $("#request-quote").click((event) => {
        fetch("/quotes/request", {method: "POST"})
        .then(res => res.text())
        .then(qid => {
            var row = $(`<h4 class='col-md-12' id='${qid}'>Quote # <i>${qid}</i> | <strong>Pending</strong></h4>`);
            $(".quotes").prepend(row);
        });
    });

    var source = new EventSource("/quotes");
    source.onmessage = (event) => {
      var json = JSON.parse(event.data);
      $(`#${json.id}`).html((index, html) => {
        return html.replace("Pending", `\$\xA0${json.price}`);
      });
    };
</script>
</html>

Nothing spectacular here. When the user clicks the button, HTTP request is made to request a quote, and a pending quote is added to the list. On each quote received over SSE, the corresponding item in the list is updated.

Ponerlo en marcha

You just need to run both applications. In one terminal, run:

mvn -f producer quarkus:dev

In another terminal, run:

mvn -f processor quarkus:dev

Quarkus starts a Kafka broker automatically, configures the application and shares the Kafka broker instance between different applications. See Dev Services for Kafka for more details.

Abra http://localhost:8080/quotes.html en su navegador y solicite algunos presupuestos haciendo clic en el botón.

Ejecución en modo JVM o nativo

When not running in dev or test mode, you will need to start your Kafka broker. You can follow the instructions from the Apache Kafka website or create a docker-compose.yaml file with the following content:

version: '3.5'

services:

  zookeeper:
    image: quay.io/strimzi/kafka:0.41.0-kafka-3.7.0
    command: [
      "sh", "-c",
      "bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties"
    ]
    ports:
      - "2181:2181"
    environment:
      LOG_DIR: /tmp/logs
    networks:
      - kafka-quickstart-network

  kafka:
    image: quay.io/strimzi/kafka:0.41.0-kafka-3.7.0
    command: [
      "sh", "-c",
      "bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties --override listeners=$${KAFKA_LISTENERS} --override advertised.listeners=$${KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS} --override zookeeper.connect=$${KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT}"
    ]
    depends_on:
      - zookeeper
    ports:
      - "9092:9092"
    environment:
      LOG_DIR: "/tmp/logs"
      KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
      KAFKA_LISTENERS: PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:9092
      KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
    networks:
      - kafka-quickstart-network

  producer:
    image: quarkus-quickstarts/kafka-quickstart-producer:1.0-${QUARKUS_MODE:-jvm}
    build:
      context: producer
      dockerfile: src/main/docker/Dockerfile.${QUARKUS_MODE:-jvm}
    depends_on:
      - kafka
    environment:
      KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    networks:
      - kafka-quickstart-network

  processor:
    image: quarkus-quickstarts/kafka-quickstart-processor:1.0-${QUARKUS_MODE:-jvm}
    build:
      context: processor
      dockerfile: src/main/docker/Dockerfile.${QUARKUS_MODE:-jvm}
    depends_on:
      - kafka
    environment:
      KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
    networks:
      - kafka-quickstart-network

networks:
  kafka-quickstart-network:
    name: kafkaquickstart

Make sure you first build both applications in JVM mode with:

mvn -f producer package
mvn -f processor package

Once packaged, run docker-compose up.

This is a development cluster, do not use in production.

You can also build and run our applications as native executables. First, compile both applications as native:

mvn -f producer package -Dnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true
mvn -f processor package -Dnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true

Run the system with:

export QUARKUS_MODE=native
docker-compose up --build

Ir más allá

This guide has shown how you can interact with Kafka using Quarkus. It utilizes SmallRye Reactive Messaging to build data streaming applications.

For the exhaustive list of features and configuration options, check the Reference guide for Apache Kafka Extension.

In this guide we explore how we can interact with Apache Kafka using the Quarkus Messaging extensions. Quarkus extension for Kafka also allows using Kafka clients directly.

Requisitos previos
Arquitectura
Solución
Creación del proyecto Maven
El objeto Cotización
Envío de solicitud de presupuesto
Tramitación de solicitudes de quota
Recepción de presupuestos
La página HTML
Ponerlo en marcha
Ejecución en modo JVM o nativo
Ir más allá

Getting Started to Quarkus Messaging with Apache Kafka

Requisitos previos

Arquitectura

Solución

Creación del proyecto Maven

El objeto Cotización

Envío de solicitud de presupuesto

Tramitación de solicitudes de quota

Recepción de presupuestos

La página HTML

Ponerlo en marcha

Ejecución en modo JVM o nativo

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