Thanks Ted.
KafkaWordCount (producer) does not operate on a DStream[T]
```scala
object KafkaWordCountProducer {
def main(args: Array[String]) {
if (args.length < 4) {
System.err.println("Usage: KafkaWordCountProducer
<metadataBrokerList> <topic> " +
"<messagesPerSec> <wordsPerMessage>")
System.exit(1)
}
val Array(brokers, topic, messagesPerSec, wordsPerMessage) = args
// Zookeeper connection properties
val props = new HashMap[String, Object]()
props.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, brokers)
props.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG,
"org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
props.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG,
"org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
val producer = new KafkaProducer[String, String](props)
// Send some messages
while(true) {
(1 to messagesPerSec.toInt).foreach { messageNum =>
val str = (1 to wordsPerMessage.toInt).map(x =>
scala.util.Random.nextInt(10).toString)
.mkString(" ")
val message = new ProducerRecord[String, String](topic, null, str)
producer.send(message)
}
Thread.sleep(1000)
}
}
}
```
Also, doing:
```
object KafkaSink {
def send(brokers: String, sc: SparkContext, topic: String, key:
String, value: String) =
getInstance(brokers, sc).value.send(new ProducerRecord(topic,
key, value))
}
KafkaSink.send(brokers, sparkContext)(outputTopic, record._1, record._2)
```
Doesn't work either, the result is:
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.spark.SparkException: Task not
serializable
Thanks!
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In KafkaWordCount , the String is sent back and producer.send() is called.
>
> I guess if you don't find via solution in your current design, you can
consider the above.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Alexander Gallego <agall...@concord.io>
wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I understand that you cannot serialize Kafka Producer.
>>
>> So I've tried:
>>
>> (as suggested here
https://forums.databricks.com/questions/369/how-do-i-handle-a-task-not-serializable-exception.html)
>>
>> - Make the class Serializable - not possible
>>
>> - Declare the instance only within the lambda function passed in map.
>>
>> via:
>>
>> // as suggested by the docs
>>
>>
>> ```scala
>>
>> kafkaOut.foreachRDD(rdd => {
>> rdd.foreachPartition(partition => {
>> val producer = new KafkaProducer(..)
>> partition.foreach { record =>
>> producer.send(new ProducerRecord(outputTopic, record._1,
record._2)
>> }
>> producer.close()
>> })
>> }) // foreachRDD
>>
>>
>> ```
>>
>> - Make the NotSerializable object as a static and create it once per
machine.
>>
>> via:
>>
>>
>> ```scala
>>
>>
>> object KafkaSink {
>> @volatile private var instance: Broadcast[KafkaProducer[String,
String]] = null
>> def getInstance(brokers: String, sc: SparkContext):
Broadcast[KafkaProducer[String, String]] = {
>> if (instance == null) {
>> synchronized {
>> println("Creating new kafka producer")
>> val props = new java.util.Properties()
>> .......
>> instance = sc.broadcast(new KafkaProducer[String, String](props))
>> sys.addShutdownHook {
>> instance.value.close()
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> instance
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> ```
>>
>>
>>
>> - Call rdd.forEachPartition and create the NotSerializable object in
there like this:
>>
>> Same as above.
>>
>>
>> - Mark the instance @transient
>>
>> Same thing, just make it a class variable via:
>>
>>
>> ```
>> @transient var producer: KakfaProducer[String,String] = null
>> def getInstance() = {
>> if( producer == null ) {
>> producer = new KafkaProducer()
>> }
>> producer
>> }
>>
>> ```
>>
>>
>> However, I get serialization problems with all of these options.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> - Alex
>>
>
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Co-Founder & CTO
