Github user akumarb2010 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1027#discussion_r151890058
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contrib/storage-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/store/kafka/decoders/MessageReader.java
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+package org.apache.drill.exec.store.kafka.decoders;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.drill.common.expression.SchemaPath;
+import org.apache.drill.exec.store.kafka.KafkaStoragePlugin;
+import org.apache.drill.exec.vector.complex.impl.VectorContainerWriter;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.DrillBuf;
+
+/**
+ * MessageReader interface provides mechanism to handle various Kafka
Message
+ * Formats like JSON, AVRO or custom message formats.
+ */
+public interface MessageReader extends Closeable {
+
+ public void init(DrillBuf buf, List<SchemaPath> columns,
VectorContainerWriter writer, boolean allTextMode,
+ boolean skipOuterList, boolean readNumbersAsDouble);
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This is taken care.
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