Github user Deepnekroz commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/986#issuecomment-170855250
Hello @darionyaphet ! Yes, `KafkaJavaApiSpout` is using Kafka 0.9 Consumer
API, and `KafkaSpout` is retained for backward compatibility. It also will work
with Kafka 0.9, because they left old API, but it is deprecated for now.
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