Yes, backwards incompatibility is a problem when using Java/Scala object
serialization. At LinkedIn, we use Avro as the serialization format for
Kafka data.
Thanks,
Neha
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:58 AM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My app is in scala and a quick search on serializing a scala class seems to
> have potential issues with different versions of scala (I could be wrong as
> I did a quick search).
>
> Is it generally just a better idea to use plain old java classes for kafka
> messages?
>
> i.e. I simply use jackson like:
>
> public class User implements Serializable {
> ...
> }
>
> // kakfa
> val it = stream.iterator()
> while (it.hasNext()) {
> val messageAndTopic = it.next
>
> val user = mapper.readValue(messageAndTopic.message(), classOf[User])
>
