The new consumer development hasn't started yet. But we have a very detailed design doc <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+0.9+Consumer+Rewrite+Design> and JIRA <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1326> plan, if you'd like to contribute. The new client will be protocol compatible with the 0.8 broker.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Rajiv Kurian <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like the Kafka 0.9 consumer api. I want to start using it. Is it > available on maven or maybe as a downloadable jar ? If not what is the best > way to get it? > > Also wanted to ask if it the new client protocol is compatible with the 0.8 > broker. > > Thanks! >
