KafkaClientFactory (Camel :: Kafka 3.17.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultKafkaClientFactory
```
public interface KafkaClientFactory
```
Factory to create a new Kafka Consumer and Kafka Producer instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getBrokers(KafkaConfiguration configuration)`	URL of the Kafka brokers to use.
`org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer`	`getConsumer(Properties kafkaProps)`	Creates a new instance of the Kafka `Consumer` class.
`org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer`	`getProducer(Properties kafkaProps)`	Creates a new instance of the Kafka `Producer` class.

- Method Detail
  - getProducer
```
org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer getProducer(Properties kafkaProps)
```
    Creates a new instance of the Kafka Producer class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    kafkaProps - The producer configs.
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of Kafka producer.
  - getConsumer
```
org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer getConsumer(Properties kafkaProps)
```
    Creates a new instance of the Kafka Consumer class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    kafkaProps - The consumer configs.
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of Kafka consumer.
  - getBrokers
```
String getBrokers(KafkaConfiguration configuration)
```
    URL of the Kafka brokers to use. The format is host1:port1,host2:port2, and the list can be a subset of brokers or a VIP pointing to a subset of brokers.
    This option is known as bootstrap.servers in the Kafka documentation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    configuration - the configuration