[FLINK-2372] Update KafkaSink to use new Producer API

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Connectors / Kafka
• Assignee: Robert Metzger
• Reporter: Robert Metzger
• Created: 17/Jul/15 10:17
• Updated: 27/Apr/21 18:04
• Resolved: 07/Sep/15 15:36

Description

Flink's Kafka Sink is using Kafka's old Producer API, which is has very poor performance and a limited API.

I'll implement a new KafkaSink which is using the new API.