[KAFKA-4783] KIP-128: Blackbox or pass through converter or ByteArrayConverter for connect

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0.0
• Component/s: connect
• Labels: needs-kip
• Assignee: Ewen Cheslack-Postava
• Reporter: Antony Stubbs
• Created: 21/Feb/17 18:55
• Updated: 12/May/17 04:04
• Resolved: 15/Mar/17 00:20

Description

Connect is missing a pass through converter / ByteArrayConverter that doesn't manipulate the message payload. This is needed for binary messages that don't have a plaintext, json or avro interpretation. For example, messages that contain a binary encoding of a proprietary or esoteric protocol, to be decoded later.

Currently there's a public class available here: https://github.com/qubole/streamx/blob/8b9d43008d9901b8e6020404f137944ed97522e2/src/main/java/com/qubole/streamx/ByteArrayConverter.java

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: KAFKA-4792 Kafka Connect: Add ByteArray Converter
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2599