diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
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+++ b/build.gradle
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+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  apply from: file('gradle/buildscript.gradle'), to: buildscript
+}
+
+allprojects {
+  apply plugin: 'idea'
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+}
+
+apply from: file('gradle/license.gradle')
+
+subprojects {
+  apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+  apply plugin: 'maven'
+  apply plugin: 'signing'
+
+  uploadArchives {
+    repositories {
+      signing {
+            sign configurations.archives
+          
+        
+      mavenDeployer {
+        beforeDeployment { MavenDeployment deployment -> signing.signPom(deployment) }
+        repository(url: "${mavenUrl}") {
+          authentication(userName: "${mavenUsername}", password: "${mavenPassword}")
+        }
+        pom.artifactId = "kafka_${scalaVersion}"
+        pom.project {
+          name 'Apache Kafka'
+          packaging 'jar'
+          url 'http://kafka.apache.org'
+          licenses {
+            license {
+              name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+              url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+              distribution 'repo'
+            }
+          }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  tasks.withType(ScalaCompile) {
+    scalaCompileOptions.useAnt = false
+    configure(scalaCompileOptions.forkOptions) {
+      memoryMaximumSize = '1g'
+      jvmArgs = ['-XX:MaxPermSize=512m']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+task build_2_9_1 (type: GradleBuild) {
+  buildFile = './build.gradle'
+  tasks = ['clean', 'build']
+  startParameter.projectProperties = [scalaVersion: "2.9.1"]
+}
+
+task build_2_9_2 (type: GradleBuild) {
+  buildFile = './build.gradle'
+  tasks = ['clean', 'build']
+  startParameter.projectProperties = [scalaVersion: "2.9.2"]
+}
+
+task build_2_10_0 (type: GradleBuild) {
+  buildFile = './build.gradle'
+  tasks = ['clean', 'build']
+  startParameter.projectProperties = [scalaVersion: "2.10.0"]
+}
+
+task build_all (type: GradleBuild, dependsOn: ['build_2_9_1', 'build_2_9_2']) {
+
+}
+
+
+project(':core') {
+  println "Building project 'core' with Scala version $scalaVersion"
+
+  apply plugin: 'scala'
+
+  def (major, minor, trivial) = scalaVersion.tokenize('.')
+
+  if(major.toInteger() >= 2 && minor.toInteger() >= 9) {
+     sourceSets {
+       main {
+         scala {
+           exclude 'kafka/utils/Annotations_2.8.scala'
+         }
+       }
+     }
+  } else {
+     sourceSets {
+       main {
+         scala {
+           exclude 'kafka/utils/Annotations_2.9+.scala'
+         }
+       }
+     }
+  }
+
+  dependencies {
+    compile "org.scala-lang:scala-library:$scalaVersion"
+    compile 'com.101tec:zkclient:0.3'
+    compile 'com.yammer.metrics:metrics-core:2.2.0'
+    compile 'com.yammer.metrics:metrics-annotation:2.2.0'
+    compile 'net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.2'
+    compile 'org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.0.4.1'
+
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.1'
+    testCompile 'org.easymock:easymock:3.0'
+    testCompile 'org.objenesis:objenesis:1.2'
+    testCompile 'org.scalatest:scalatest:1.2'
+
+    scalaTools "org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:$scalaVersion"
+    scalaTools "org.scala-lang:scala-library:$scalaVersion"
+
+    zinc 'com.typesafe.zinc:zinc:0.2.5'
+  }
+}
+
+project(':perf') {
+  println "Building project 'perf' with Scala version $scalaVersion"
+
+  apply plugin: 'scala'
+  dependencies {
+    compile project(':core')
+    compile 'net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.2'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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+++ b/gradle.properties
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+group=org.apache.kafka
+version=0.8.1
+scalaVersion=2.9.1
+task=build
diff --git a/gradle/buildscript.gradle b/gradle/buildscript.gradle
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index 0000000..225e0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/buildscript.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+repositories {
+  repositories {
+    // For license plugin.
+    maven {
+      url 'http://dl.bintray.com/content/netflixoss/external-gradle-plugins/'
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  classpath 'nl.javadude.gradle.plugins:license-gradle-plugin:0.6.1'
+}
diff --git a/gradle/license.gradle b/gradle/license.gradle
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+++ b/gradle/license.gradle
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+subprojects {
+  apply plugin: 'license'
+
+  license {
+    header rootProject.file('HEADER')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
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+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Thu Jul 11 22:18:11 PDT 2013
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.6-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
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+++ b/gradlew
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
+if $cygwin ; then
+    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >&-
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
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+include 'core', 'perf'