Re: Setting the consumer's offset

I wrote some code herethat resets the offset. You just need to be sure to set this as the consumer(s) is starting up. I'm not certain if it is the "right way

Re: Consume from X messages ago

mer/**SimpleConsumer.scala#L60< > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/core/src/main/scala/kafka/consumer/SimpleConsumer.scala#L60 > > > > > > > > > > > > You will need to set earliestOrLatest to -1 for the latest offset. >

Re: Consume from X messages ago

s exist of course, so you'd > need to handle that case. > > -David > > > On 3/19/13 11:04 AM, James Englert wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm using Kafka 0.8. I would like to setup a consumer to fetch the last >> 10,000 messages and then start consuming

Consume from X messages ago

Hi, I'm using Kafka 0.8. I would like to setup a consumer to fetch the last 10,000 messages and then start consuming messages. I see the configuration autooffset.reset, but that isn't quite what I want. I want only the last 10,000 messages. Is there a good way to achieve this in 0.8, besides j