Jason,
If you specify a key for a message but do not explicitly wire in a
partitioner, messages with the same key will still land up in the same
partition. This is because we use a default partitioner that does a simple
hash(key) % num_partitions.
Thanks,
Neha
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jason Huang <jason.hu...@icare.com> wrote:
> Jun,
>
> Thanks for the response. If I understand you correctly, messages with
> the same key will not be automatically stored at the same partition
> unless I implement a partition function to route the message based on
> the key?
>
> The quick start guide for 0.7 has the following:
> "Send a message with a partition key. Messages with the same key are
> sent to the same partition
> ProducerData<String, String> data = new ProducerData<String,
> String>("test-topic", "test-key", "test-message");
> producer.send(data);"
>
> So... there is no simple way to send messages to a certain default
> partition in 0.8?
>
> thanks,
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jason,
> >
> > In 0.8, each message can optionally have a key. The key is retained as
> part
> > of the message and will be stored in the broker. One can design a
> partition
> > function to route the message based on the key. The default partitioner
> > ignores the key and selects a partition at random.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jun
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Jason Huang <jason.hu...@icare.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I did some search on the web but couldn't find any documentation for
> >> 0.8 so I am trying to ask here:
> >>
> >> KeyedMessage is introduced in 0.8.0:
> >> class KeyedMessage[K, V](val topic: String, val key: K, val message: V)
> >>
> >> Does the parameter "key" = "partition key"?
> >>
> >> If I build a KeyedMessage with a specific key string, then the message
> >> will be stored to this partition, right?
> >>
> >> If I build a KeyedMessage without a key, then the message will be
> >> distributed to a random partition belonging to this topic? Or will it
> >> always use a certain default partition?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
>
