I see.
This makes sense.
thanks Neha,
Jason
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> >>
>>
