I think I might have asked that question wrong. Let's say the final destination of the data will be into a format that isn't JSON. Let's say we dump it into HBASE or even into a parquet file. When should we parse the JSON to get the values?
Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA Principal Mass Street Analytics, LLC 913.938.6685 www.linkedin.com/in/bobwakefieldmba Twitter: @BobLovesData -----Original Message----- From: Affan Syed [mailto:as...@an10.io] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 3:32 AM To: users@kafka.apache.org Subject: Re: processing JSON Bob, serialization happens at both ends, and is entirely optional On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Adaryl Wakefield < adaryl.wakefi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Should you serialize JSON as part of the producer or consumer? > > Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA > Principal > Mass Street Analytics, LLC > 913.938.6685 > www.linkedin.com/in/bobwakefieldmba > Twitter: @BobLovesData > > -- - Affan