Kafka for Developers - Data Contracts Using Schema Registry - Publish and Consume "Key" as an AVRO Record

This lecture covers how to use Avro records for both keys and values in Kafka. It explains creating an Avro schema, configuring producers and consumers to use Avro serializers and deserializers, and handling schema changes. The lecture also addresses schema incompatibility issues and demonstrates publishing and validating records in a Kafka environment.

What is the purpose of using the key value in a Kafka Abra record?

Describe the process of creating an AVSE file for the order ID.

What changes need to be made in the Maven XML to include the order ID?

Explain how the producer perspective is modified to use the Kafka Avro serializer.

How do you handle schema incompatibility issues when publishing records?

What steps are involved in restarting the local Kafka setup?

What is the significance of the schema registry in the context of Kafka records?