KafkaEventProcessorFactory (KIE :: Execution Server :: Services :: Kafka Extension 7.62.0.Final API)

```
public interface KafkaEventProcessorFactory
```
To be implemented by those interested on providing a custom serialization mechanism for Kafka and do not want to rely on caching and reflection mechanism provided by the default implementation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`close()`	Cleanup resources held by factory, if any (for example, a EventReader instance cache)
`KafkaEventReader`	`getEventReader(String topic, ClassLoader cl)`	Returns a KafkaEventReader to be used for the provided topic and classloader
`KafkaEventWriter`	`getEventWriter(String topic)`	Returns a KafkaEventWriter to be used for the provided topic
`default void`	`readerUndeployed(String topic, ClassLoader cl)`	To be implemented only by those factories using a reader cache

- Method Detail
  - getEventReader
```
KafkaEventReader getEventReader(String topic,
                                ClassLoader cl)
```
    Returns a KafkaEventReader to be used for the provided topic and classloader
    
    Parameters:
    
    topic - name of the topic
    
    cl - must be used to load classes
    
    Returns:
    
    KafkaEventReader instance, which might be a newly created instance or an already existing one
  - getEventWriter
```
KafkaEventWriter getEventWriter(String topic)
```
    Returns a KafkaEventWriter to be used for the provided topic
    
    Parameters:
    
    topic - name of the topic
    
    Returns:
    
    KafkaEventReader instance, typically the same instance per topic
  - close
```
default void close()
```
    Cleanup resources held by factory, if any (for example, a EventReader instance cache)
  - readerUndeployed
```
default void readerUndeployed(String topic,
                              ClassLoader cl)
```
    To be implemented only by those factories using a reader cache