modify the ConsumerFactory and KafkaListenerContainerFactory to deserialize the Greeting message correctly:
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@Bean
public ConsumerFactory<String, Greeting> greetingConsumerFactory() {
// ...
return new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(
props,
new StringDeserializer(),
new JsonDeserializer<>(Greeting.class));
}
@Bean
public ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, Greeting>
greetingKafkaListenerContainerFactory() {
ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, Greeting> factory =
new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<>();
factory.setConsumerFactory(greetingConsumerFactory());
return factory;
}
@KafkaListener(
topics = "topicName",
containerFactory = "greetingKafkaListenerContainerFactory")
public void greetingListener(Greeting greeting) {
// process greeting message
}
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-kafka#4-adding-message-filter-for-listeners