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+log/
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/README.md b/examples/xf-word-count/README.md
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+# XF Word Count
+
+This is the classic 'word count' example done using transducers.
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/deps.edn b/examples/xf-word-count/deps.edn
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+{:paths
+ ["src" "resources"]
+
+ :deps
+ {fundingcircle/jackdaw {:mvn/version "0.6.9-transducers-SNAPSHOT"
+                         :exclusions [org.apache.zookeeper/zookeeper]}
+  org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.1"}
+  org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "0.4.1"}
+  org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams {:mvn/version "2.3.0"}
+  org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams-test-utils {:mvn/version "2.3.0"}
+  ch.qos.logback/logback-classic {:mvn/version "1.2.3"}
+  integrant {:mvn/version "0.7.0"}}
+
+ :aliases
+ {:dev
+  {:extra-paths ["dev" "../../dev"]
+   :extra-deps {integrant/repl {:mvn/version "0.3.1"}
+                danlentz/clj-uuid {:mvn/version "0.1.7"
+                                   :exclusions [primitive-math]}}}
+
+  :test
+  {:extra-paths ["test"]
+   :extra-deps {com.cognitect/test-runner {:git/url "https://github.com/cognitect-labs/test-runner.git"
+                                           :sha "028a6d41ac9ac5d5c405dfc38e4da6b4cc1255d5"}}
+   :main-opts ["-m" "cognitect.test-runner"]}}
+
+ :mvn/repos
+ {"confluent" {:url "https://packages.confluent.io/maven/"}}}
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/dev/user.clj b/examples/xf-word-count/dev/user.clj
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+(ns user
+  "Use this namespace for interactive development.
+
+  This namespace requires libs needed to reset the app and helpers
+  from `jackdaw.repl`. WARNING: Do no use `clj-refactor` (or
+  equivalent) to clean this namespace since these tools cannot tell
+  which libs are actually required."
+  (:gen-class)
+  (:require [clojure.string :as str]
+            [integrant.core :as ig]
+            [integrant.repl :refer [clear go halt prep init reset reset-all]]
+            [jackdaw.admin :as ja]
+            [jackdaw.serdes :as js]
+            [jackdaw.repl :refer :all]
+            [jackdaw.streams :as j]
+            [jackdaw.streams.xform :as jxf]
+            [xf-word-count :as xfwc])
+  (:import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformer
+           [org.apache.kafka.streams.state KeyValueStore Stores]
+           org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder))
+
+
+(def repl-config
+  "The development config.
+  When the 'dev' alias is active, this config will be used."
+  {:topology {:topology-builder xfwc/topology-builder
+              :xform xfwc/xf
+              :swap-fn jxf/kv-store-swap-fn}
+
+   :topics {:streams-config xfwc/streams-config
+            :client-config (select-keys xfwc/streams-config
+                                        ["bootstrap.servers"])
+            :topology (ig/ref :topology)}
+
+   :app {:streams-config xfwc/streams-config
+         :topology (ig/ref :topology)
+         :topics (ig/ref :topics)}})
+
+
+(defmethod ig/init-key :topology [_ {:keys [topology-builder xform swap-fn]}]
+  (let [streams-builder (j/streams-builder)]
+    ((topology-builder topic-metadata #(xform % swap-fn)) streams-builder)))
+
+(defmethod ig/init-key :topics [_ {:keys [streams-config client-config topology]
+                                   :as opts}]
+  (let [topic-metadata (topology->topic-metadata topology streams-config)]
+    (with-open [client (ja/->AdminClient client-config)]
+      (ja/create-topics! client (vals topic-metadata)))
+    (assoc opts :topic-metadata topic-metadata)))
+
+(defmethod ig/init-key :app [_ {:keys [streams-config topology] :as opts}]
+  (let [streams-app (j/kafka-streams topology streams-config)]
+    (j/start streams-app)
+    (assoc opts :streams-app streams-app)))
+
+(defmethod ig/halt-key! :topics [_ {:keys [client-config topic-metadata]}]
+  (let [re (re-pattern (str "(" (->> topic-metadata
+                                     keys
+                                     (map name)
+                                     (str/join "|"))
+                            ")"))]
+    (re-delete-topics client-config re)))
+
+(defmethod ig/halt-key! :app [_ {:keys [streams-config topics streams-app]}]
+  (j/close streams-app)
+  (destroy-state-stores streams-config)
+  (let [re (re-pattern (str "(" (get streams-config "application.id") ")"))]
+    (re-delete-topics (:client-config topics) re)))
+
+
+(integrant.repl/set-prep! (constantly repl-config))
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/resources/logback.xml b/examples/xf-word-count/resources/logback.xml
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+../../resources/logback.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/src/xf_word_count.clj b/examples/xf-word-count/src/xf_word_count.clj
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+(ns xf-word-count
+  "This is the classic 'word count' example done using transducers."
+  (:gen-class)
+  (:require [clojure.string :as str]
+            [clojure.tools.logging :refer [info]]
+            [jackdaw.serdes :as js]
+            [jackdaw.streams :as j]
+            [jackdaw.streams.xform :as jxf])
+  (:import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformer
+           [org.apache.kafka.streams.state KeyValueStore Stores]
+           org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder))
+
+
+(defn xf-running-total
+  [state swap-fn]
+  (fn [rf]
+    (fn
+      ([] (rf))
+      ([result] (rf result))
+      ([result input]
+       (let [next (as-> input %
+                    (swap-fn state #(merge-with (fnil + 0) %1 %2) %)
+                    (select-keys % (keys input))
+                    (map vec %))]
+         (rf result next))))))
+
+(defn xf
+  [state swap-fn]
+  (comp
+   (map (fn [x] (str/split x #" ")))
+   (map frequencies)
+   (xf-running-total state swap-fn)))
+
+
+(comment
+  ;; Use this comment block to explore Word Count using Clojure
+  ;; transducers.
+
+  ;; Launch a Clojure REPL:
+  ;; ```
+  ;; cd <path-to-jackdaw>/examples/xf-word-count
+  ;; clj -A:dev
+  ;; ```
+
+  ;; Emacs users: Open a project file, e.g. this one, and enter
+  ;; `M-x cider-jack-in`.
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (def coll
+    ["inside every large program"
+     "is a small program"
+     "struggling to get out"])
+
+  ;; Let's counts the words.
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (transduce (xf (atom {}) swap!) concat coll)
+
+  ;; You should see output like the following:
+  ;; (["inside" 1]
+  ;;  ["every" 1]
+  ;;  ["large" 1]
+  ;;  ["program" 1]
+  ;;  ["is" 1]
+  ;;  ["a" 1]
+  ;;  ["small" 1]
+  ;;  ["program" 2]
+  ;;  ["struggling" 1]
+  ;;  ["to" 1]
+  ;;  ["get" 1]
+  ;;  ["out" 1])
+
+  ;; This time, let's count the words using
+  ;; `jackdaw.streams.xform/fake-kv-store` which implements the
+  ;; KeyValueStore interface with overrides for get and put."
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (transduce (xf (jxf/fake-kv-store {}) jxf/kv-store-swap-fn) concat coll)
+
+  ;; You should see the same output.
+  )
+
+
+(def streams-config
+  {"application.id" "xf-word-count"
+   "bootstrap.servers" (or (System/getenv "BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS") "localhost:9092")
+   "cache.max.bytes.buffering" "0"})
+
+
+(defn topology-builder
+  [{:keys [input output] :as topics} xf]
+  (fn [builder]
+    (jxf/add-state-store! builder)
+    (-> (j/kstream builder input)
+        (jxf/transduce-kstream xf)
+        (j/to output))
+    builder))
+
+
+(comment
+  ;; Use this comment block to explore Word Count as a stream
+  ;; processing applicaton.
+
+  ;; For more detail, see the comment block in
+  ;; <path-to-jackdaw>/examples/word-count/src/word_count.clj
+
+  ;; Start ZooKeeper and Kafka:
+  ;; ```
+  ;; <path-to-directory>/bin/confluent local start kafka
+  ;; ```
+
+  ;; Launch a Clojure REPL:
+  ;; ```
+  ;; cd <path-to-jackdaw>/examples/xf-word-count
+  ;; clj -A:dev
+  ;; ```
+
+  ;; Emacs users: Open a project file, e.g. this one, and enter
+  ;; `M-x cider-jack-in`.
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (reset)
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (let [coll ["inside every large program"
+              "is a small program"
+              "struggling to get out"]]
+    (doseq [x coll]
+      (publish (:input topic-metadata) nil x)))
+
+  ;; Evaluate the form:
+  (get-keyvals (:output topic-metadata))
+
+  ;; You should see output like the following:
+  ;; (["inside" 1]
+  ;;  ["every" 1]
+  ;;  ["large" 1]
+  ;;  ["program" 1]
+  ;;  ["is" 1]
+  ;;  ["a" 1]
+  ;;  ["small" 1]
+  ;;  ["program" 2]
+  ;;  ["struggling" 1]
+  ;;  ["to" 1]
+  ;;  ["get" 1]
+  ;;  ["out" 1])
+  )
diff --git a/examples/xf-word-count/test/xf_word_count_test.clj b/examples/xf-word-count/test/xf_word_count_test.clj
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+(ns xf-word-count-test
+  (:gen-class)
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]
+            [jackdaw.serdes :as js]
+            [jackdaw.streams :as j]
+            [jackdaw.streams.protocols :as jsp]
+            [jackdaw.test :as jt]
+            [jackdaw.test.fixtures :as jtf]
+            [xf-word-count :as xfwc])
+  (:import java.util.Properties
+           org.apache.kafka.streams.TopologyTestDriver))
+
+(def test-config
+  {:broker-config {"bootstrap.servers" "localhost:9092"}
+   :topic-metadata {:input
+                    {:topic-name "input"
+                     :partition-count 1
+                     :replication-factor 1
+                     :key-serde (js/edn-serde)
+                     :value-serde (js/edn-serde)}
+
+                    :output
+                    {:topic-name "output"
+                     :partition-count 1
+                     :replication-factor 1
+                     :key-serde (js/edn-serde)
+                     :value-serde (js/edn-serde)}}
+  :app-config xfwc/streams-config
+  :enable? (System/getenv "BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS")})
+
+(defn topology-builder
+  [topic-metadata]
+  (xfwc/topology-builder topic-metadata #(xfwc/xf % xfwc/kv-store-swap-fn)))
+
+(defn props-for
+  [x]
+  (doto (Properties.)
+    (.putAll (reduce-kv (fn [m k v]
+                          (assoc m (str k) (str v)))
+                        {}
+                        x))))
+
+(def mock-transport-config
+  {:driver (let [streams-builder (j/streams-builder)
+                 topology ((topology-builder (:topic-metadata test-config)) streams-builder)]
+             (TopologyTestDriver. (.build (j/streams-builder* topology))
+                                  (props-for (:app-config test-config))))})
+
+(def test-transport
+  (jt/mock-transport mock-transport-config (:topic-metadata test-config)))
+
+(defn done?
+  [journal]
+  (= 12 (count (get-in journal [:topics :output]))))
+
+(def commands
+  [[:write! :input "inside every large program" {:key-fn (constantly "")}]
+   [:write! :input "is a small program" {:key-fn (constantly "")}]
+   [:write! :input "struggling to get out" {:key-fn (constantly "")}]
+   [:watch done? {:timeout 2000}]])
+
+(defn word-count
+  [journal word]
+  (->> (get-in journal [:topics :output])
+       (filter (fn [x] (= word (:key x))))
+       last
+       :value))
+
+(deftest test-xf-word-count
+  (jtf/with-fixtures [(jtf/integration-fixture topology-builder test-config)]
+    (jackdaw.test/with-test-machine test-transport
+      (fn [machine]
+        (let [{:keys [results journal]} (jackdaw.test/run-test machine commands)]
+
+          (is (= 1 (word-count journal "large")))
+          (is (= 2 (word-count journal "program"))))))))
diff --git a/src/jackdaw/streams/xform.clj b/src/jackdaw/streams/xform.clj
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+(ns jackdaw.streams.xform
+  "Helper functions for working with transducers."
+  (:gen-class)
+  (:require [jackdaw.serdes :as js]
+            [jackdaw.streams :as j])
+  (:import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformer
+           [org.apache.kafka.streams.state KeyValueStore Stores]
+           org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder))
+
+(defn fake-kv-store
+  "Creates an instance of org.apache.kafka.streams.state.KeyValueStore
+  with overrides for get and put."
+  [init]
+  (let [store (volatile! init)]
+    (reify KeyValueStore
+      (get [_ k]
+        (clojure.core/get @store k))
+
+      (put [_ k v]
+        (vswap! store assoc k v)))))
+
+(defn kv-store-swap-fn
+  "Takes an instance of KeyValueStore, a function f, and a map m, and
+  updates the store in a manner similar to `clojure.core/swap!`."
+  [^KeyValueStore store f m]
+  (let [prev (reduce (fn [m k]
+                       (assoc m k (.get store k)))
+                     {}
+                     (keys m))
+        next (f prev m)]
+    (doall (map (fn [[k v]] (.put store k v)) next))
+    next))
+
+(defn value-transformer
+  "Creates an instance of org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformer
+  with overrides for init, transform, and close."
+  [xf]
+  (let [ctx (atom nil)]
+    (reify
+      ValueTransformer
+      (init [_ context]
+        (reset! ctx context))
+      (transform [_ v]
+        (let [^KeyValueStore store (.getStateStore @ctx "transducer")]
+          (first (into [] (xf store) [v]))))
+      (close [_]))))
+
+(defn transduce-kstream
+  [kstream xf]
+  "Takes kstream and xf and transduces the stream."
+  (-> kstream
+      (j/transform-values (fn [] (value-transformer xf)) ["transducer"])
+      (j/flat-map (fn [[_ v]] v))))
+
+(defn add-state-store!
+  [builder]
+  "Takes a builder and adds a state store."
+  (doto ^StreamsBuilder (j/streams-builder* builder)
+    (.addStateStore (Stores/keyValueStoreBuilder
+                     (Stores/persistentKeyValueStore "transducer")
+                     (js/edn-serde)
+                     (js/edn-serde))))
+  builder)