KEFCore: Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™

KEFCore is the Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™. Based on KNet it allows to use Apache Kafka™ as a distributed database and more.

Libraries and Tools

Core	Templates	Json Serialization	Avro Serialization	Protobuf Serialization

IMPORTANT NOTE: till the first major version, all releases shall be considered not stable: this means the API public, or internal, can change without notice.

Pipelines

Project disclaimer

KEFCore is a project, curated by MASES Group, can be supported by the open-source community.

Its primary scope is to support other, public or internal, MASES Group projects: open-source community and commercial entities can use it for their needs and support this project, moreover there are dedicated community and commercial subscription plans.

The repository code and releases may contain bugs, the release cycle depends from critical discovered issues and/or enhancement requested from this or other projects.

Looking for the help of Entity Framework Core and Apache Kafka™ experts? MASES Group can help you design, build, deploy, and manage Entity Framework Core and Apache Kafka™ applications.

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Scope of the project

This project aims to create a provider to access the information stored within an Apache Kafka™ cluster using the paradigm behind Entity Framework. The project is based on available information within the official EntityFrameworkCore repository, many classes was copied from there as reported in the official documentation within the Microsoft website at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/writing-a-provider.

Community and Contribution

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This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to coc_reporting@masesgroup.com.

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Summary

• Getting started
• How it works
• Usage
• Use cases
• Templates usage
• Serialization
• External application
• Roadmap
• Current state

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Runtime engine

KEFCore uses KNet, and indeed JCOBridge with its features, to obtain many benefits:

• Cyber-security:
  • JVM and CLR, or CoreCLR, runs in the same process, but are insulated from each other;
  • JCOBridge does not make any code injection into JVM;
  • JCOBridge does not use any other communication mechanism than JNI;
  • .NET (CLR) inherently inherits the cyber-security levels of running JVM and Apache Kafka™;
• Direct access the JVM from any .NET application:
  • Any Java/Scala class behind Apache Kafka™ can be directly managed: Consumer, Producer, Administration, Streams, Server-side, and so on;
  • No need to learn new APIs: we try to expose the same APIs in C# style;
  • No extra validation cycle on protocol and functionality: bug fix, improvements, new features are immediately available;
  • Documentation is shared.

JCOBridge resources

Have a look at the following JCOBridge resources:

• Release notes
• Community Edition
• Commercial Edition
• Latest release:

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KAFKA is a registered trademark of The Apache Software Foundation. KEFCore has no affiliation with and is not endorsed by The Apache Software Foundation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. EntityFramework is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.