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package org.apache.logging.log4j.kafka.appender;

import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;

/**
 * Creates <a href="https://kafka.apache.org/">Apache Kafka</a> {@link Producer} instances.
 */
public interface KafkaProducerFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new Kafka Producer from the given configuration properties.
     * 
     * @param config
     *            <a href="https://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#producerconfigs">Kafka Producer configuration
     *            properties.</a>
     * @return a new Kafka {@link Producer}.
     */
    Producer<byte[], byte[]> newKafkaProducer(Properties config);

}