KafkaSender.Builder (Zipkin Sender: Kafka 0.8 2.16.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- zipkin2.reporter.kafka08.KafkaSender.Builder

Enclosing class:

KafkaSender
```
public static final class KafkaSender.Builder
extends Object
```
Configuration including defaults needed to send spans to a Kafka topic.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`KafkaSender.Builder`	`bootstrapServers(String bootstrapServers)`	Initial set of kafka servers to connect to, rest of cluster will be discovered (comma separated).
`KafkaSender`	`build()`
`KafkaSender.Builder`	`encoding(zipkin2.codec.Encoding encoding)`	Use this to change the encoding used in messages.
`KafkaSender.Builder`	`messageMaxBytes(int messageMaxBytes)`	Maximum size of a message.
`KafkaSender.Builder`	`overrides(Map<String,?> overrides)`	By default, a producer will be created, targeted to `bootstrapServers(String)` with 0 required `acks`.
`KafkaSender.Builder`	`topic(String topic)`	Topic zipkin spans will be send to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - topic
```
public KafkaSender.Builder topic(String topic)
```
    Topic zipkin spans will be send to. Defaults to "zipkin"
  - bootstrapServers
```
public final KafkaSender.Builder bootstrapServers(String bootstrapServers)
```
    Initial set of kafka servers to connect to, rest of cluster will be discovered (comma separated). Ex "192.168.99.100:9092" No default
    
    See Also:
    
    ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG
  - messageMaxBytes
```
public KafkaSender.Builder messageMaxBytes(int messageMaxBytes)
```
    Maximum size of a message. Must be equal to or less than the server's "message.max.bytes". Default 500KB.
  - overrides
```
public KafkaSender.Builder overrides(Map<String,?> overrides)
```
    By default, a producer will be created, targeted to bootstrapServers(String) with 0 required acks. Any properties set here will affect the producer config.
    For example: Reduce the timeout blocking from one minute to 5 seconds.
    Map<String, String> overrides = new LinkedHashMap<>(); overrides.put(ProducerConfig.METADATA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_CONFIG, "5000"); builder.overrides(overrides);
    See Also:
    
    ProducerConfig
  - encoding
```
public KafkaSender.Builder encoding(zipkin2.codec.Encoding encoding)
```
    Use this to change the encoding used in messages. Default is Encoding.JSON
    Note: If ultimately sending to Zipkin, version 2.8+ is required to process protobuf.
  - build
```
public KafkaSender build()
```