KIP-1122 — Create a dedicated data module for Kafka Connect data classes
Discussion Connect
Extracts the Kafka Connect data format classes (Schema, Struct, SchemaBuilder, etc.) from the `connect-api` module into a standalone `connect-data` module. This removes the coupling that forces non-Connect projects to depend on the entire Connect API just to use Kafka's structured data model.
Details
| Author | Mario Fiore Vitale |
| Status | Discussion |
| JIRA | KAFKA-18299 |
| Wiki | View on Apache Wiki |
| Created | 2024-12-18 |
| Last Modified | 2025-01-03 |
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