@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public RoutingKafkaTemplate routingTemplate(GenericApplicationContext context,
            ProducerFactory<Object, Object> pf) {

        // Clone the PF with a different Serializer, register with Spring for shutdown
        Map<String, Object> configs = new HashMap<>(pf.getConfigurationProperties());
        configs.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, ByteArraySerializer.class);
        DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<Object, Object> bytesPF = new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<>(configs);
        context.registerBean("bytesPF", DefaultKafkaProducerFactory.class, () -> bytesPF);

        Map<Pattern, ProducerFactory<Object, Object>> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        map.put(Pattern.compile("two"), bytesPF);
        map.put(Pattern.compile(".+"), pf); // Default PF with StringSerializer
        return new RoutingKafkaTemplate(map);
    }

    @Bean
    public ApplicationRunner runner(RoutingKafkaTemplate routingTemplate) {
        return args -> {
            routingTemplate.send("one", "thing1");
            routingTemplate.send("two", "thing2".getBytes());
        };
    }

}

@Bean
public ProducerFactory<Integer, CustomValue> producerFactory() {
    return new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<>(producerConfigs(), null, () -> new CustomValueSerializer());
}

@Bean
public KafkaTemplate<Integer, CustomValue> kafkaTemplate() {
    return new KafkaTemplate<Integer, CustomValue>(producerFactory());
}

void updateConfigs(Map<String, Object> updates);

void removeConfig(String configKey);

RequestReplyFuture<K, V, R> sendAndReceive(ProducerRecord<K, V> record);

RequestReplyFuture<K, V, R> sendAndReceive(ProducerRecord<K, V> record,
    Duration replyTimeout);

@SpringBootApplication
public class KRequestingApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(KRequestingApplication.class, args).close();
    }

    @Bean
    public ApplicationRunner runner(ReplyingKafkaTemplate<String, String, String> template) {
        return args -> {
            if (!template.waitForAssignment(Duration.ofSeconds(10))) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Reply container did not initialize");
            }
            ProducerRecord<String, String> record = new ProducerRecord<>("kRequests", "foo");
            RequestReplyFuture<String, String, String> replyFuture = template.sendAndReceive(record);
            SendResult<String, String> sendResult = replyFuture.getSendFuture().get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            System.out.println("Sent ok: " + sendResult.getRecordMetadata());
            ConsumerRecord<String, String> consumerRecord = replyFuture.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            System.out.println("Return value: " + consumerRecord.value());
        };
    }

    @Bean
    public ReplyingKafkaTemplate<String, String, String> replyingTemplate(
            ProducerFactory<String, String> pf,
            ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, String> repliesContainer) {

        return new ReplyingKafkaTemplate<>(pf, repliesContainer);
    }

    @Bean
    public ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, String> repliesContainer(
            ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String> containerFactory) {

        ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, String> repliesContainer =
                containerFactory.createContainer("kReplies");
        repliesContainer.getContainerProperties().setGroupId("repliesGroup");
        repliesContainer.setAutoStartup(false);
        return repliesContainer;
    }

    @Bean
    public NewTopic kRequests() {
        return TopicBuilder.name("kRequests")
            .partitions(10)
            .replicas(2)
            .build();
    }

    @Bean
    public NewTopic kReplies() {
        return TopicBuilder.name("kReplies")
            .partitions(10)
            .replicas(2)
            .build();
    }

}

template.setReplyErrorChecker(record -> {
    Header error = record.headers().lastHeader("serverSentAnError");
    if (error != null) {
        return new MyException(new String(error.value()));
    }
    else {
        return null;
    }
});

...

RequestReplyFuture<Integer, String, String> future = template.sendAndReceive(record);
try {
    future.getSendFuture().get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // send ok
    ConsumerRecord<Integer, String> consumerRecord = future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    ...
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
    ...
}
catch (ExecutionException e) {
    if (e.getCause instanceof MyException) {
        ...
    }
}
catch (TimeoutException e) {
    ...
}

@SpringBootApplication
public class KReplyingApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(KReplyingApplication.class, args);
    }

    @KafkaListener(id="server", topics = "kRequests")
    @SendTo // use default replyTo expression
    public String listen(String in) {
        System.out.println("Server received: " + in);
        return in.toUpperCase();
    }

    @Bean
    public NewTopic kRequests() {
        return TopicBuilder.name("kRequests")
            .partitions(10)
            .replicas(2)
            .build();
    }

    @Bean // not required if Jackson is on the classpath
    public MessagingMessageConverter simpleMapperConverter() {
        MessagingMessageConverter messagingMessageConverter = new MessagingMessageConverter();
        messagingMessageConverter.setHeaderMapper(new SimpleKafkaHeaderMapper());
        return messagingMessageConverter;
    }

}

record.headers().add(new RecordHeader(KafkaHeaders.REPLY_TOPIC, "kReplies".getBytes()));

@Bean
public ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, String> replyContainer(
        ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String> containerFactory) {

    ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<String, String> container = containerFactory.createContainer("topic2");
    container.getContainerProperties().setGroupId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()); // unique
    Properties props = new Properties();
    props.setProperty(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG, "latest"); // so the new group doesn't get old replies
    container.getContainerProperties().setKafkaConsumerProperties(props);
    return container;
}

@KafkaListener(id = "requestor", topics = "request")
@SendTo
public Message<?> messageReturn(String in) {
    return MessageBuilder.withPayload(in.toUpperCase())
            .setHeader(KafkaHeaders.TOPIC, replyTo)
            .setHeader(KafkaHeaders.KEY, 42)
            .setHeader(KafkaHeaders.CORRELATION_ID, correlation)
            .build();
}

@KafkaListener(id = "requestor", topics = "request")
@SendTo  // default REPLY_TOPIC header
public Message<?> messageReturn(String in) {
    return MessageBuilder.withPayload(in.toUpperCase())
            .setHeader(KafkaHeaders.KEY, 42)
            .build();
}

AggregatingReplyingKafkaTemplate<Integer, String, String> template =
        new AggregatingReplyingKafkaTemplate<>(producerFactory, container,
                        coll -> coll.size() == releaseSize);
...
RequestReplyFuture<Integer, String, Collection<ConsumerRecord<Integer, String>>> future =
        template.sendAndReceive(record);
future.getSendFuture().get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // send ok
ConsumerRecord<Integer, Collection<ConsumerRecord<Integer, String>>> consumerRecord =
        future.get(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

/**
 * Pseudo topic name for the "outer" {@link ConsumerRecords} that has the aggregated
 * results in its value after a normal release by the release strategy.
 */
public static final String AGGREGATED_RESULTS_TOPIC = "aggregatedResults";

/**
 * Pseudo topic name for the "outer" {@link ConsumerRecords} that has the aggregated
 * results in its value after a timeout.
 */
public static final String PARTIAL_RESULTS_AFTER_TIMEOUT_TOPIC = "partialResultsAfterTimeout";