Configuring and Importing Sample Projects

Obtain the sample project folder.

Obtain the sample project folder kafka-examples in the src directory where the sample code is decompressed. For details, see Obtaining the MRS Application Development Sample Project.
Copy the all the cluster configuration file obtained in section Preparing the Configuration Files for Connecting to the Cluster to the kafka-examples\src\main\resources directory of the sample project.
After installing the IntelliJ IDEA and JDK tools, configure JDK in IntelliJ IDEA.
1. Open IntelliJ IDEA and click Configure.
  Figure 1 Quick Start
2. Choose Project Defaults > Project Structure.
  Figure 2 Configure
3. In the displayed Project Structure for New Projects interface, click SDKs. Then click the plus sign (+) and choose JDK.
  Figure 3 Project Structure for New Projects
4. In the displayed Select Home Directory for JDK interface, select the JDK directory, and click OK.
  Figure 4 Select Home Directory for JDK
5. Click OK.
  Figure 5 Completing the JDK configuration
Import the sample project to the IntelliJ IDEA development environment.
1. Start IntelliJ IDEA and choose Open.
  The Browse Folder dialog box is displayed.
2. Select a sample project folder, and click OK.
3. After the import is complete, check that the imported sample projects are displayed on the IDEA home page.
4. Right-click pom.xml and choose Add as Maven Project from the shortcut menu to add the project as a Maven project. If the "pom.xml" icon is displayed as , go to the next step.
Set the Maven version used by the project.
1. Choose File > Settings... from the main menu of IntelliJ IDEA.
  Figure 6 Settings
2. Choose Build, Execution, Deployment > Maven and set Maven home directory to the Maven version installed on the local PC.
  Set User settings file and Local repository as you need, and click Apply > OK.
  Figure 7 Selecting the local Maven installation directory
Set the IntelliJ IDEA text file coding format to prevent garbled characters.
1. On the IntelliJ IDEA menu bar, choose File > Settings.
  The Settings window is displayed.
2. In the left navigation pane, choose Editor > File Encodings. In the Project Encoding and Global Encoding areas, set the parameter to UTF-8. Click Apply and OK, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8 Setting the IntelliJ IDEA encoding format