https://devops-monk.com/tags/kafkatemplate/Recent content in Kafkatemplate on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/kafka-producer-basics/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/kafka-producer-basics/How a Spring Kafka Producer Works KafkaTemplate is the central Spring Kafka class for sending messages. It wraps the native Kafka KafkaProducer, manages serialization, and provides a Spring-friendly API for sending records. flowchart LR App["Your Service\n(OrderService)"] KT["KafkaTemplate\n(Spring Kafka)"] Buffer["Producer Buffer\n(RecordAccumulator)"] Sender["Sender Thread\n(NetworkClient)"] Broker["Kafka Broker\n(Leader Partition)"] App -->|"send(topic, key, value)"| KT KT -->|serialize + route| Buffer Buffer -->|batch when full\nor linger.ms elapsed| Sender Sender -->|ProduceRequest| Broker Broker -->|ProduceResponse| Sender Sender -->|callback| App The send is asynchronous by default — KafkaTemplate.