The CData ADO.NET Provider for Apache Kafka implements the ApacheKafkaProviderFactory class to enable you to write generic data access code to Apache Kafka through the ADO.NET base classes.

Creating Data Access Objects with ApacheKafkaProviderFactory

The following sections show how to use the ApacheKafkaProviderFactory class to create objects like ApacheKafkaConnection, ApacheKafkaCommand, and ApacheKafkaDataAdapter in a generic way.

Register and Configure DbConnections

Register the provider to the configuration context and define the DbProviderFactory and DbConnection objects. See Creating DbConnections for a guide.

Querying Using DbCommands

Executing DbCommands describes how to use an existing DbProviderFactory and DbConnection object to execute queries to Apache Kafka.