ParseComponent will parse the yaml into a component.

ParseService the reader to a Service.

Component is a piece of a service that provides processors that accomplish a task.

Input is an edge of a processor that will take in messages from a topic.

Join is an edge of a processor that takes in a co-partitioned topic and provides the value to the processor by the key of the message.

Lookup is an edge of a processor that takes in a whole topic into a local key value database and makes it available to the processor by key.

MessageDefinitions define where to locate the schema for the messages.

Output is an edge of a processor that outputs into a kafka topic.

OutputSettings define how the service is generated.

Persistence is where the processor stores state data.

Processor processes kafka messages backed by a consumer group and sometimes with persistence.

Service is a description of a kafmesh service.

Sink is a job that will sink a topic to an external source.

Source is a producer into kafka.

TopicCreationDefinition describe how a topic should be created.

TopicDefaults are the default kafka settings for the service.

TopicDefinition describes how to get a topic name and the type of message its record is.

View is a view into kafka.

ViewSink is a job that will sync a kafka view to an external destination.

ViewSource is a job that will sync an external source into a kafka view.