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package org.apache.kafka.connect.sink;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.connector.Connector;

/**
 * SinkConnectors implement the Connector interface to send Kafka data to another system.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public abstract class SinkConnector extends Connector {

    /**
     * 
     * Configuration key for the list of input topics for this connector.
     * 
     * 
     * Usually this setting is only relevant to the Kafka Connect framework, but is provided here for
     * the convenience of Connector developers if they also need to know the set of topics.
     * 
     */
    public static final String TOPICS_CONFIG = "topics";

}