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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var producer sarama.AsyncProducer
+var topic string
+
+// Event defines structure for bbsim events
+type Event struct {
+	EventType string
+	OnuSerial string
+	OltID     int
+	IntfID    int32
+	OnuID     int32
+	EpochTime int64
+	Timestamp string
+}
+
+// InitializePublisher initalizes kafka publisher
+func InitializePublisher(oltID int) error {
+
+	var err error
+	sarama.Logger = log.New()
+	// producer config
+	config := sarama.NewConfig()
+	config.Producer.Retry.Max = 5
+	config.Metadata.Retry.Max = 10
+	config.Metadata.Retry.Backoff = 10 * time.Second
+	config.ClientID = "BBSim-OLT-" + strconv.Itoa(oltID)
+	topic = "BBSim-OLT-" + strconv.Itoa(oltID) + "-Events"
+
+	producer, err = sarama.NewAsyncProducer([]string{Options.BBSim.KafkaAddress}, config)
+	return err
+}
+
+// KafkaPublisher receives messages on eventChannel and publish them to kafka
+func KafkaPublisher(eventChannel chan Event) {
+	defer log.Debugf("KafkaPublisher stopped")
+	for {
+		select {
+		case event := <-eventChannel:
+			log.Debugf("Received event on channel %v", event)
+			jsonEvent, err := json.Marshal(event)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("Failed to get json event %v", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			producer.Input() <- &sarama.ProducerMessage{
+				Topic: topic,
+				Value: sarama.ByteEncoder(jsonEvent),
+			}
+			log.Debugf("Event sent on kafka")
+		}
+	}
+}