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+package org.onap.so.client.kafka;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class KafkaClient {
+ protected static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaClient.class);
+ protected final Properties properties;
+
+ public KafkaClient(String filepath) throws IOException {
+ Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(filepath);
+ this.properties = new Properties();
+ properties.load(resource.getInputStream());
+
+ }
+
+}