VOL-2017 voltha-lib moved from voltha-go;
release version 2.2.1

Based on voltha-go commit 5259f8e52b3e3f5c7ad422a4b0e506e1d07f6b36

Change-Id: I8bbecdf456e420714a4016120eafc0d237c80565
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/client.go b/pkg/kafka/client.go
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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 kafka
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	ca "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+)
+
+const (
+	PartitionConsumer = iota
+	GroupCustomer     = iota
+)
+
+const (
+	OffsetNewest = -1
+	OffsetOldest = -2
+)
+
+const (
+	GroupIdKey = "groupId"
+	Offset     = "offset"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultKafkaHost                = "127.0.0.1"
+	DefaultKafkaPort                = 9092
+	DefaultGroupName                = "voltha"
+	DefaultSleepOnError             = 1
+	DefaultProducerFlushFrequency   = 10
+	DefaultProducerFlushMessages    = 10
+	DefaultProducerFlushMaxmessages = 100
+	DefaultProducerReturnSuccess    = true
+	DefaultProducerReturnErrors     = true
+	DefaultProducerRetryMax         = 3
+	DefaultProducerRetryBackoff     = time.Millisecond * 100
+	DefaultConsumerMaxwait          = 100
+	DefaultMaxProcessingTime        = 100
+	DefaultConsumerType             = PartitionConsumer
+	DefaultNumberPartitions         = 3
+	DefaultNumberReplicas           = 1
+	DefaultAutoCreateTopic          = false
+	DefaultMetadataMaxRetry         = 3
+)
+
+// MsgClient represents the set of APIs  a Kafka MsgClient must implement
+type Client interface {
+	Start() error
+	Stop()
+	CreateTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error
+	DeleteTopic(topic *Topic) error
+	Subscribe(topic *Topic, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (<-chan *ca.InterContainerMessage, error)
+	UnSubscribe(topic *Topic, ch <-chan *ca.InterContainerMessage) error
+	Send(msg interface{}, topic *Topic, keys ...string) error
+}