/** Read the given byte buffer into a Byte array */
public static byte[] readBytes(ByteBuffer buffer) {
return Utils.readBytes(buffer, 0, buffer.limit());
}
public static String readFileAsString(String path) throws IOException {
return Utils.readFileAsString(path, Charset.defaultCharset());
}
/**
* Look up the class by name and instantiate it.
*
* @param klass class name
* @param base super class of the class to be instantiated
* @param <T>
* @return the new instance
*/
public static <T> T newInstance(String klass, Class<T> base) throws ClassNotFoundException {
return Utils.newInstance(
Class.forName(klass, true, Utils.getContextOrKafkaClassLoader()).asSubclass(base));
}