public static VertxKafkaConsumer create( final KafkaConfiguration configuration, final KafkaHandler handler) { final Properties properties = createProperties( configuration.getZookeeper(), configuration.getGroupId(), configuration.getZookeeperTimeout()); final ConsumerConfig config = new ConsumerConfig(properties); final ConsumerConnector connector = Consumer.createJavaConsumerConnector(config); return new VertxKafkaConsumer(connector, configuration, handler); }