Debezium series: detailing the Transforms types and all functions of Debezium and Kafka

1. Understanding Transforms

• Kafka Connect is a framework for data transmission between Apache Kafka and external systems, and its main role is to achieve reliable data integration and flow.
• Transforms are an important feature in Kafka Connect for processing and transforming data.
• By using Transforms, users can perform some processing and transformation on the data transmitted in Kafka Connect, such as filtering, format conversion, data encryption, etc.
• Kafka Connect supports both built-in Transforms and custom Transforms, and users can choose the appropriate method to use according to actual needs.

Two, Transform type

Kafka Connect Transforms supports multiple types of Transforms, including:

• Converter Transform: