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# Apache Kafka 4.12 XML and Maven Support

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

If you manually code a Mule app in XML either from the Anypoint Studio XML editor or from a text
editor, you can get access to the Anypoint Connector for Apache Kafka (Apache Kafka Connector) in
your app by adding reference statements to your XML Mule flow and in the Apache Maven `pom.xml`
file.

> [!NOTE] You can avoid this manual process by using Anypoint Studio. When you add the Apache Kafka
> Connector in Studio, Studio automatically populates the XML code with the Apache Kafka Connector
> namespace and schema location, and adds a dependency to the pom.xml file.

## Add a Namespace for the Connector

Paste the following into the header of your configuration XML, inside the `<mule>` tag:

```xml
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/kafka
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/kafka/current/mule-kafka.xsd
```

This example shows how the namespace statements are placed in the `<mule>` XML block:

```xml
<mule xmlns:kafka="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/kafka"
	xmlns:ee="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core"
	xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
	xmlns:file="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file"
	xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
	xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file/current/mule-file.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core/current/mule-ee.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/kafka
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/kafka/current/mule-kafka.xsd">
```

## Add a POM File Dependency

The Apache Maven `pom.xml` file generated by Anypoint Studio contains dependencies for a Mule app.
If you code a Mule app manually, include this XML snippet in your `pom.xml` file to enable access to
this connector:

```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.mulesoft.connectors</groupId>
  <artifactId>mule-kafka-connector</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <classifier>mule-plugin</classifier>
</dependency>
```

Replace `x.x.x` with the version that corresponds to the connector you are using.

To obtain the most up-to-date `pom.xml` file information, access the connector in
[Anypoint Exchange](https://www.mulesoft.com/exchange/) and click **Dependency Snippets**.

## Next

After completing your namespace and `pom.xml` file, you can try out the Apache Kafka
[Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/kafka-connector/4.12/kafka-connector-examples).

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)