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Public Interfaces

• New class org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.UUIDSerializer which implements the Serializer<UUID> interface
• New class org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.UUIDDeserializer which implements the Deserializer<UUID> interface
• New method static public Serde<UUID> UUID() in org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes class
• New subclass UUIDSerde in org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes which creates a new serde based on the UUIDSerializer and UUIDDeserializer classes

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