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You can build the project from the command line using: *mvn clean install*, or in an IDE. If you have issues with the derive4j imports in your IDE, you have to add the folder: *target/generated-sources/annotations* to the project build path in your IDE.

<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>

<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>

<version>${kafka.version}</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>

<artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>

<version>${kafka.version}</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>

<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>

<version>${slf4j.version}</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>

<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>

<version>${slf4j.version}</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>

<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>

<version>${assertj.version}</version>

<scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>

<artifactId>kafka</artifactId>

<version>${testcontainers-kafka.version}</version>

<scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>

<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>

<version>${testcontainers-jupiter.version}</version>

<scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

<assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>

<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>

<kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>

<testcontainers-kafka.version>1.15.3</testcontainers-kafka.version>

<testcontainers-jupiter.version>1.15.3</testcontainers-jupiter.version>