add grouper interface and locality aware grouper
Merge pull request #173 from manuzhang/add_locality_aware_grouper

Add grouper interface and locality aware grouper
update hierarchy picture and readme
update readme
Merge branch 'manuzhang-update_doc_picture' into upstream_master
Fixes #176
Merge pull request #177 from kkasravi/issue_176

Fixes #176
Removed unused imports, minor cleanups
Merge pull request #179 from smarthi/suneel

Removed unused imports, minor cleanups
fix kafka key NPE and consumer close exception
Merge pull request #180 from manuzhang/fix_kafka_key_is_null

fix kafka key NPE and consumer close exception
Fixes #182. Refactor REST services to not be so timing dependent.
Merge pull request #183 from kkasravi/issue_182

Fixes #182. Refactor REST services to not be so timing dependent.
use bijection/injection library for transaction serde
Merge pull request #181 from manuzhang/bijection

use bijection/injection library for transaction serde
add README for kafka examples
update kafka conf