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+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * See accompanying LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.kafka.common.metrics
+import java.util
+
+import grizzled.slf4j.Logging
+
+/*
+Override Kafka Client's implementation since we don't want to always report to Jmx
+ */
+class JmxReporter(prefix: String) extends MetricsReporter with Logging {
+  override def init(metrics: util.List[KafkaMetric]): Unit = {}
+
+  override def metricChange(metric: KafkaMetric): Unit = {}
+
+  override def metricRemoval(metric: KafkaMetric): Unit = {}
+
+  override def close(): Unit = {}
+
+  override def configure(configs: util.Map[String, _]): Unit = {
+    info("Using cmak JmxReporter")
+  }
+}