The **Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java** enables Java developers to easily consume and process data from [Amazon Kinesis][kinesis].
* [Kinesis Product Page][kinesis]
* [Forum][kinesis-forum]
* [Issues][kinesis-client-library-issues]
## Features
* Provides an easy-to-use programming model for processing data using Amazon Kinesis
* Helps with scale-out and fault-tolerant processing
## Getting Started
1.**Sign up for AWS**— Before you begin, you need an AWS account. For more information about creating an AWS account and retrieving your AWS credentials, see [AWS Account and Credentials][docs-signup] in the AWS SDK for Java Developer Guide.
1.**Sign up for Amazon Kinesis**— Go to the Amazon Kinesis console to sign up for the service and create an Amazon Kinesis stream. For more information, see [Create an Amazon Kinesis Stream][kinesis-guide-create] in the Amazon Kinesis Developer Guide.
1.**Minimum requirements**— To use the Amazon Kinesis Client Library, you'll need **Java 1.7+**. For more information about Amazon Kinesis Client Library requirements, see [Before You Begin][kinesis-guide-begin] in the Amazon Kinesis Developer Guide.
1.**Using the Amazon Kinesis Client Library**— The best way to get familiar with the Amazon Kinesis Client Library is to read [Developing Record Consumer Applications][kinesis-guide-applications] in the Amazon Kinesis Developer Guide.
## Building from Source
After you've downloaded the code from GitHub, you can build it using Maven. To disable GPG signing in the build, use this command: `mvn clean install -Dgpg.skip=true`
* **Checkpointing at a specific sequence number** — The IRecordProcessorCheckpointer interface now supports checkpointing at a sequence number specified by the record processor.
* **Set region** — KinesisClientLibConfiguration now supports setting the region name to indicate the location of the Amazon Kinesis service. The Amazon DynamoDB table and Amazon CloudWatch metrics associated with your application will also use this region setting.
