In Apache Flume, an event contains a header section and a payload. The header section is basically a map of properties whereas the payload is just a byte array. Let’s take a look at the Event interface class.

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package org.apache.flume;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Basic representation of a data object in Flume.
 * Provides access to data as it flows through the system.
 */
public interface Event {

  /**
   * Returns a map of name-value pairs describing the data stored in the body.
   */
  public Map<String, String> getHeaders();

  /**
   * Set the event headers
   * @param headers Map of headers to replace the current headers.
   */
  public void setHeaders(Map<String, String> headers);

  /**
   * Returns the raw byte array of the data contained in this event.
   */
  public byte[] getBody();

  /**
   * Sets the raw byte array of the data contained in this event.
   * @param body The data.
   */
  public void setBody(byte[] body);

}

Both SimpleEvent and JSONEvent are the implementations of the Event interface. You could choose to use either one that fits your use cases. You could also use the EventBuilder class to create Event.

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 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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package org.apache.flume.event;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.flume.Event;

public class SimpleEvent implements Event {

  private Map<String, String> headers;
  private byte[] body;

  public SimpleEvent() {
    headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
    body = new byte[0];
  }

  @Override
  public Map<String, String> getHeaders() {
    return headers;
  }

  @Override
  public void setHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) {
    this.headers = headers;
  }

  @Override
  public byte[] getBody() {
    return body;
  }

  @Override
  public void setBody(byte[] body) {
    if(body == null){
      body = new byte[0];
    }
    this.body = body;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    Integer bodyLen = null;
    if (body != null) bodyLen = body.length;
    return "[Event headers = " + headers + ", body.length = " + bodyLen + " ]";
  }

}

One could create a RPCClient using the RPCClientFactory and start sending event to remote agent or AvroSource.
Look at the code example below as provided in http://flume.apache.org/FlumeDeveloperGuide.html

import org.apache.flume.Event;
import org.apache.flume.EventDeliveryException;
import org.apache.flume.api.RpcClient;
import org.apache.flume.api.RpcClientFactory;
import org.apache.flume.event.EventBuilder;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class MyApp {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    MyRpcClientFacade client = new MyRpcClientFacade();
    // Initialize client with the remote Flume agent's host and port
    client.init("host.example.org", 41414);

    // Send 10 events to the remote Flume agent. That agent should be
    // configured to listen with an AvroSource.
    String sampleData = "Hello Flume!";
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      client.sendDataToFlume(sampleData);
    }

    client.cleanUp();
  }
}

class MyRpcClientFacade {
  private RpcClient client;
  private String hostname;
  private int port;

  public void init(String hostname, int port) {
    // Setup the RPC connection
    this.hostname = hostname;
    this.port = port;
    this.client = RpcClientFactory.getDefaultInstance(hostname, port);
    // Use the following method to create a thrift client (instead of the above line):
    // this.client = RpcClientFactory.getThriftInstance(hostname, port);
  }

  public void sendDataToFlume(String data) {
    // Create a Flume Event object that encapsulates the sample data
    Event event = EventBuilder.withBody(data, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));

    // Send the event
    try {
      client.append(event);
    } catch (EventDeliveryException e) {
      // clean up and recreate the client
      client.close();
      client = null;
      client = RpcClientFactory.getDefaultInstance(hostname, port);
      // Use the following method to create a thrift client (instead of the above line):
      // this.client = RpcClientFactory.getThriftInstance(hostname, port);
    }
  }

  public void cleanUp() {
    // Close the RPC connection
    client.close();
  }

}