假设我们有一个变压器（用scala编写）

new Transformer[String, V, (String, V)]() {
  var context: ProcessorContext = _

  override def init(context: ProcessorContext): Unit = {
    this.context = context
  }

  override def transform(key: String, value: V): (String, V) = {
    val timestamp = toTimestamp(value)
    context.forward(key, value, To.all().withTimestamp(timestamp))
    key -> value
  }

  override def close(): Unit = ()
}

哪里 toTimestamp 只是一个函数，它返回从记录值获取的时间戳。一旦它被执行，就会有一个npe：

Exception in thread "...-6f3693b9-4e8d-4e65-9af6-928884320351-StreamThread-5" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.ProcessorContextImpl.forward(ProcessorContextImpl.java:110)
    at CustomTransformer.transform()
    at CustomTransformer.transform()
    at org.apache.kafka.streams.scala.kstream.KStream$$anon$1$$anon$2.transform(KStream.scala:302)
    at org.apache.kafka.streams.scala.kstream.KStream$$anon$1$$anon$2.transform(KStream.scala:300)
    at

实际上发生的是 ProcessorContextImpl 出现故障：

public <K, V> void forward(final K key, final V value, final To to) {
    toInternal.update(to);
    if (toInternal.hasTimestamp()) {
        recordContext.setTimestamp(toInternal.timestamp());
    }
    final ProcessorNode previousNode = currentNode();

因为 recordContext 未初始化（只能由kafkastreams在内部完成）。
这是kafka streams 1输出中的后续问题集时间戳