kgary/GIFT-SVN

AI Summary: The task involves connecting a GIFT gateway (specifically, SteelArttKafka.java) to a MongoDB instance using the MongoDB Java driver. This requires adding the mongo-java-driver JAR to the project's external libraries, configuring the connection URI, and initializing a MongoClient and a MongoCollection within the specified Java file. The connection URI is provided, and the location of the JAR file is specified. The project also involves setting up Kafka, which is a separate but related task.

AI Summary: The task involves extending the existing SteelArtt application to persist decoded JSON messages received from a Kafka topic into a MongoDB database. This requires modifying the `consumeMessages()` method in `SteelArttKafka.java` to handle message parsing, timestamping, and insertion into a MongoDB collection with a timestamp index. The project uses GIFT, a learning platform, and Kafka for message queuing.