Kafka Connect TombstoneHandler SMT Usage Reference for Confluent Cloud¶
The following provides usage information for the Confluent Single Message Transformation (SMT)
io.confluent.connect.transforms.TombstoneHandler.
Description¶
Manage tombstone records. A tombstone record is defined as a record with the entire value field being null, whether or not it has ValueSchema.
Installation¶
This transformation is developed by Confluent and does not ship by default with Kafka or Confluent Cloud. You can install this transformation using the confluent connect plugin install command:
confluent connect plugin install confluentinc/connect-transforms:latest
Examples¶
The configuration snippets below show how to use and configure the Tombstone
SMT.
The connector uses the default (warn) behavior to handle tombstone records, which ignores the tombstone silently and writes a WARN message to log.
"transforms": "tombstoneHandlerExample",
"transforms.tombstoneHandlerExample.type": "io.confluent.connect.transforms.TombstoneHandler"
The connector uses the ignore behavior to handle tombstone records, which ignores the tombstone silently and writes a DEBUG message to log.
"transforms.tombstoneHandlerExample.type": "io.confluent.connect.transforms.TombstoneHandler",
"transforms.tombstoneHandlerExample.behavior": "ignore",
The connector uses the fail behavior to handle tombstone records, which fails
the execution, throws a DataException, and writes a DEBUG message to log.
"transforms.tombstoneHandlerExample.type": "io.confluent.connect.transforms.TombstoneHandler",
"transforms.tombstoneHandlerExample.behavior": "fail"
Tip
For additional examples, see Tombstone Handler for managed connectors.
Properties¶
| Name | Description | Type | Default | Valid Values | Importance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
behavior |
If set to ignore, the tombstone
record is ignored silently, with a DEBUG message written to log.
If set to warn, the tombstone record is ignored silently,
with a WARN message written to log. If set to fail, the execution
fails, a DataException is thrown, and a DEBUG message is
written to log. |
string | warn | [ignore, warn, fail] | medium |
Predicates¶
Transformations can be configured with predicates so that the transformation is applied only to records which satisfy a condition. You can use predicates in a transformation chain and, when combined with the Kafka Connect Filter (Kafka) SMT Usage Reference for Confluent Cloud, predicates can conditionally filter out specific records. For details and examples, see Predicates.