// Validate KafkaArgs fields
func (k KafkaArgs) Validate() error {
	if !k.Enable {
		return nil
	}
	if len(k.Brokers) == 0 {
		return errors.New("no broker address found")
	}
	for _, b := range k.Brokers {
		if _, err := xnet.ParseHost(b.String()); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	if k.QueueDir != "" {
		if !filepath.IsAbs(k.QueueDir) {
			return errors.New("queueDir path should be absolute")
		}
	}

	default:
		// log channel is full, do not wait and return
		// an error immediately to the caller
		atomic.AddInt64(&h.totalMessages, 1)
		atomic.AddInt64(&h.failedMessages, 1)
		return errors.New("log buffer full")
	}
	return nil
}

// SendFromStore - reads the log from store and sends it to kafka.
func (h *Target) SendFromStore(key store.Key) (err error) {
	auditEntry, err := h.store.Get(key.Name)
	if err != nil {