if !key.Compress {
		t.Fatal("expected the item to be compressed")
	}
	if key.ItemCount != 10 {
		t.Fatalf("expected itemcount=10 but found %v", key.ItemCount)
	}

	resultItems, err := store.GetMultiple(key)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("unable to get multiple items; %v", err)
	}

	if !reflect.DeepEqual(resultItems, items) {
		t.Fatalf("expected item list: %v; but got %v", items, resultItems)
	}

			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
				return nil
			}
			return err
		}
		err = target.send(event)
	case key.ItemCount > 1:
		var events []event.Event
		events, err = target.store.GetMultiple(key)
		if err != nil {
			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
				return nil
			}
			return err
		}
		err = target.sendMultiple(events)
	}
	if err != nil {
		if isKafkaConnErr(err) {