Key:   sarama.StringEncoder(key),
		Value: sarama.ByteEncoder(data),
	}, nil
}

// Close - closes underneath kafka connection.
func (target *KafkaTarget) Close() error {
	close(target.quitCh)

	if target.producer != nil {
		target.producer.Close()
		return target.client.Close()
	}

	return nil
}

func (target *KafkaTarget) init() error {

		h.storeCtxCancel()
	}

	// Set logch to nil and close it.
	// This will block all Send operations,
	// and finish the existing ones.
	// All future ones will be discarded.
	h.logChMu.Lock()
	xioutil.SafeClose(h.logCh)
	h.logCh = nil
	h.logChMu.Unlock()

	if h.producer != nil {
		h.producer.Close()
		h.client.Close()
	}

	// Wait for messages to be sent...
	h.wg.Wait()
}