if err := target.init(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// If batch is enabled, the event will be batched in memory
	// and will be committed once the batch is full.
	if target.batch != nil {
		return target.addToBatch(key)
	}

	eventData, eErr := target.store.Get(key.Name)
	if eErr != nil {

		if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
			return ctx.Err()
		}
		return nil
	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.