}

	// 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 {
		// The last event key in a successful batch will be sent in the channel atmost once by the replayEvents()
		// Such events will not exist and wouldve been already been sent successfully.

	// store to persist and replay the logs to the target
	// to avoid missing events when the target is down.
	store          store.Store[interface{}]
	storeCtxCancel context.CancelFunc

	initKafkaOnce      once.Init
	initQueueStoreOnce once.Init

	client   sarama.Client
	producer sarama.SyncProducer
	kconfig  Config
	config   *sarama.Config
}

func (h *Target) validate() error {
	if len(h.kconfig.Brokers) == 0 {