consumer

type ErrRequestTimeout error

type ErrSetup error

type ErrTooManyRequests error

type Message struct {
	Key, Value    []byte
	Topic         string
	Partition     int32
	Offset        int64
	HighWaterMark int64
}

type T interface {
	// Consume consumes a message from the specified topic on behalf of the
	// specified consumer group. If there are no more new messages in the topic
	// at the time of the request then it will block for
	// `Config.Consumer.LongPollingTimeout`. If no new message is produced during
	// that time, then `ErrRequestTimeout` is returned.
	//
	// Note that during state transitions topic subscribe<->unsubscribe and
	// consumer group register<->deregister the method may return either
	// `ErrBufferOverflow` or `ErrRequestTimeout` even when there are messages
	// available for consumption. In that case the user should back off a bit
	// and then repeat the request.
	Consume(group, topic string) (*Message, error)

	// Stop sends a shutdown signal to all internal goroutines and blocks until
	// they are stopped. It is guaranteed that all last consumed offsets of all
	// consumer groups/topics are committed to Kafka before Consumer stops.
	Stop()
}