kafka source family

Configured Kafka consumer reading the topic declared on its importer.

Canonical URI: kafka://<identifier>

Supported XML consumers: generate, iterate

Read forms: kafka

Read forms by XML consumer: generate=kafka; iterate=kafka

Distributions: ordered

Selection capabilities: selector=no; iterationSelector=no; pagination=no; random access=no; cyclic=no; unique=no

Environment boundary: Reference the configured Kafka importer id; topic and connection details belong to its environment-backed importer configuration.

Complete workflows:

• Forward a bounded Kafka selection — Use when a finite topic selection must be transformed and published through another exporter.