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MongoDB Namespace Mapping Configuration Properties

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Use the following configuration settings to specify which MongoDB database and collection that your MongoDB Kafka sink connector writes data to. You can use the default DefaultNamespaceMapper or specify a custom class.

For a list of sink connector configuration settings organized by category, see the guide on Sink Connector Configuration Properties.

Name
Description
namespace.mapper
Type: string

Description:
The fully-qualified class name of the class that specifies which database or collection in which to sink the data. The default DefaultNamespaceMapper uses values specified in the database and collection properties.

Tip

See also:

The connector includes an alternative class for specifying the database and collection called FieldPathNamespaceMapper. See the FieldPathNamespaceMapper settings for more information.

Default:
com.mongodb.kafka.connect.sink.namespace.mapping.DefaultNamespaceMapper
Accepted Values: A fully qualified Java class name of a class that implements the NamespaceMapper interface.
database
Required

Type: string

Description:
The name of the MongoDB database to which the sink connector writes.

Accepted Values: A MongoDB database name
collection
Type: string

Description:
The name of the MongoDB collection to which the sink connector writes. If your sink connector follows multiple topics, this is the default collection for any writes that are not otherwise specified.
Default: The topic name.
Accepted Values: A MongoDB collection name

If you configure your sink connector to use the FieldPathNamespaceMapper, you can specify which database and collection to sink a document based on the data's field values.

To enable this mapping behavior, set your sink connector namespace.mapper configuration property to the fully-qualified class name as shown below:

namespace.mapper=com.mongodb.kafka.connect.sink.namespace.mapping.FieldPathNamespaceMapper

The FieldPathNamespaceMapper requires you to specify the following settings:

  • One or both mapping properties to a database and collection

  • One of the key or value mappings to a database

  • One of the key or value mappings to a collection

You can use the following settings to customize the behavior of the FieldPathNamespaceMapper:

Name
Description
namespace.mapper.key.database.field
Type: string

Description:
The name of the key document field that specifies the name of the database in which to write.
namespace.mapper.key.collection.field
Type: string

Description:
The name of the key document field that specifies the name of the collection in which to write.
namespace.mapper.value.database.field
Type: string

Description:
The name of the value document field that specifies the name of the database in which to write.
namespace.mapper.value.collection.field
Type: string

Description:
The name of the value document field that specifies the name of the collection in which to write.
namespace.mapper.error.if.invalid
Type: boolean

Description:
Whether to throw an exception when either the document is missing the mapped field or it has an invalid BSON type.
When set to true, the connector does not process documents missing the mapped field or that contain an invalid BSON type. The connector may halt or skip processing depending on the related error-handling configuration settings.
When set to false, if a document is missing the mapped field or if it has an invalid BSON type, the connector defaults to writing to the specified database and collection settings.

Default: false
Accepted Values: true or false
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