Merge pull request #86 from DBirtolo-mdb/DOCSP-27072

DOCSP-27072: Added tombstone.on.delete setting.

Author: DBirtolo-mdb

source/source-connector/configuration-properties/change-stream.txt

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Settings
          contains the most current version of the updated document. To
          learn more about the ``fullDocument`` field, see the :rapid:`Server
          manual page on update events </reference/change-events/update/>`.
+
        | When set to ``true``, the connector overrides the
          ``change.stream.full.document`` setting and sets it to
          ``updateLookup`` so that the ``fullDocument`` field contains
@@ -126,6 +127,18 @@ Settings
        | **Default**: ``false``
        | **Accepted Values**: ``true`` or ``false``
 
+   * - | **publish.full.document.only.tombstones.on.delete**
+     - | **Type:** boolean
+       |
+       | **Description:**
+       | Whether to return tombstone events when documents are deleted.
+         Tombstone events contain the keys of deleted documents with
+         ``null`` values. This setting applies only when
+         ``publish.full.document.only`` is ``true``.
+
+       | **Default**: ``false``
+       | **Accepted Values**: ``true`` or ``false``
+
    * - | **collation**
      - | **Type:** string
        |

source/whats-new.txt

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ What's New in 1.9
   operation in the change stream event document.
 - Improved :ref:`schema inference <source-infer-a-schema>` for nested
   documents contained in arrays.
+- Introduced the ``publish.full.document.only.tombstones.on.delete`` setting
+  that configures the connector to send tombstone events when documents
+  are deleted. This setting only applies when ``publish.full.document.only``
+  is ``true``.
 - Added MongoDB server exception information to dead letter queue messages.
 
 .. _kafka-connector-whats-new-1.8.1: