GH-2195: DefaultErrorHandler Improvements

spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/kafka.adoc

@@ -5098,6 +5098,11 @@ If you are using Spring Boot, you simply need to add the error handler as a `@Be
 This new error handler replaces the `SeekToCurrentErrorHandler` and `RecoveringBatchErrorHandler`, which have been the default error handlers for several releases now.
 One difference is that the fallback behavior for batch listeners (when an exception other than a `BatchListenerFailedException` is thrown) is the equivalent of the <<retrying-batch-eh>>.
 
+IMPORTANT: Starting with version 2.9, the `DefaultErrorHandler` can be configured to provide the same semantics as seeking the unprocessed record offsets as discussed below, but without actually seeking.
+Instead, the records are retained by the listener container and resubmitted to the listener after the error handler exits (and after performing a single paused `poll()`, to keep the consumer alive).
+The error handler returns a result to the container that indicates whether the current failing record can be resubmitted, or if it was recovered and then it will not be sent to the listener again.
+To enable this mode, set the property `seekAfterError` to `false`.
+
 The error handler can recover (skip) a record that keeps failing.
 By default, after ten failures, the failed record is logged (at the `ERROR` level).
 You can configure the handler with a custom recoverer (`BiConsumer`) and a `BackOff` that controls the delivery attempts and delays between each.
@@ -5152,6 +5157,11 @@ The sequence of events is:
 The recovered record's offset is committed
 * If retries are exhausted and recovery fails, seeks are performed as if retries are not exhausted.
 
+IMPORTANT: Starting with version 2.9, the `DefaultErrorHandler` can be configured to provide the same semantics as seeking the unprocessed record offsets as discussed above, but without actually seeking.
+Instead, error handler creates a new `ConsumerRecords<?, ?>` containing just the unprocessed records which will then be submitted to the listener (after performing a single paused `poll()`, to keep the consumer alive).
+To enable this mode, set the property `seekAfterError` to `false`.
+
+
 The default recoverer logs the failed record after retries are exhausted.
 You can use a custom recoverer, or one provided by the framework such as the <<dead-letters,`DeadLetterPublishingRecoverer`>>.
 
@@ -5250,6 +5260,8 @@ If the function returns `null`, the handler's default `BackOff` will be used.
 Set `resetStateOnExceptionChange` to `true` and the retry sequence will be restarted (including the selection of a new `BackOff`, if so configured) if the exception type changes between failures.
 By default, the exception type is not considered.
 
+Starting with version 2.9, this is now `true` by default.
+
 Also see <<delivery-header>>.
 
 [[batch-listener-conv-errors]]

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/CommonContainerStoppingErrorHandler.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2021-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -71,10 +71,17 @@ public void setStopContainerAbnormally(boolean stopContainerAbnormally) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@Deprecated
 	public boolean remainingRecords() {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean seeksAfterHandling() {
+		// We don't actually do any seeks here, but stopping the container has the same effect.
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void handleOtherException(Exception thrownException, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
 			MessageListenerContainer container, boolean batchListener) {

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/CommonDelegatingErrorHandler.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2021-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ public void setErrorHandlers(Map<Class<? extends Throwable>, CommonErrorHandler>
 	}
 
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	@Override
 	public boolean remainingRecords() {
 		return this.defaultErrorHandler.remainingRecords();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean seeksAfterHandling() {
+		return this.defaultErrorHandler.seeksAfterHandling();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void clearThreadState() {
 		this.defaultErrorHandler.clearThreadState();
@@ -96,14 +102,18 @@ public void addDelegate(Class<? extends Throwable> throwable, CommonErrorHandler
 		checkDelegates();
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	private void checkDelegates() {
 		boolean remainingRecords = this.defaultErrorHandler.remainingRecords();
 		boolean ackAfterHandle = this.defaultErrorHandler.isAckAfterHandle();
+		boolean seeksAfterHandling = this.defaultErrorHandler.seeksAfterHandling();
 		this.delegates.values().forEach(handler -> {
 			Assert.isTrue(remainingRecords == handler.remainingRecords(),
 					"All delegates must return the same value when calling 'remainingRecords()'");
 			Assert.isTrue(ackAfterHandle == handler.isAckAfterHandle(),
 					"All delegates must return the same value when calling 'isAckAfterHandle()'");
+			Assert.isTrue(seeksAfterHandling == handler.seeksAfterHandling(),
+					"All delegates must return the same value when calling 'seeksAfterHandling()'");
 		});
 	}
 

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/CommonErrorHandler.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2021-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,13 +41,25 @@ public interface CommonErrorHandler extends DeliveryAttemptAware {
 	 * When true (default), all remaining records including the failed record are passed
 	 * to the error handler.
 	 * @return false to receive only the failed record.
+	 * @deprecated in favor of {@link #seeksAfterHandling()}.
 	 * @see #handleRecord(Exception, ConsumerRecord, Consumer, MessageListenerContainer)
 	 * @see #handleRemaining(Exception, List, Consumer, MessageListenerContainer)
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	default boolean remainingRecords() {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return true if this error handler performs seeks on the failed record and remaining
+	 * records (or just the remaining records after a failed record is recovered).
+	 * @return true if the next poll should fetch records.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	default boolean seeksAfterHandling() {
+		return remainingRecords();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return true if this error handler supports delivery attempts headers.
 	 * @return true if capable.
@@ -79,14 +91,42 @@ default void handleOtherException(Exception thrownException, Consumer<?, ?> cons
 	 * @param record the record.
 	 * @param consumer the consumer.
 	 * @param container the container.
+	 * @deprecated in favor of
+	 * {@link #handleOne(Exception, ConsumerRecord, Consumer, MessageListenerContainer)}.
 	 * @see #remainingRecords()
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	default void handleRecord(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
 			MessageListenerContainer container) {
 
 		LogFactory.getLog(getClass()).error("'handleRecord' is not implemented by this handler", thrownException);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle the exception for a record listener when {@link #remainingRecords()} returns
+	 * false. Use this to handle just the single failed record.
+	 * @param thrownException the exception.
+	 * @param record the record.
+	 * @param consumer the consumer.
+	 * @param container the container.
+	 * @return true if the error was "handled" or false if not and the container will
+	 * re-submit the record to the listener.
+	 * @since 2.9
+	 * @see #remainingRecords()
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	default boolean handleOne(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
+			MessageListenerContainer container) {
+
+		try {
+			handleRecord(thrownException, record, consumer, container);
+			return true;
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Handle the exception for a record listener when {@link #remainingRecords()} returns
 	 * true. The failed record and all the remaining records from the poll are passed in.
@@ -120,6 +160,28 @@ default void handleBatch(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecords<?, ?> data,
 		LogFactory.getLog(getClass()).error("'handleBatch' is not implemented by this handler", thrownException);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle the exception for a batch listener. The complete {@link ConsumerRecords}
+	 * from the poll is supplied. Return the members of the batch that should be re-sent to
+	 * the listener. The returned records MUST be in the same order as the original records.
+	 * @param thrownException the exception.
+	 * @param data the consumer records.
+	 * @param consumer the consumer.
+	 * @param container the container.
+	 * @param invokeListener a callback to re-invoke the listener.
+	 * @param <K> the key type.
+	 * @param <V> the value type.
+	 * @return the consumer records, or a subset.
+	 * @since 2.9
+	 */
+	default <K, V> ConsumerRecords<K, V> handleBatchAndReturnRemaining(Exception thrownException,
+			ConsumerRecords<?, ?> data, Consumer<?, ?> consumer, MessageListenerContainer container,
+			Runnable invokeListener) {
+
+		handleBatch(thrownException, data, consumer, container, invokeListener);
+		return ConsumerRecords.empty();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	default int deliveryAttempt(TopicPartitionOffset topicPartitionOffset) {
 		return 0;

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/CommonLoggingErrorHandler.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public void setAckAfterHandle(boolean ackAfterHandle) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@Deprecated
 	public void handleRecord(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
 			MessageListenerContainer container) {
 

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/CommonMixedErrorHandler.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2021-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,11 +51,17 @@ public CommonMixedErrorHandler(CommonErrorHandler recordErrorHandler, CommonErro
 		this.batchErrorHandler = batchErrorHandler;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	@Override
 	public boolean remainingRecords() {
 		return this.recordErrorHandler.remainingRecords();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean seeksAfterHandling() {
+		return this.recordErrorHandler.seeksAfterHandling();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean deliveryAttemptHeader() {
 		return this.recordErrorHandler.deliveryAttemptHeader();
@@ -73,10 +79,10 @@ public void handleOtherException(Exception thrownException, Consumer<?, ?> consu
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void handleRecord(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
+	public boolean handleOne(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
 			MessageListenerContainer container) {
 
-		this.recordErrorHandler.handleRecord(thrownException, record, consumer, container);
+		return this.recordErrorHandler.handleOne(thrownException, record, consumer, container);
 	}
 
 	@Override

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/DefaultAfterRollbackProcessor.java

@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ private void checkConfig() {
 	public void process(List<ConsumerRecord<K, V>> records, Consumer<K, V> consumer,
 			@Nullable MessageListenerContainer container, Exception exception, boolean recoverable, EOSMode eosMode) {
 
-		if (SeekUtils.doSeeks(((List) records), consumer, exception, recoverable,
-				getRecoveryStrategy((List) records, exception), container, this.logger)
+		if (SeekUtils.doSeeks((List) records, consumer, exception, recoverable,
+				getFailureTracker()::recovered, container, this.logger)
 					&& isCommitRecovered() && this.kafkaTemplate.isTransactional()) {
 			ConsumerRecord<K, V> skipped = records.get(0);
 			this.kafkaTemplate.sendOffsetsToTransaction(

spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/DefaultErrorHandler.java

@@ -117,21 +117,39 @@ public void setAckAfterHandle(boolean ackAfterHandle) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@Deprecated
 	public boolean remainingRecords() {
-		return true;
+		return isSeekAfterError();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean seeksAfterHandling() {
+		return isSeekAfterError();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean deliveryAttemptHeader() {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean handleOne(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecord<?, ?> record, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
+			MessageListenerContainer container) {
+
+		try {
+			return getFailureTracker().recovered(record, thrownException, container, consumer);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void handleRemaining(Exception thrownException, List<ConsumerRecord<?, ?>> records,
 			Consumer<?, ?> consumer, MessageListenerContainer container) {
 
 		SeekUtils.seekOrRecover(thrownException, records, consumer, container, isCommitRecovered(), // NOSONAR
-				getRecoveryStrategy(records, consumer, thrownException), this.logger, getLogLevel());
+				getFailureTracker()::recovered, this.logger, getLogLevel());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -141,6 +159,14 @@ public void handleBatch(Exception thrownException, ConsumerRecords<?, ?> data, C
 		doHandle(thrownException, data, consumer, container, invokeListener);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public <K, V> ConsumerRecords<K, V> handleBatchAndReturnRemaining(Exception thrownException,
+			ConsumerRecords<?, ?> data, Consumer<?, ?> consumer, MessageListenerContainer container,
+			Runnable invokeListener) {
+
+		return handle(thrownException, data, consumer, container, invokeListener);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void handleOtherException(Exception thrownException, Consumer<?, ?> consumer,
 			MessageListenerContainer container, boolean batchListener) {