KafkaNull batch attempt

spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/SmartCompositeMessageConverter.java

@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.function.context.config;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.catalog.FunctionTypeUtils;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
@@ -29,7 +32,9 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.converter.AbstractMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.CompositeMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.SmartMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageHeaderAccessor;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
@@ -75,11 +80,38 @@ public class SmartCompositeMessageConverter extends CompositeMessageConverter {
 			if (!(message.getPayload() instanceof byte[]) && targetClass.isInstance(message.getPayload()) && !(message.getPayload() instanceof Collection<?>)) {
 				return message.getPayload();
 			}
-			Object result = (converter instanceof SmartMessageConverter ?
-					((SmartMessageConverter) converter).fromMessage(message, targetClass, conversionHint) :
-					converter.fromMessage(message, targetClass));
-			if (result != null) {
-				return result;
+
+			if (message.getPayload() instanceof Iterable && conversionHint != null) {
+				Iterable<Object> iterablePayload = (Iterable) message.getPayload();
+				Type t = FunctionTypeUtils.getImmediateGenericType((Type) conversionHint, 0);
+				Class rawType = FunctionTypeUtils.getRawType(t);
+				List<Object> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
+				for (Object item : iterablePayload) {
+					/*
+					 * Somewhere here we can do KafkaNull check or see below
+					 */
+					Message m  = MessageBuilder.withPayload(item).copyHeaders(message.getHeaders()).build();
+					Object result = (converter instanceof SmartMessageConverter & rawType != t ?
+							((SmartMessageConverter) converter).fromMessage(m, rawType, t) :
+							converter.fromMessage(m, rawType));
+					if (result != null) {
+						/*
+						 * Or most likely here we can do the KafkaNull check and not add it to the list
+						 */
+						resultList.add(result);
+					}
+				}
+				if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(resultList)) {
+					return resultList;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				Object result = (converter instanceof SmartMessageConverter ?
+						((SmartMessageConverter) converter).fromMessage(message, targetClass, conversionHint) :
+						converter.fromMessage(message, targetClass));
+				if (result != null) {
+					return result;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return null;