How to stop RowFileInputReader after matching a specific line pattern (Text Header + Large Binary Tail)

[I-am-a-monster]

Hi everyone,

I am using kafka-connect-file-pulse to process files that have a specific hybrid structure:

1. A multi-line text header
2. An empty line or custom characters line as a line separator
3. A large amount of binary data.

My Goal: I want to ingest the entire header as a single Kafka record and then immediately stop reading the file to avoid the overhead of processing the large binary tail.

Possible Configuration:
I am thinking of using a MultiRowFilter to group the header and a DropFilter to discard the binary records,
While the DropFilter prevents the binary data from being sent to Kafka, the RowFileInputReader still continues to read the entire file line-by-line which isn't convenient in case of large data.

So I would like to know :

• Is there a way to signal the reader to stop/close the file stream as soon as a MultiRowFilter finishes or a specific condition is met?
• Is there a built-in OffsetPolicy or a specific Reader configuration that can limit the read-range based on a pattern rather than a fixed byte-count?
• If this isn't supported out-of-the-box, would a custom Filter be able to trigger a file-close, or is that handled strictly at the Reader level?