docs: Improving documentation on mudes themselves

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ Elixir Client for [RabbitMQ Streams Protocol](https://www.rabbitmq.com/streams.h
 
 ## Usage
 
+## Installation
+
+The package can be installed by adding `rabbitmq_stream` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
+
+```elixir
+def deps do
+  [
+    {:rabbitmq_stream, "~> 0.4.0"},
+    # ...
+  ]
+end
+```
+
 ### Consuming from stream
 
 First you define a connection
@@ -62,7 +75,7 @@ You can define a `Producer` module like this:
 ```elixir
 defmodule MyApp.MyProducer do
   use RabbitMQStream.Producer,
-    stream: "stream-01",
+    stream_name: "stream-01",
     connection: MyApp.MyConnection
 end
 ```
@@ -73,19 +86,6 @@ Then you can publish messages to the stream:
 MyApp.MyProducer.publish("Hello World")
 ```
 
-## Installation
-
-The package can be installed by adding `rabbitmq_stream` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
-
-```elixir
-def deps do
-  [
-    {:rabbitmq_stream, "~> 0.4.0"},
-    # ...
-  ]
-end
-```
-
 ## Configuration
 
 The configuration for the connection can be set in your `config.exs` file:

guides/setup/getting-started.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ To prevent message duplication, RabbitMQ requires us to declare a named Producer
 ```elixir
 defmodule MyApp.MyProducer
   use RabbitMQStream.Producer,
-    stream: "my_stream",
+    stream_name: "my_stream",
     connection: MyApp.MyConnection
 end
 ```

lib/consumer/consumer.ex

@@ -116,6 +116,58 @@ defmodule RabbitMQStream.Consumer do
   * `:offset_reference`
   * `:private`
 
+  # Decoding
+
+  You can declare a function for decoding each message by declaring a `decode!/1` callback as follows:
+      defmodule MyApp.MyConsumer do
+        use RabbitMQStream.Consumer,
+          connection: MyApp.MyConnection,
+          stream_name: "my_stream",
+          initial_offset: :first
+
+        @impl true
+        def decode!(message) do
+          Jason.decode!(message)
+        end
+      end
+
+  Or by passing a `:serializer` option to the `use` macro:
+      defmodule MyApp.MyConsumer do
+        use RabbitMQStream.Consumer,
+          connection: MyApp.MyConnection,
+          stream_name: "my_stream",
+          initial_offset: :first,
+          serializer: Jason
+      end
+
+  The default value for the `:serializer` is the module itself, unless a default is defined at a higher level of the
+  configuration. If there is a `decode!/1` callback defined, it is always used
+
+
+  # Properties
+  You can provide additional properties to the consumer to change its behavior, by passing `:properties`.
+
+  ## Single active consumer
+  To use it, you must provide a "group_name". The server manages each consumer so the only one will of each group
+  will be receiving chunks at a time.
+
+  Although there is only one Consumer active, we must provide the server the offset a consumer starts on when being upgraded
+  to the being the active one. To do so you must implement the `handle_update/2` callback, which must return a `{:ok, offset}` tuple.
+
+      @impl true
+      def handle_update(_, :upgrade) do
+        {:ok, :last}
+      end
+
+      @impl true
+      def handle_update(_, :downgrade) do
+        # Must return something when being downgraded, but it is not used by the server.
+        # Could be useful to use some external logic to persist the offset somewhere,
+        #  so that it can be queried by the other consumer that is being upgraded
+        {:ok, :last}
+      end
+
+
   """
   defmacro __using__(opts) do
     defaults = Application.get_env(:rabbitmq_stream, :defaults, [])

lib/producer/producer.ex

@@ -85,6 +85,32 @@ defmodule RabbitMQStream.Producer do
   * `:stream_name`
   * `:reference_name`
 
+
+  # Encoding
+
+  You can declare a function for encoding each message by declaring a `encode!/1` callback as follows:alarm_handler
+      defmodule MyApp.MyProducer do
+        use RabbitMQStream.Producer,
+          stream_name: "my-stream",
+          connection: MyApp.MyConnection
+
+        @impl true
+        def encode!(message) do
+          Jason.encode!(message)
+        end
+      end
+
+  Or by passing a `:serializer` option to the `use` macro:
+      defmodule MyApp.MyProducer do
+        use RabbitMQStream.Producer,
+          stream_name: "my-stream",
+          connection: MyApp.MyConnection,
+          serializer: Jason
+      end
+
+  The default value for the `:serializer` is the module itself, unless a default is defined at a higher level of the
+  configuration. If there is a `encode!/1` callback defined, it is always used
+
   """
 
   defmacro __using__(opts) do
@@ -205,7 +231,7 @@ defmodule RabbitMQStream.Producer do
           message["key"]
         end
   """
-  @callback filter_value(message :: term()) :: String.t()
+  @callback filter_value(message :: term()) :: String.t() | nil
 
   @optional_callbacks [before_start: 2, filter_value: 1]
   defstruct [