Fix the issue of unable to parse non-batch messages that with non-empty properties and empty payloads.

[coderzc]

Motivation

time="2025-11-03T12:22:21+08:00" level=info msg="Created producer" cnx="[::1]:55372 -> [::1]:6650" producerID=1 producer_name=standalone-0-14 topic="persistent://public/default/my-topic-965686000"
time="2025-11-03T12:22:21+08:00" level=error msg="Discarding corrupted message" consumerID=1 msgID="ledgerId:19 entryId:0 partition:-1" name= subscription=reader-ebjpf topic="persistent://public/default/my-topic-965686000" validationError=BatchDeSerializeError

Modifications

Correct parse non-batch messages that with non-empty properties and empty payloads.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes handling of non-batched messages with empty payloads but non-empty properties. Previously, the ReadMessage() function would return an error (ErrEOM) when encountering such messages, but the fix allows these messages to be properly read by returning an empty byte slice instead.

Key changes:

• Added hasProperties field to MessageReader to track whether the message metadata contains properties
• Modified ReadMessage() to return []byte{} (empty payload) instead of ErrEOM for non-batched messages with properties and empty payloads
• Updated existing test to verify the new behavior and added comprehensive end-to-end test

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
pulsar/internal/commands.go	Added hasProperties field to track message properties; modified ReadMessage() to handle empty payloads with properties
pulsar/internal/commands_test.go	Updated test to verify empty payload is returned instead of ErrEOM for old format messages with properties
pulsar/reader_test.go	Added end-to-end test for empty payload messages with properties in non-batched mode

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[frankjkelly]

Thanks @RobertIndie and @coderzc - do you have a sense when the next release is that we will get this change?