Reading the MySQL binary log (binlog) directly from the disk and translating that content and session information into the THL. Using this method to read the binlog in it's different formats, such as the statement, row and mixed-based logging.

Remotely from MySQL server over a network, including reading from an Amazon RDS MySQL or Amazon Aurora instance. This enables the replicator to read the information remotely, either on services where direct access to the binlog is not available, or where we cannot be installed (Such as databases hosted on a Windows platform).