Oracle Service Bus 11g Development Cookbook

Chapter 6. Using File and Email Transports

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Using the File or FTP Transport to trigger a proxy service upon arrival of a new file
• Using the File JCA adapter to read a file within the message flow
• Using the File or FTP Transport to write a file
• Using Email Transport to receive e-mail
• Using Email Transport to send e-mail

Introduction

In this chapter, we will cover the so called Poll-based transports, the File or FTP Transport, the Email Transport, as well as the File JCA adapter.

As the name implies, the File or FTP Transport can be used to do operations on files. When using the File Transport, the file needs to be local to the OSB Server or reachable via a file share, whereas when using the FTP Transport , the file can be ...