The document discusses how to use the File component in Mule applications. The File connector allows a Mule application to exchange files with the file system. It can be used as an inbound endpoint to pick up files from a source location and move them to a destination location. The example provided shows an XML configuration with a File inbound endpoint that logs a message after successfully picking up a file.

1. How to use File component
15-09-2014

2. Abstract
• The main motto of this PPT is how to use File
component in our applications.

3. Introduction
• The File connector allows your Mule
application to exchange files with a file
system. You can implement the File connector
as an inbound endpoint (such as, a message
source), or as an outbound endpoint. This
endpoint implements a one-way exchange
pattern only.

4. Example

5. • .mflow
• <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
• <mule xmlns:file="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file"
xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" version="EE-3.4.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-current.xsd
• http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
• http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file/current/mule-file.xsd">
• <flow name="FileFlow1" doc:name="FileFlow1">
• <file:inbound-endpoint path=“Source file location" moveToDirectory=“Destination file location"
responseTimeout="10000" doc:name="File"/>
• <logger message="--file is successfully picked" level="INFO" doc:name="Logger"/>
• </flow>
• </mule>

6. • Output:
• INFO 2015-09-15 12:32:25,959 [main] org.mule.module.management.agent.JmxAgent: Registered
Connector Service with name Mule.File:type=Connector,name="connector.file.mule.default.1"
• INFO 2015-09-15 12:32:25,962 [main] org.mule.DefaultMuleContext:
• **********************************************************************
• * Application: File *
• * OS encoding: Cp1252, Mule encoding: UTF-8 *
• * *
• * Agents Running: *
• * Clustering Agent *
• * JMX Agent *
• **********************************************************************
• INFO 2015-09-15 12:32:25,963 [main] org.mule.module.launcher.MuleDeploymentService:
• ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
• + Started app 'File' +
• ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
• INFO 2015-09-15 12:32:26,931 [[File].connector.file.mule.default.receiver.01]
org.mule.transport.file.FileMessageReceiver: Lock obtained on file: Source file
locationfilename.xml
• INFO 2015-09-15 12:32:26,990 [[File].FileFlow1.stage1.02]
org.mule.api.processor.LoggerMessageProcessor: --file is successfully picked

7. • Flow of execution:
1. Service will pole the file for every 1sec”
2. It will pick the file from source folder and will
move to destination location
3. Service will display a message called “file is
successfully picked”

8. References
• https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-user-
guide/v/3.7/file-connector