Outbound File Pollers for the Services Plug-in

The outbound File poller provides a simple way for private processes to transmit documents to BusinessConnect Container Edition. This contrasts with the other transports, which are used for communication between trading partners.

Note: The sending partner for outbound File pollers is assumed to be the default host.

URI Format for Outbound File Pollers

For the Outbound File Poller, the directory structure format is as follows: /BaseDir/*.*

Example: /opt/inbound/*.*

This causes all directories under BaseDir to be checked for files.

In order for the file to be handled by the Services Plug-in, the document must appear as follows:

  • Default behavior, such as for the operation BC/1.0/Notify:

    BaseDir/TpName

  • Non-default behavior, for other operations:

    BaseDir/TpName/Category_Version_OperationID

where

  • BaseDir is a user selected base directory
  • TpName is the name of the trading partner
  • Category is the operation category
  • Version is the operation version
  • OperationID is the operation ID

If Category_Version_OperationID is not provided, then it defaults to BC/1.0/Notify.

Since the default operation has changed from BC/Notify to BC/1.0/Notify, files in the Category_operationID directory are treated as Category_Empty_operationID; for example, BusinessConnect Container Edition looks for an operation Category/Empty/operationID in the configuration store. To read general information on how to enable an outbound File poller, see TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition Trading Partner Management Guide, Outbound File Pollers.