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Outbound File Pollers for the Services Plug-in

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

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

Outbound File pollers are used by enterprises that do not want to use TIBCO Rendezvous to transfer documents to TIBCO BusinessConnect.

URI Format for Outbound File Pollers

For the File transport, URI format is as follows: file://BaseDir/*.*

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, TIBCO BusinessConnect 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 Trading Partner Administration Guide, Outbound File Pollers.

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