h2. servicemix-ftp

h3. Overview
The ServiceMix FTP component provides JBI integration to the FTP servers. It can be used to read & write files over FTPor to periodically poll directories for new files.


h4. Namespace and xbean.xml
The namespace URI for the servicemix-bean JBI component is {{http://servicemix.apache.org/ftp/1.0}}.  This is an example of <filename>xbean.xml</filename> file with a namespace definition with prefix {{bean}}.
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<beans xmlns:ftp="http://servicemix.apache.org/ftp/1.0">

  <!-- add ftp:poller and ftp:sender definitions here -->

</beans>
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h4. Endpoint types
The servicemix-ftp component defines two endpoint type:
- {{ftp:poller}} :: Periodically polls a directory on an FTP server for files and sends an exchange for every file
- {{ftp:sender}} :: Writes the contents of an exchange to a file on an FTP server