The process looks like that:
Create a process that receives mail
follow the steps here:
http://blogs.bpel-people.com/2007/01/using-email-to-initiate-bpel-process.html
Save the attachment
There are 3 options:
1. Use a file adapter: you cannot easily define the file name, it always has to be the same. Furthermore there are some issues with the base64 encoding.
2. Use another web service to save the file (not a BPEL one): if you need to do some complex processing of the file it might be your only option.
3. Save the file with a "Java embedding" activities: this is the option I choose as I can easily set the name of the file + don't have to worry about the encoding.
The assign attachment is:
The java embedding is:
<bpelx:exec name="saveFile" language="java" version="1.5">
<![CDATA[java.io.Writer output = null;
try{
String name = (String)getVariableData("attachmentName");
int pos = name.lastIndexOf("name=");
String newName = name.substring(pos+6, name.length()-1);
java.io.File file = new java.io.File("c:\\" + newName);
output = new java.io.FileWriter(file);
output.write((String)getVariableData("attachment"));
} catch (Exception e) {
addAuditTrailEntry(e);
} finally {
try {
output.close();
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
addAuditTrailEntry(e);
}
}]]>
</bpelx:exec>
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