You can write the file to the queue and then process it. This will simplify the logic.
Thanks, Pravin On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 1:03 PM Jonathan Cook <jonathan.c...@erars.plus.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using the file endpoint with delete=true. My routes pick up files > from a directory and then pass through a number of steps, so are > reasonably complex. I have a dead letter route where in the event of an > error I want to move the original file to a kind of failed directory area. > > But the problem is that when an error occurs, by the time the code runs > inside the dead letter route, the original file has already been deleted > by the FileComponent because of delete=true. If I set this to false it > works OK but the file stays at the original folder which I don't want. > > Do I have to manage this myself, i.e not use delete=true and have > another step in my route (bean or processor) which would delete or move > the file from the original directory at the end of all the processing > rather than rely on the file component? > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > Paul > >