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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.file;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageConsumer;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageHandlingException;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link MessageConsumer} implementation that writes the Message payload to a
+ * file. If the payload is a File object, it will copy the File to this
+ * consumer's directory. If the payload is a byte array or String, it will
+ * write it directly. Otherwise, it will invoke toString on the payload Object.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class FileWritingMessageConsumer implements MessageConsumer {
+
+	private volatile FileNameGenerator fileNameGenerator = new DefaultFileNameGenerator();
+
+	private final File parentDirectory;
+
+	private volatile Charset charset = Charset.defaultCharset(); 
+
+
+	public FileWritingMessageConsumer(String parentDirectoryPath) {
+		this(new File(parentDirectoryPath));
+	}
+
+	public FileWritingMessageConsumer(File parentDirectory) {
+		this.parentDirectory = parentDirectory;
+	}
+
+
+	public void setFileNameGenerator(FileNameGenerator fileNameGenerator) {
+		this.fileNameGenerator = fileNameGenerator;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the charset name to use when writing a File from a
+	 * String-based Message payload.
+	 */
+	public void setCharset(String charset) {
+		Assert.notNull(charset, "charset must not be null");
+		Assert.isTrue(Charset.isSupported(charset), "Charset '" + charset + "' is not supported.");
+		this.charset = Charset.forName(charset);
+	}
+
+	public void onMessage(Message<?> message) {
+		Assert.notNull(message, "message must not be null");
+		Object payload = message.getPayload();
+		Assert.notNull(payload, "message payload must not be null");
+		File file = new File(parentDirectory, this.fileNameGenerator.generateFileName(message));
+		try {
+			if (payload instanceof byte[]) {
+				FileCopyUtils.copy((byte[]) payload, file);
+			}
+			else if (payload instanceof File) {
+				FileCopyUtils.copy((File) payload, file);
+			}
+			else {
+				OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file), this.charset);
+				FileCopyUtils.copy(payload.toString(), writer);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new MessageHandlingException(message, "failed to write Message payload to file", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+}