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# File Consumer

A consumer that allows you to write incoming messages into files. 
The consumer uses the `FileWritingMessageHandler` from Spring Integration.

## Beans for injection

You can import `FileConsumerConfiguration` in the application and then inject the following bean.

`Consumer<Message<?>> fileConsumer`

You can use `fileConsumer` as a qualifier when injecting.

## Configuration Options

All configuration properties are prefixed with `file.consumer`.

For more information on the various options available, please see link:src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/consumer/file/FileConsumerProperties.java[FileConsumerProperties].

## Tests

See this link:src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/consumer/file[test suite] for the various ways, this consumer is used.

## Other usage

See this https://github.com/spring-cloud/stream-applications/blob/master/applications/sink/file-sink/README.adoc[README] where this consumer is used to create a Spring Cloud Stream application where it makes a File sink.