programatically start ftp inbound channel adapter, and stop once all files downloaded

[shaine]

I would like to programaticall start a ftp inbound channel adapter, and once all files have been downloaded, it should stop polling. for each file then downloaded, and put on the channel, I will use a service activator to process each file.

is this possible?
is ftp inbound channel adapter appropriate for this usecase?

there would typically be between 1 and 1000ish files on the ftp site, with filesizes ranging upto 100megs each

[Cleric]

Hello

Try to use Control Bus here.

Any Inbound Channel Adapter, as may Spring Integration components, has methods start() & stop(), which is accessible via JMX command.

Artem Bilan