Mule allows you to override some parts of a transport implementation. In this case, you must override org.mule.transport.file.FileMessageReceiver, in particular, the method listFiles().
public class MyFileMessageReceiver extends FileMessageReceiver
{
private static final MAX_FILES = 10;
@Override
List<File> listFiles() throws MuleException
{
try
{
List<File> files = new ArrayList<File>();
this.basicListFiles(readDirectory, files);
if(files.isEmpty())
return NO_FILES;
if(files.size() > MAX_FILES)
return files.subList(0, MAX_FILES);
else
return files;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new DefaultMuleException(FileMessages.errorWhileListingFiles(), e);
}
}
}
Then create a connector that will use the message receiver
<file:connector name="inboundFileConnector">
<service-overrides messageReceiver="org.mule.transport.file.MyFileMessageReceiver"/>
</file:connector>
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