File Connectors

The fileConnector parameter in the FIX configuration file lists property values for file connectors.

Parameter Name Description
fileName

Type: string

(Required) The relative or absolute path to the file containing FIX data.

Use a forward slash for both UNIX and Windows paths.

streamNames

Type: streamNamesType

(Required) Lists the names of the main streams in stream clusters where messages coming through this connector are hosted.

doValidation

Type: boolean

(Optional) If set to true, inbound messages coming through this connector are validated for correct message length and checksum. If set to false, the message length and checksum fields are ignored.

Invalid messages are discarded and the errors are logged. Message data is validated against the data dictionary during the parsing of the message. Default value is true.

inputBuffer

Type: integer

(Optional) Enables the adapter to process a specified number of kilobytes from the file. Default value is 1024.

Related tasks
Example: Using File Connectors