The following code snippet is the configuration for a feed adapter; this fetches feed from the configured url and puts it on the channel:

<int-feed:inbound-channel-adapter 
  id="soJavaFeedAdapterForAggregator" 
  channel="fetchedFeedChannel" 
  auto-startup="true" 
  url="${feeds.url}"> 
  <int:poller 
    fixed-rate="500" max-messages-per-poll="1" />
</int-feed:inbound-channel-adapter>

Now, for this to work, you need an FTP server configured. For testing, you can always set up an FTP server locally. Depending on your FTP server location and configuration parameters, set up a session factory:

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