Reading files

[Bob Rogers]

> I want to read a file from the file system and map the contents of the
file
> to a web service call.  I also have a PDF on the file system that needs
to
> be used as an attachment in the web service call.  I am wonder from a
best
> practices standpoint if this is a good idea.  The camel developer I am
> working with is totally against reading files from the file system in
Camel.
> Unfortunaltely the tools used to generate the files can only place them
on
> the file system.
>