Http adapter -reading a http file stream

Hi folks,
Here is a requirement
I need to read a file sent as an http object stream through XI and then updated the same in a database table in R/3?
<b>How can i configure the http adapter so that it reads the file stream</b>
regards
krishna
Message was edited by:
Krishnamoorthy Ramakrishnan

Thanks bhavesh
Though your reply and reference did not directly answer my question, which i will explain below concisely, it did help me to get an idea about how to handle my requirement.
Please read and give me your valuable advise.
The sender is a distributor that wants to send some text file to a file server in XI.The sender will have to send the file as a http stream link. XI has to read the file from the http stream and push it to a file server in XI. for this, i have identified that
1. At outbound/sender side, there is an HTTP adapter in XI.
2.The request to XI should be of the some think like
<b>http://<host>:<port>/file stream.....</b>
3. At inbound side , I have a java server proxy as suggested in the blog.
4. The server proxy will use a http client connection to read the file stream and another ftp client to push it to the file server
Do you think this would realize the requirement?
I have also got a question here
With the above mentioned URL, will the sender be able to communicate with XI, since the client is outside the network and has access to internet only. How can it communicate with XI?
Also, Is there an better alternative to this approach?
Thanks for your help
Kind Regards
krishna

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