Defining Camel routes

Camel Quarkus supports several domain specific languages (DSLs) to define Camel Routes.

Java DSL

Extending org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder and using the fluent builder methods available there is the most common way of defining Camel Routes. Here is an example from the timer-log quickstart:

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class TimerRoute extends RouteBuilder {

    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
        from("timer:foo?period=1000")
                .log("Hello World");
    }
}

Endpoint DSL

Since Camel 3.0, you can use fluent builders also for defining Camel endpoints. The following is equivalent with the previous example:

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import static org.apache.camel.builder.endpoint.StaticEndpointBuilders.timer;

public class TimerRoute extends RouteBuilder {

    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
        from(timer("foo").period(1000))
                .log("Hello World");
    }
}

Builder methods for all Camel components are available via camel-quarkus-core, but you still need to add the given component’s extension as a dependency for the route to work properly. In case of the above example, it would be camel-quarkus-timer.

It is also possible to include Java DSL routes from other JARs by adding them as dependencies to your application. When doing this, you must ensure such JARs have a Jandex index, so that the routes are discoverable at build time.

XML DSL

In order to configure Camel routes, rests or templates in XML, you must add a Camel XML parser dependency to the classpath. Since Camel Quarkus 1.8.0, camel-quarkus-xml-io-dsl is the best choice.

With Camel Main, you can set a property that points to the location of resources XML files such as routes, REST DSL and Route templates:

camel.main.routes-include-pattern = routes/routes.xml, file:src/main/routes/rests.xml, file:src/main/rests/route-template.xml

Path globbing like camel.main.routes-include-pattern = *./routes.xml currently does not work in native mode.
Route
<routes xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring"
        xsi:schemaLocation="
            http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring
            http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd">

    <route id="xml-route">
        <from uri="timer:from-xml?period=1000"/>
        <log message="Hello XML!"/>
    </route>

</routes>

When using XML routes with beans, it is sometime needed to refer to class name, for instance beanType=org.apache.SomeClass. In such cases, it might be needed to register the class for reflection in native mode. Refer to the Native mode user guide for more information.

Spring XML with <beans> or Blueprint XML with <blueprint> elements are not supported.

The route XML should be in the simplified version like:

Rest DSL
<rests xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
    <rest id="greeting" path="/greeting">
        <get path="/hello">
            <to uri="direct:greet"/>
        </get>
    </rest>
</rests>
Route Templates
<routeTemplates xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
    <routeTemplate id="myTemplate">
        <templateParameter name="name"/>
        <templateParameter name="greeting"/>
        <templateParameter name="myPeriod" defaultValue="3s"/>
        <route>
            <from uri="timer:{{name}}?period={{myPeriod}}"/>
            <setBody><simple>{{greeting}} ${body}</simple></setBody>
            <log message="${body}"/>
        </route>
    </routeTemplate>
</routeTemplates>

YAML DSL

To configure routes with YAML, you must add the camel-quarkus-yaml-dsl dependency to the classpath.

With Camel Main, you can set a property that points to the location of YAML files containing routes, REST DSL and Route templates definitions:

camel.main.routes-include-pattern = routes/routes.yaml, routes/rests.yaml, rests/route-template.yaml
Route
- route:
    id: "my-yaml-route"
    from:
      uri: "timer:from-yaml?period=1000"
      steps:
        - set-body:
            constant: "Hello YAML!"
        - to: "log:from-yaml"
Rest DSL
- rest:
    get:
      - path: "/greeting"
        to: "direct:greet"

- route:
    id: "rest-route"
    from:
      uri: "direct:greet"
      steps:
        - set-body:
            constant: "Hello YAML!"
Route Templates
- route-template:
    id: "myTemplate"
    parameters:
      - name: "name"
      - name: "greeting"
        defaultValue: "Hello"
      - name: "myPeriod"
        defaultValue: "3s"
    from:
      uri: "timer:{{name}}?period={{myPeriod}}"
      steps:
      - set-body:
          expression:
            simple: "{{greeting}} ${body}"
      - log: "${body}"

- templated-route:
    route-template-ref: "myTemplate"
    parameters:
      - name: "name"
        value: "tick"
      - name: "greeting"
        value: "Bonjour"
      - name: "myPeriod"
        value: "5s"

Other route DSLs

What’s next?

We recommend to continue with Configuration.

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