Last Updated on January 21, 2017

This post demonstrates how to use Spring Boot, and Spring DI with Apache Camel and have Spring add routes and start and stop CamelContext automatically.

Contents

1 The Spring way
- 1.1 New Spring Boot Application
- 1.2 Testing the new Spring Boot Application
2 Download the Codes

The Spring way

In the previous post, Spring Boot – Copy File to Another Directory using Apache Camel, I created a Spring Boot application that rely only on the static main method.

@SpringBootApplication
public class ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);

		CamelContext camelContext = (CamelContext)ctx.getBean("camelContext");

		camelContext.addRoutes(new MyRouteBuilder());
		camelContext.start();

		Thread.sleep(60*100);
		camelContext.stop();
	}
}

@SpringBootApplication

public class ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);

CamelContext camelContext = (CamelContext)ctx.getBean("camelContext");

camelContext.addRoutes(new MyRouteBuilder());

camelContext.start();

Thread.sleep(60*100);

camelContext.stop();

}

The only “Spring” codes there is the use of SpringApplication and retrieval of “camelContext” bean from the ApplicationContext

ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);
CamelContext camelContext = (CamelContext)ctx.getBean("camelContext");

1	ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);

Let’s rewrite those codes by creating a new Spring Boot application that uses @Configuration, and @Bean (or @Component).

New Spring Boot Application

Our new Spring Boot application has a leaner main class.

package com.turreta.springboot.apache.camel.demo;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

@SpringBootApplication
public class ComTurretaSpringbootApacheCamelDemoApplication {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaSpringbootApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);

		try {
			// Sleep for 5 minutes
			TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(5);
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

package com.turreta.springboot.apache.camel.demo;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

@SpringBootApplication

public class ComTurretaSpringbootApacheCamelDemoApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) {

SpringApplication.run(ComTurretaSpringbootApacheCamelDemoApplication.class, args);

try {

// Sleep for 5 minutes

TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(5);

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

Then, create a @Configuration class and @Bean object.

package com.turreta.springboot.apache.camel.demo;

import org.apache.camel.RoutesBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class MyCamelConfiguration {

    @Bean
    RoutesBuilder myRouter() {
        return new RouteBuilder() {

            @Override
            public void configure() throws Exception {
            from("file:/C:/Users/windowuser/Desktop/ksg/blog/Spring%20Boot%20-%20Using%20annotations%20for%20Apache%20Camel/shared/in?move=./processed")
                    .to("file:/C:/Users/windowuser/Desktop/ksg/blog/Spring%20Boot%20-%20Using%20annotations%20for%20Apache%20Camel/shared/out");
            }
        };
    }
}

package com.turreta.springboot.apache.camel.demo;

import org.apache.camel.RoutesBuilder;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component

public class MyCamelConfiguration {

@Bean

RoutesBuilder myRouter() {

return new RouteBuilder() {

@Override

public void configure() throws Exception {

from("file:/C:/Users/windowuser/Desktop/ksg/blog/Spring%20Boot%20-%20Using%20annotations%20for%20Apache%20Camel/shared/in?move=./processed")

.to("file:/C:/Users/windowuser/Desktop/ksg/blog/Spring%20Boot%20-%20Using%20annotations%20for%20Apache%20Camel/shared/out");

}

};

}

That’s it!

Just drop files to the in directory and Apache Camel will copy them to the out directory.

Testing the new Spring Boot Application

Download the Codes

https://github.com/Turreta/Spring-Boot-Using-annotations-with-Apache-Camel

Spring Boot – Using annotations with Apache Camel

The Spring way

New Spring Boot Application

Testing the new Spring Boot Application

Download the Codes

Karl San Gabriel

The Spring way

New Spring Boot Application

Testing the new Spring Boot Application

Download the Codes

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Karl San Gabriel