Installation

Apache Camel is a regular Java library. All the rules applicable to a Java library apply here as well and, as with any Java library, there are two basic ways to add Apache Camel to your project: using a dependency management tool and manually; each one has its pros and cons. Here, we will tell you just how to start using Apache Camel depending on your situation.

Using a dependency management tool

Depending on what you use to manage your project, there are different ways to start using Camel libraries. You can use either Maven or Gradle as both are very similar to each other. Maven is a de facto standard in the Java world for managing projects and it provides much better support than other libraries among most popular IDEs, so we will ...

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