Mastering Apache Camel

Routes

The Camel route is the routing definition. It's a graph of processors. The routes (routing definition) are loaded in the Camel context. The execution and flow of the exchange in a route is performed by the routing engine. The routes are used to decouple clients from servers, and producers from consumers: an exchange consumer doesn't know where the exchange comes from, and on the other hand an exchange producer doesn't know the destination of the exchange. Thanks to that, it provides a flexible way to add extra processing or change the routing with limited impact on the logic.

Each route has a unique identifier that you can specify (or Camel will create one for you). This identifier is used to easily find the route, especially when you want ...