Chapter 2. Getting Started with Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot


This guide introduces Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot and demonstrates how to get started building an application using Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot.

2.1. Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot starters

Camel support for Spring Boot provides auto-configuration of the Camel and starters for many Camel components. The opinionated auto-configuration of the Camel context auto-detects Camel routes available in the Spring context and registers the key Camel utilities (such as producer template, consumer template and the type converter) as beans.

Note

For information about using a Maven archtype to generate a Camel for Spring Boot application see Generating a Camel for Spring Boot application using Maven.

To get started, you must add the Camel Spring Boot BOM to your Maven pom.xml file.

<dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Camel BOM -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform</groupId>
            <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-bom</artifactId>
            <version>4.10.3.redhat-00019</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- ... other BOMs or dependencies ... -->
    </dependencies>

</dependencyManagement>
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The camel-spring-boot-bom is a basic BOM that contains the list of Camel Spring Boot starter JARs.

Next, add the Camel Spring Boot starter to startup the Camel Context.

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Camel Starter -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
            <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <!-- ... other dependencies ... -->
    </dependencies>
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You must also add the component starters that your Spring Boot application requires. The following example shows how to add the auto-configuration starter to the MQTT5 component.

    <dependencies>
        <!-- ... other dependencies ... -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
            <artifactId>camel-paho-mqtt5</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
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2.1.1. Spring Boot configuration support

Each starter lists configuration parameters you can configure in the standard application.properties or application.yml files. These parameters have the form of camel.component.[component-name].[parameter]. For example to configure the URL of the MQTT5 broker you can set:

camel.component.paho-mqtt5.broker-url=tcp://localhost:61616
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2.1.2. Adding Camel routes

Camel routes are detected in the Spring application context, for example a route annotated with org.springframework.stereotype.Component will be loaded, added to the Camel context and run.

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class MyRoute extends RouteBuilder {

    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
        from("...")
            .to("...");
    }

}
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2.1.3. Using Domain Specific Languages

Apache Camel uses a Java Domain Specific Language or DSL for creating Enterprise Integration Patterns or Routes in a variety of domain-specific languages (DSL) as listed below:

  • Java DSL: Java based DSL using the fluent builder style.
  • XML DSL: XML based DSL in Camel XML files only.
  • Yaml DSL for creating routes using YAML format.

2.1.3.1. Advantages of DSLs

The advantages of using a DSL over general-purpose languages are the following:

  • Easier to learn and easier to work with. You can see where the main logic begins and ends.
  • Safer code. DSL in Apache Camel has the solid building blocks which binds all the steps together.
  • Errors are domain-specific. In case of failures, error descriptions are more explicit and explanatory. Simpler code also means less error-prone code.
  • DSLs are designed to be platform-independent. In case of code changes, its impact is delegated to lower layers.

2.1.3.2. Comparing different DSLs

Following section describes the differences between the DSLs and different scenarios where you may use these DSLs.

 Java DSLXML DSLYAML DSL

Developer tools

  • You can use every IDE with Java support.
  • Red Hat provides the Extension Pack for Apache Camel in VS Code. This pack contains all the necessary extensions to work with Red Hat build of Apache Camel in VS Code. This includes language support for Camel K Java standalone, support for Camel URI completion and diagnostics, and running and debugging Camel routes from the source editor.
  • Language support and basic Camel textual route debugging.
  • It provides code assistance and offers a route debugger.
  • You can use every IDE with XML support.
  • Red Hat provides the Extension Pack for Apache Camel in VS Code. This pack contains all the necessary extensions to work with Red Hat build of Apache Camel in VS Code. This includes language support for Camel K Java standalone, support for Camel URI completion and diagnostics, and running and debugging Camel routes from the source editor.
  • Language support and basic Camel textual route debugging
  • It provides code assistance and offers a route debugger.
  • You can use every IDE with YAML support.
  • Red Hat provides the Extension Pack for Apache Camel in VS Code. This pack contains all the necessary extensions to work with Red Hat build of Apache Camel in VS Code. This includes language support for Camel K Java standalone, support for Camel URI completion and diagnostics, and running and debugging Camel routes from the source editor.
  • Language support and basic Camel textual route debugging.
  • It provides code assistance and offers a route debugger.
  • It also includes the Kaoto VS Code extension, which offers a visual integration designer.

Hawtio / Fuse Console

Hawtio retrieves the routes from the runtime as XML and display the routes regardless of which DSL was used to create the routes.

Hawtio retrieves the routes from the runtime as XML and display the routes regardless of which DSL was used to create the routes.

Hawtio retrieves the routes from the runtime as XML and display the routes regardless of which DSL was used to create the routes.

Software development model

The DSL adopts a fluent builder API.

  • Modeling development approach with graphical editor is possible (Eclipse Desktop).
  • Allows drag-and-drop based development.
  • Textual-based development is also possible with very mature IDE support.

Harder to write from scratch. A modelling development approach with a graphical editor is possible.

Debugging code

  • There are IDE plug-ins that provide step by step DSL debugging over the EIPs. You can step into the RouteBuilder, but it is called only at startup and not during processing.
  • Breakpoints can be put in Java code of the core Camel classes.
  • It is possible to add temporary Processors and use the Java debugger.
  • There are IDE plug-ins that provide step by step DSL debugging over the EIPs.
  • Breakpoints can be put in Java code of the core Camel classes.
  • There are IDE plug-ins that provide step by step DSL debugging over the EIPs.
  • Breakpoints can be put in Java code of the core Camel classes.

Integration with dependency injection (DI) frameworks

Easier to integrate with any DI framework.

While it is possible to refer to existing beans from DI frameworks in XML DSL, declaring new beans in XML makes these beans exclusive to Camel itself, and not part of the DI framework (for example, Quarkus or Spring Boot).

While it is possible to refer to existing beans from DI frameworks in YAML DSL, declaring new beans in YAML makes these beans exclusive to Camel itself, and not part of the DI framework (for example, Quarkus or Spring Boot).

Team size

More flexible, but harder to read code. Good for small co-located teams that work and support code for a long period.

  • Beneficial for large and disparate teams.
  • Less flexible, making it challenging to create complicated routes.
  • Beneficial for large and disparate teams.
  • Less flexible, making it challenging to create complicated routes.

Team structure

Requires the team to have Java developers for developing Camel integrations. Other team members also required to understand Java in order to read the integration flow.

  • XML is a widespread language, and all developers can reuse existing skills when developing with Camel.
  • It offers a higher level of abstraction and makes it easy to communicate with business developers and support teams.
  • YAML is a widespread language, and all developers can reuse existing skills when developing with Camel.
  • It offers a higher level of abstraction and makes it easy to communicate with business developers and support teams.

Developer experience and preference

  • More suited to experienced developers as Java is more concise than XML, with inner classes and functional aspects.
  • Java developers tend to prefer pure Java and annotations rather than XML.

Ideal for new users, as it offers a graphical approach for designing routes.

Ideal for new users, as it offers a graphical approach for designing routes.

2.2. Spring Boot

Spring Boot automatically configures Camel for you. The opinionated autoconfiguration of the Camel context auto-detects Camel routes available in the Spring context and registers the key Camel utilities (like producer template, consumer template and the type converter) as beans.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml in order to use this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-spring-boot</artifactId>
</dependency>
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camel-spring-boot jar comes with the spring.factories file, so as soon as you add that dependency into your classpath, Spring Boot will automatically auto-configure Camel for you.

2.2.1. Camel Spring Boot Starter

Apache Camel ships a Spring Boot Starter module that allows you to develop Spring Boot applications using starters.

There is also a sample application available in the examples repository.

To use the starter, add the following to your spring boot pom.xml file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
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Then you can just add classes with your Camel routes such as:

package com.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class MyRoute extends RouteBuilder {

    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
        from("timer:foo").to("log:bar");
    }
}
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Then these routes will be started automatically.

You can customize the Camel application in the application.properties or application.yml file.

2.2.2. Spring Boot Auto-configuration

When using spring-boot with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
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2.2.3. Auto-configured Camel context

The most important piece of functionality provided by the Camel auto-configuration is the CamelContext instance. Camel auto-configuration creates a SpringCamelContext for you and takes care of the proper initialization and shutdown of that context. The created Camel context is also registered in the Spring application context (under the camelContext bean name), so you can access it like any other Spring bean.

@Configuration
public class MyAppConfig {

  @Autowired
  CamelContext camelContext;

  @Bean
  MyService myService() {
    return new DefaultMyService(camelContext);
  }

}
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2.2.4. Auto-detecting Camel routes

Camel auto-configuration collects all the RouteBuilder instances from the Spring context and automatically injects them into the provided CamelContext. This means that creating new Camel routes with the Spring Boot starter is as simple as adding the @Component annotated class to your classpath:

@Component
public class MyRouter extends RouteBuilder {

  @Override
  public void configure() throws Exception {
    from("jms:invoices").to("file:/invoices");
  }

}
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Or creating a new route RouteBuilder bean in your @Configuration class:

@Configuration
public class MyRouterConfiguration {

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

      @Override
      public void configure() throws Exception {
        from("jms:invoices").to("file:/invoices");
      }

    };
  }

}
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2.2.5. Camel properties

Spring Boot auto-configuration automatically connects to Spring Boot external configuration (which may contain properties placeholders, OS environment variables or system properties) with the Camel properties support. It basically means that any property defined in application.properties file:

route.from = jms:invoices
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Or set via system property:

java -Droute.to=jms:processed.invoices -jar mySpringApp.jar
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can be used as placeholders in Camel route:

@Component
public class MyRouter extends RouteBuilder {

  @Override
  public void configure() throws Exception {
    from("{{route.from}}").to("{{route.to}}");
  }

}
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2.2.6. Custom Camel context configuration

If you want to perform some operations on CamelContext bean created by Camel auto-configuration, register CamelContextConfiguration instance in your Spring context:

@Configuration
public class MyAppConfig {

  @Bean
  CamelContextConfiguration contextConfiguration() {
    return new CamelContextConfiguration() {
      @Override
      void beforeApplicationStart(CamelContext context) {
        // your custom configuration goes here
      }
    };
  }

}
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The method beforeApplicationStart will be called just before the Spring context is started, so the CamelContext instance passed to this callback is fully auto-configured. If you add multiple instances of CamelContextConfiguration into your Spring context, each instance is executed.

Tip

For a sample application, see the Metrics example in the camel-spring-boot-examples repository.

2.2.7. Auto-configured consumer and producer templates

Camel auto-configuration provides pre-configured ConsumerTemplate and ProducerTemplate instances. You can simply inject them into your Spring-managed beans:

@Component
public class InvoiceProcessor {

  @Autowired
  private ProducerTemplate producerTemplate;

  @Autowired
  private ConsumerTemplate consumerTemplate;

  public void processNextInvoice() {
    Invoice invoice = consumerTemplate.receiveBody("jms:invoices", Invoice.class);
    ...
    producerTemplate.sendBody("netty-http:http://invoicing.com/received/" + invoice.id());
  }

}
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By default, consumer templates and producer templates come with the endpoint cache sizes set to 1000. You can change these values by modifying the following Spring properties:

camel.springboot.consumer-template-cache-size = 100
camel.springboot.producer-template-cache-size = 200
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2.2.8. Auto-configured TypeConverter

Camel auto-configuration registers a TypeConverter instance named typeConverter in the Spring context.

@Component
public class InvoiceProcessor {

  @Autowired
  private TypeConverter typeConverter;

  public long parseInvoiceValue(Invoice invoice) {
    String invoiceValue = invoice.grossValue();
    return typeConverter.convertTo(Long.class, invoiceValue);
  }

}
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2.2.8.1. Spring type conversion API bridge

Spring comes with the powerful type conversion API. The Spring API is similar to the Camel type converter API. As both APIs are so similar, Camel Spring Boot automatically registers a bridge converter (SpringTypeConverter) that delegates to the Spring conversion API. This means that out-of-the-box Camel will treat Spring Converters like Camel ones. With this approach you can use both Camel and Spring converters accessed via Camel TypeConverter API:

@Component
public class InvoiceProcessor {

  @Autowired
  private TypeConverter typeConverter;

  public UUID parseInvoiceId(Invoice invoice) {
    // Using Spring's StringToUUIDConverter
    UUID id = invoice.typeConverter.convertTo(UUID.class, invoice.getId());
  }

}
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Under the hood Camel Spring Boot delegates conversion to the Spring’s ConversionService instances available in the application context. If no ConversionService instance is available, Camel Spring Boot auto-configuration will create one for you.

Tip

For a sample application, see the Type converter example in the camel-spring-boot-examples repository.

2.2.9. Keeping the application alive

Camel applications which have this feature enabled launch a new thread on startup for the sole purpose of keeping the application alive by preventing JVM termination. This means that after you start a Camel application with Spring Boot, your application waits for a Ctrl+C signal and does not exit immediately.

The controller thread can be activated using the camel.springboot.main-run-controller to true.

camel.springboot.main-run-controller = true
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Applications using web modules (for example, applications that import the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-web-starter module), usually don’t need to use this feature because the application is kept alive by the presence of other non-daemon threads.

Tip

For a sample application, see the POJO example in the camel-spring-boot-examples repository.

2.2.10. Adding XML routes

By default, you can put Camel XML routes in the classpath under the directory camel, which camel-spring-boot will auto-detect and include. You can configure the directory name or turn this off using the configuration option:

# turn off
camel.springboot.routes-include-pattern = false
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# scan only in the com/foo/routes classpath
camel.springboot.routes-include-pattern = classpath:com/foo/routes/*.xml
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The XML files should be Camel XML routes (not <CamelContext>) such as:

<routes xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
    <route id="test">
        <from uri="timer://trigger"/>
        <transform>
            <simple>ref:myBean</simple>
        </transform>
        <to uri="log:out"/>
    </route>
</routes>
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Tip

For a sample application, see the XML example in the camel-spring-boot-examples repository.

2.2.11. Testing the JUnit 5 way

For testing, Maven users will need to add the following dependencies to their pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
    <version>3.4.5</version> <!-- Use the same version as your Spring Boot version -->
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-test-spring-junit5</artifactId>
    <version>4.10.3.redhat-00020</version> <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
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To test a Camel Spring Boot application, annotate your test class(es) with @CamelSpringBootTest. This brings Camel’s Spring Test support to your application, so that you can write tests using Spring Boot test conventions.

To get the CamelContext or ProducerTemplate, you can inject them into the class in the normal Spring manner, using @Autowired.

You can also use camel-test-spring-junit5 to configure tests declaratively. This example uses the @MockEndpoints annotation to auto-mock an endpoint:

@CamelSpringBootTest
@SpringBootApplication
@MockEndpoints("direct:end")
public class MyApplicationTest {

    @Autowired
    private ProducerTemplate template;

    @EndpointInject("mock:direct:end")
    private MockEndpoint mock;

    @Test
    public void testReceive() throws Exception {
        mock.expectedBodiesReceived("Hello");
        template.sendBody("direct:start", "Hello");
        mock.assertIsSatisfied();
    }

}
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Tip

For a sample application, see the Infinispan example in the camel-spring-boot-examples repository.

2.3. Component Starters

Camel Spring Boot supports the following Camel artifacts as Spring Boot Starters:

Note

The BOM for Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Camel Spring Boot lists both supported and unsupported components. See Component Starters for the latest list of supported components.

Table 2.1. Camel Components
ComponentArtifactDescriptionSupport on IBM Power and IBM Z

AMQP

camel-amqp-starter

Messaging with AMQP protocol using Apache QPid Client.

Yes

AWS Cloudwatch

camel-aws2-cw-starter

Sending metrics to AWS CloudWatch using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS DynamoDB

camel-aws2-ddb-starter

Store and retrieve data from AWS DynamoDB service using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS Kinesis

camel-aws2-kinesis-starter

Consume and produce records from and to AWS Kinesis Streams using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS Lambda

camel-aws2-lambda-starter

Manage and invoke AWS Lambda functions using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS S3 Storage Service

camel-aws2-s3-starter

Store and retrieve objects from AWS S3 Storage Service using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS Simple Notification System (SNS)

camel-aws2-sns-starter

Send messages to an AWS Simple Notification Topic using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS)

camel-aws2-sqs-starter

Send and receive messages to/from AWS SQS service using AWS SDK version 2.x.

Yes

AWS Secrets Manager

camel-aws-secrets-manager-starter

Manage secrets using AWS Secrets Manager.

Yes

Azure Key Vault

camel-azure-key-vault-starter

Manage secrets and keys in Azure Key Vault Service

Yes

Azure ServiceBus

camel-azure-servicebus-starter

Send and receive messages to/from Azure Event Bus.

Yes

Azure Storage Blob Service

camel-azure-storage-blob-starter

Store and retrieve blobs from Azure Storage Blob Service using SDK v12.

Yes

Azure Storage Queue Service

camel-azure-storage-queue-starter

The azure-storage-queue component is used for storing and retrieving the messages to/from Azure Storage Queue using Azure SDK v12.

Yes

Bean

camel-bean-starter

Invoke methods of Java beans stored in Camel registry.

Yes

Bean Validator

camel-bean-validator-starter

Validate the message body using the Java Bean Validation API.

Yes

Browse

camel-browse-starter

Inspect the messages received on endpoints supporting BrowsableEndpoint.

Yes

Cassandra CQL

camel-cassandraql-starter

Integrate with Cassandra 2.0 using the CQL3 API (not the Thrift API). Based on Cassandra Java Driver provided by DataStax.

Yes

CICS

camel-cics-starter

Interact with CICS® general-purpose transaction processing subsystem.

No

Control Bus

camel-controlbus-starter

Manage and monitor Camel routes.

Yes

Cron

camel-cron-starter

A generic interface for triggering events at times specified through the Unix cron syntax.

Yes

Crypto (JCE)

camel-crypto-starter

Sign and verify exchanges using the Signature Service of the Java Cryptographic Extension (JCE).

Yes

CXF

camel-cxf-soap-starter

Expose SOAP WebServices using Apache CXF or connect to external WebServices using CXF WS client.

Yes

CXF-RS

camel-cxf-rest-starter

Expose JAX-RS REST services using Apache CXF or connect to external REST services using CXF REST client.

Yes

Data Format

camel-dataformat-starter

Use a Camel Data Format as a regular Camel Component.

Yes

Dataset

camel-dataset-starter

Provide data for load and soak testing of your Camel application.

Yes

Direct

camel-direct-starter

Call another endpoint from the same Camel Context synchronously.

Yes

Elastic Search

camel-elasticsearch-starter

Send requests to ElasticSearch via Java Client API.

Yes

FHIR

camel-fhir-starter

Exchange information in the healthcare domain using the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard.

No

File

camel-file-starter

Read and write files.

Yes

Flink

camel-flink-starter

Send DataSet jobs to an Apache Flink cluster.

Yes

FTP

camel-ftp-starter

Upload and download files to/from FTP servers.

Yes

Google BigQuery

camel-google-bigquery-starter

Google BigQuery data warehouse for analytics.

Yes

Google Pubsub

camel-google-pubsub-starter

Send and receive messages to/from Google Cloud Platform PubSub Service.

Yes

Google Secret Manager

camel-google-secret-manager-starter

Manage Google Secret Manager Secrets

Yes

GraphQL

camel-graphql-starter

Send GraphQL queries and mutations to external systems.

Yes

gRPC

camel-grpc-starter

Expose gRPC endpoints and access external gRPC endpoints.

Yes

Hashicorp Vault

camel-hashicorp-starter

Manage secrets in Hashicorp Vault Service.

Yes

HTTP

camel-http-starter

Send requests to external HTTP servers using Apache HTTP Client 4.x.

Yes

Infinispan

camel-infinispan-starter

Read and write from/to Infinispan distributed key/value store and data grid.

No

Infinispan Embedded

camel-infinispan-embedded-starter

Read and write from/to Infinispan distributed key/value store and data grid.

Yes

JDBC

camel-jdbc-starter

Access databases through SQL and JDBC.

Yes

Jira

camel-jira-starter

Interact with JIRA issue tracker.

Yes

JMS

camel-jms-starter

Sent and receive messages to/from a JMS Queue or Topic.

Yes

Jolokia

camel-jolokia-starter

integrates the Jolokia agent configuration in Spring Boot.

Yes

JPA

camel-jpa-starter

Store and retrieve Java objects from databases using Java Persistence API (JPA).

Yes

JSLT

camel-jslt-starter

Query or transform JSON payloads using an JSLT.

Yes

Kafka

camel-kafka-starter

Sent and receive messages to/from an Apache Kafka broker.

Yes

Kamelet

camel-kamelet-starter

To call Kamelets

Yes

Kubernetes ConfigMap

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes ConfigMaps and get notified on ConfigMaps changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Custom Resources

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Custom Resources and get notified on Deployment changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Deployments

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Deployments and get notified on Deployment changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Event

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Events and get notified on Events changes.

Yes

Kubernetes HPA

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA) and get notified on HPA changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Job

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Jobs.

Yes

Kubernetes Namespaces

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Namespaces and get notified on Namespace changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Nodes

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Nodes and get notified on Node changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Persistent Volume

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Persistent Volumes and get notified on Persistent Volume changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Persistent Volume Claim

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Persistent Volumes Claims and get notified on Persistent Volumes Claim changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Pods

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Pods and get notified on Pod changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Replication Controller

camel-kubernetes-starter

Yes Perform operations on Kubernetes Replication Controllers and get notified on Replication Controllers changes.

Yes

Kubernetes Resources Quota

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Resources Quotas.

Yes

Kubernetes Secrets

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Secrets.

Yes

Kubernetes Service Account

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Service Accounts.

Yes

Kubernetes Services

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Kubernetes Services and get notified on Service changes.

Yes

Kudu

camel-kudu-starter

Interact with Apache Kudu, a free and open source column-oriented data store of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem.

No

Language

camel-language-starter

Execute scripts in any of the languages supported by Camel.

Yes

LDAP

camel-ldap-starter

Perform searches on LDAP servers.

Yes

Log

camel-log-starter

Log messages to the underlying logging mechanism.

Yes

LRA

camel-lra-starter

Camel saga binding for Long-Running-Action framework.

Yes

Mail

camel-mail-starter

Send and receive emails using imap, pop3 and smtp protocols.

Yes

Mail Microsoft OAuth

camel-mail-microsoft-oauth-starter

Camel Mail OAuth2 Authenticator for Microsoft Exchange Online.

Yes

MapStruct

camel-mapstruct-starter

Type Conversion using Mapstruct.

Yes

Master

camel-master-starter

Have only a single consumer in a cluster consuming from a given endpoint; with automatic failover if the JVM dies.

Yes

Micrometer

camel-micrometer-starter

Collect various metrics directly from Camel routes using the Micrometer library.

Yes

Minio

camel-minio-starter

Store and retrieve objects from Minio Storage Service using Minio SDK.

Yes

MLLP

camel-mllp-starter

Communicate with external systems using the MLLP protocol.

Yes

Mock

camel-mock-starter

Test routes and mediation rules using mocks.

Yes

MongoDB

camel-mongodb-starter

Perform operations on MongoDB documents and collections.

Yes

MyBatis

camel-mybatis-starter

Performs a query, poll, insert, update or delete in a relational database using MyBatis.

Yes

Netty

camel-netty-starter

Socket level networking using TCP or UDP with Netty 4.x.

Yes

Observability Services

camel-observability-services

Camel Observability Services

Yes

Olingo4

camel-olingo4-starter

Communicate with OData 4.0 services using Apache Olingo OData API.

Yes

OpenSearch

camel-opensearch-starter

Send requests to OpenSearch via Java Client API.

Yes

Openshift Builds

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on OpenShift Builds.

Yes

Openshift Deployment Configs

camel-kubernetes-starter

Perform operations on Openshift Deployment Configs and get notified on Deployment Config changes.

Yes

Netty HTTP

camel-netty-http-starter

Netty HTTP server and client using the Netty 4.x.

Yes

Paho

camel-paho-starter

Communicate with MQTT message brokers using Eclipse Paho MQTT Client.

Yes

Paho MQTT 5

camel-paho-mqtt5-starter

Communicate with MQTT message brokers using Eclipse Paho MQTT v5 Client.

Yes

Platform HTTP

camel-platform-http-starter

Expose HTTP endpoints using the HTTP server available in the current platform.

Yes

Quartz

camel-quartz-starter

Schedule sending of messages using the Quartz 2.x scheduler.

Yes

Ref

camel-ref-starter

Route messages to an endpoint looked up dynamically by name in the Camel Registry.

Yes

REST

camel-rest-starter

Expose REST services or call external REST services.

Yes

Saga

camel-saga-starter

Execute custom actions within a route using the Saga EIP.

Yes

Salesforce

camel-salesforce-starter

Communicate with Salesforce using Java DTOs.

Yes

SAP

camel-sap-starter

Uses the SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo) library to facilitate bidirectional communication with SAP and the SAP IDoc library to facilitate the transmission of documents in the Intermediate Document (IDoc) format.

Yes

Scheduler

camel-scheduler-starter

Generate messages in specified intervals using java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService.

Yes

SEDA

camel-seda-starter

Asynchronously call another endpoint from any Camel Context in the same JVM.

Yes

Servlet

camel-servlet-starter

Serve HTTP requests by a Servlet.

Yes

Slack

camel-slack-starter

Send and receive messages to/from Slack.

Yes

SMB

camel-smb-starter

Receive files from SMB (Server Message Block) shares.

Yes

Smooks

camel-smooks-starter

Transform and bind XML as well as non-XML data, including EDI, CSV, JSON, and YAML using Smooks.

Yes

SNMP

camel-snmp-starter

Receive traps and poll SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) capable devices.

Yes

Splunk

camel-splunk-starter

Publish or search for events in Splunk.

No

Spring Batch

camel-spring-batch-starter

Send messages to Spring Batch for further processing.

Yes

Spring JDBC

camel-spring-jdbc-starter

Access databases through SQL and JDBC with Spring Transaction support.

Yes

Spring LDAP

camel-spring-ldap-starter

Perform searches in LDAP servers using filters as the message payload.

Yes

Spring RabbitMQ

camel-spring-rabbitmq-starter

Send and receive messages from RabbitMQ using Spring RabbitMQ client.

Yes

Spring Redis

camel-spring-redis-starter

Send and receive messages from Redis.

Yes

Spring Webservice

camel-spring-ws-starter

You can use this component to integrate with Spring Web Services. It offers client-side support for accessing web services and server-side support for creating your contract-first web services.

Yes

SQL

camel-sql-starter

Perform SQL queries using Spring JDBC.

Yes

SQL Stored Procedure

camel-sql-starter

Perform SQL queries as a JDBC Stored Procedures using Spring JDBC.

Yes

SSH

camel-ssh-starter

Execute commands on remote hosts using SSH.

Yes

Stub

camel-stub-starter

Stub out any physical endpoints while in development or testing.

Yes

Telegram

camel-telegram-starter

Send and receive messages acting as a Telegram Bot Telegram Bot API.

Yes

Timer

camel-timer-starter

Generate messages in specified intervals using java.util.Timer.

Yes

Validator

camel-validator-starter

Validate the payload using XML Schema and JAXP Validation.

Yes

Velocity

camel-velocity-starter

Transform messages using a Velocity template.

Yes

Vert.x HTTP Client

camel-vertx-http-starter

Send requests to external HTTP servers using Vert.x.

Yes

Vert.x WebSocket

camel-vertx-websocket-starter

Expose WebSocket endpoints and connect to remote WebSocket servers using Vert.x.

Yes

Webhook

camel-webhook-starter

Expose webhook endpoints to receive push notifications for other Camel components.

Yes

XJ

camel-xj-starter

Transform JSON and XML message using a XSLT.

Yes

XSLT

camel-xslt-starter

Transforms XML payload using an XSLT template.

Yes

XSLT Saxon

camel-xslt-saxon-starter

Transform XML payloads using an XSLT template using Saxon.

Yes

Table 2.2. Camel Data Formats
ComponentArtifactDescriptionSupport on IBM Power and IBM Z

Avro

camel-avro-starter

Serialize and deserialize messages using Apache Avro binary data format.

Yes

Avro Jackson

camel-jackson-avro-starter

Marshal POJOs to Avro and back using Jackson.

Yes

Bindy

camel-bindy-starter

Marshal and unmarshal between POJOs and key-value pair (KVP) format using Camel Bindy.

Yes

BeanIO

camel-beanio-starter

Marshal and unmarshal Java beans to and from flat files (such as CSV, delimited, or fixed length formats).

Yes

HL7

camel-hl7-starter

Marshal and unmarshal HL7 (Health Care) model objects using the HL7 MLLP codec.

Yes

JacksonXML

camel-jacksonxml-starter

Unmarshal a XML payloads to POJOs and back using XMLMapper extension of Jackson.

Yes

JAXB

camel-jaxb-starter

Unmarshal XML payloads to POJOs and back using JAXB2 XML marshalling standard.

Yes

JSON Gson

camel-gson-starter

Marshal POJOs to JSON and back using Gson

Yes

JSON Jackson

camel-jackson-starter

Marshal POJOs to JSON and back using Jackson

Yes

Protobuf Jackson

camel-jackson-protobuf-starter

Marshal POJOs to Protobuf and back using Jackson.

Yes

SOAP

camel-soap-starter

Marshal Java objects to SOAP messages and back.

Yes

Zip File

camel-zipfile-starter

Compression and decompress streams using java.util.zip.ZipStream.

Yes

Table 2.3. Camel Languages
LanguageArtifactDescriptionSupport on IBM Power and IBM Z

Constant

camel-core-starter

A fixed value set only once during the route startup.

Yes

CSimple

camel-core-starter

Evaluate a compiled simple expression.

Yes

ExchangeProperty

camel-core-starter

Gets a property from the Exchange.

Yes

File

camel-core-starter

File related capabilities for the Simple language.

Yes

Groovy

camel-groovy-starter

Evaluates a Groovy script.

Yes

Header

camel-core-starter

Gets a header from the Exchange.

Yes

JQ

camel-jq-starter

Evaluates a JQ expression against a JSON message body.

Yes

JSONPath

camel-jsonpath-starter

Evaluates a JSONPath expression against a JSON message body.

Yes

Ref

camel-core-starter

Uses an existing expression from the registry.

Yes

Simple

camel-core-starter

Evaluates a Camel simple expression.

Yes

Tokenize

camel-core-starter

Tokenize text payloads using delimiter patterns.

Yes

XML Tokenize

camel-xml-jaxp-starter

Tokenize XML payloads.

Yes

XPath

camel-xpath-starter

Evaluates an XPath expression against an XML payload.

Yes

XQuery

camel-saxon-starter

Query and/or transform XML payloads using XQuery and Saxon.

Yes

Table 2.4. Miscellaneous Extensions
ExtensionsArtifactDescriptionSupport on IBM Power and IBM Z

Jasypt

camel-jasypt-starter

Security using Jasypt

Yes

Kamelet Main

camel-kamelet-main-starter

Main to run Kamelet standalone

Yes

Openapi Java

camel-openapi-java-starter

Rest-dsl support for using openapi doc

Yes

OpenTelemetry

camel-opentelemetry-starter

Distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry

Yes

Spring Security

camel-spring-security-starter

Security using Spring Security

Yes

YAML DSL

camel-yaml-dsl-starter

Camel DSL with YAML

Yes

2.4. Starter Configuration

Clear and accessible configuration is a crucial part of any application. Camel starters fully support Spring Boot’s external configuration mechanism. You can also configure them through Spring Beans for more complex use cases.

2.4.1. Using External Configuration

Internally, every starter is configured through Spring Boot’s ConfigurationProperties. Each configuration parameter can be set in various ways (application.[properties|json|yaml] files, command line arguments, environments variables etc.). Parameters have the form of camel.[component|language|dataformat].[name].[parameter]

For example to configure the URL of the MQTT5 broker you can set:

camel.component.paho-mqtt5.broker-url=tcp://localhost:61616
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Or to configure the delimeter of the CSV dataformat to be a semicolon(;) you can set:

camel.dataformat.csv.delimiter=;
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Camel will use the Type Converter mechanism when setting properties to the desired type.

You can refer to beans in the Registry using the #bean:name:

camel.component.jms.transactionManager=#bean:myjtaTransactionManager
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The Bean would be typically created in Java:

@Bean("myjtaTransactionManager")
public JmsTransactionManager myjtaTransactionManager(PooledConnectionFactory pool) {
    JmsTransactionManager manager = new JmsTransactionManager(pool);
    manager.setDefaultTimeout(45);
    return manager;
}
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Beans can also be created in configuration files but this is not recommended for complex use cases.

2.4.2. Using Beans

Starters can also be created and configured via Spring Beans. Before creating a starter , Camel will first lookup it up in the Registry by it’s name if it already exists. For example to configure a Kafka component:

@Bean("kafka")
public KafkaComponent kafka(KafkaConfiguration kafkaconfiguration){
    return ComponentsBuilderFactory.kafka()
                        .brokers("{{kafka.host}}:{{kafka.port}}")
                        .build();
}
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The Bean name has to be equal to that of the Component, Dataformat or Language that you are configuring. If the Bean name isn’t specified in the annotation it will be set to the method name.

Typical Camel Spring Boot projects will use a combination of external configuration and Beans to configure an application. For more examples on how to configure your Camel Spring Boot project, see the examples repository.

2.5. Generating a Camel for Spring Boot application using Maven

You can generate a Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot application using the Maven archetype org.apache.camel.archetypes:camel-archetype-spring-boot:4.10.3.redhat-00019.

Procedure

  1. Run the following command:

    mvn archetype:generate \
     -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.camel.archetypes \
     -DarchetypeArtifactId=camel-archetype-spring-boot \
     -DarchetypeVersion=4.10.3.redhat-00019 \
     -DgroupId=com.redhat \
     -DartifactId=csb-app \
     -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT \
     -DinteractiveMode=false
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  2. Build the application:

    mvn package -f csb-app/pom.xml
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  3. Run the application:

    java -jar csb-app/target/csb-app-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
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  4. Verify that the application is running by examining the console log for the Hello World output which is generated by the application.

    com.redhat.MySpringBootApplication       : Started MySpringBootApplication in 3.514 seconds (JVM running for 4.006)
    Hello World
    Hello World
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2.6. Deploying a Camel Spring Boot application to OpenShift

This guide demonstrates how to deploy a Camel Spring Boot application to OpenShift.

Prerequisites

  • You have access to the OpenShift cluster.
  • The OpenShift oc CLI client is installed or you have access to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
Note

The certified OpenShift Container platforms are listed in the Camel for Spring Boot Supported Configurations. The Red Hat OpenJDK 11 (ubi8/openjdk-11) container image is used in the following example.

Procedure

  1. Generate a Camel for Spring Boot application using Maven by following the instructions in section 1.5 Generating a Camel for Spring Boot application using Maven of this guide.
  2. Under the directory which the modified pom.xml exists, execute the following command.

    mvn clean -DskipTests oc:deploy -Popenshift
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  3. Verify that the CSB application is running on the pod.

    oc logs -f dc/csb-app
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2.7. Applying patch to Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot

Using the new patch-maven-plugin mechanism, you can apply a patch to your Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot application. This mechanism allows you to change the individual versions provided by different Red Hat application BOMS, for example, camel-spring-boot-bom.

The purpose of the patch-maven-plugin is to update the versions of the dependencies listed in the Camel on Spring Boot BOM to the versions specified in the patch metadata that you wish to apply to your applications.

The patch-maven-plugin performs the following operations:

  • Retrieve the patch metadata related to current Red Hat application BOMs.
  • Apply the version changes to <dependencyManagement> imported from the BOMs.

After the patch-maven-plugin fetches the metadata, it iterates through all managed and direct dependencies of the project where the plugin was declared and replaces the dependency versions (if they match) using CVE/patch metadata. After the versions are replaced, the Maven build continues and progresses through standard Maven project stages.

Procedure

The following procedure explains how to apply the patch to your application.

  1. Add patch-maven-plugin to your project’s pom.xml file. The version of the patch-maven-plugin must be the same as the version of the Camel on Spring Boot BOM.

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <<plugin>
                <groupId>com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform</groupId>
                <artifactId>patch-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${camel-spring-boot-version}</version>
                <extensions>true</extensions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
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  2. When you run any of the mvn clean deploy, mvn validate, or mvn dependency:tree commands, the plugin searches through the project modules to check if the modules use the Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot BOM. Only the following is the supported BOM:

    • com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform:camel-spring-boot-bom: for Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot BOM
  3. If the plugin does not find the above BOM, the plugin displays the following messages:

    $ mvn clean install
    
    [INFO] Scanning for projects...
    [INFO]
    
    ========== Red Hat Maven patching ==========
    
    [INFO] [PATCH] No project in the reactor uses Camel on Spring Boot product BOM. Skipping patch processing.
    [INFO] [PATCH] Done in 7ms
    
    =================================================
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  4. If the correct BOM is used, the patch metadata is found, but without any patches.

    $ mvn clean install
    
    [INFO] Scanning for projects...
    [INFO]
    
    ========== Red Hat Maven patching ==========
    
    [INFO] [PATCH] Reading patch metadata and artifacts from 2 project repositories
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - redhat-ga-repository: http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
    Downloading from redhat-ga-repository: http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/com/redhat/camel/springboot/platform/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata/maven-metadata.xml
    Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/redhat/camel/springboot/platform/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata/maven-metadata.xml
    [INFO] [PATCH] Resolved patch descriptor: /path/to/.m2/repository/com/redhat/camel/springboot/platform/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata/3.20.1.redhat-00043/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata-3.20.1.redhat-00043.xml
    [INFO] [PATCH] Patch metadata found for com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform/camel-spring-boot-bom/[3.20,3.21)
    [INFO] [PATCH] Done in 938ms
    
    =================================================
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  5. The patch-maven-plugin attempts to fetch this Maven metadata.

    • For the projects with Camel Spring Boot BOM, the com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform:redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata/maven-metadata.xml is resolved. This XML data is the metadata for the artifact with the com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform:redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata:RELEASE coordinates.

      Example metadata generated by Maven

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <metadata>
        <groupId>com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform</groupId>
        <artifactId>redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata</artifactId>
        <versioning>
          <release>3.20.1.redhat-00041</release>
          <versions>
            <version>3.20.1.redhat-00041</version>
          </versions>
          <lastUpdated>20230322103858</lastUpdated>
        </versioning>
      </metadata>
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  6. The patch-maven-plugin parses the metadata to select the version which applies to the current project. This action is possible only for the Maven projects using Camel on Spring Boot BOM with the specific version. Only the metadata that matches the version range or later is applicable, and it fetches only the latest version of the metadata.
  7. The patch-maven-plugin collects a list of remote Maven repositories for downloading the patch metadata identified by groupId, artifactId, and version found in previous steps. These Maven repositories are listed in the project’s <repositories> elements in the active profiles, and also the repositories from the settings.xml file.

    $ mvn clean install
    [INFO] Scanning for projects...
    [INFO]
    
    ========== Red Hat Maven patching ==========
    
    [INFO] [PATCH] Reading patch metadata and artifacts from 2 project repositories
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - MRRC-GA: https://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
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  8. Whether the metadata comes from a remote repository, local repository, or ZIP file, it is analyzed by the patch-maven-plugin. The fetched metadata contains a list of CVEs, and for each CVE, we have a list of the affected Maven artifacts (specified by glob patterns and version ranges) together with a version that contains a fix for a given CVE. For example,

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    
    <<metadata xmlns="urn:redhat:patch-metadata:1">
        <product-bom groupId="com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform" artifactId="camel-spring-boot-bom" versions="[3.20,3.21)" />
        <cves>
        </cves>
        <fixes>
            <fix id="HF0-1" description="logback-classic (Example) - Version Bump">
                <affects groupId="ch.qos.logback" artifactId="logback-classic" versions="[1.0,1.3.0)" fix="1.3.0" />
            </fix>
        </fixes>
    </metadata>
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  9. Finally a list of fixes specified in patch metadata is consulted when iterating over all managed dependencies in the current project. These dependencies (and managed dependencies) that match are changed to fixed versions. For example:

    $ mvn dependency:tree
    
    [INFO] Scanning for projects...
    [INFO]
    
    ========== Red Hat Maven patching ==========
    
    [INFO] [PATCH] Reading patch metadata and artifacts from 3 project repositories
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - redhat-ga-repository: http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - local: file:///path/to/.m2/repository
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
    [INFO] [PATCH] Resolved patch descriptor:/path/to/.m2/repository/com/redhat/camel/springboot/platform/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata/3.20.1.redhat-00043/redhat-camel-spring-boot-patch-metadata-3.20.1.redhat-00043.xml
    [INFO] [PATCH] Patch metadata found for com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform/camel-spring-boot-bom/[3.20,3.21)
    [INFO] [PATCH]  - patch contains 1 patch fix
    [INFO] [PATCH] Processing managed dependencies to apply patch fixes...
    [INFO] [PATCH] - HF0-1: logback-classic (Example) - Version Bump
    [INFO] [PATCH]   Applying change ch.qos.logback/logback-classic/[1.0,1.3.0) -> 1.3.0
    [INFO] [PATCH]   Project com.test:yaml-routes
    [INFO] [PATCH]    - managed dependency: ch.qos.logback/logback-classic/1.2.11 -> 1.3.0
    [INFO] [PATCH] Done in 39ms
    
    =================================================
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Skipping the patch

If you do not wish to apply a specific patch to your project, the patch-maven-plugin provides a skip option. Assuming that you have already added the patch-maven-plugin to the project’s pom.xml file, and you do not wish to alter the versions, you can use one of the following method to skip the patch.

  • Add the skip option to your project’s pom.xml file as follows.
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.redhat.camel.springboot.platform</groupId>
            <artifactId>patch-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${camel-spring-boot-version}</version>
            <extensions>true</extensions>
            <configuration>
                <skip>true</skip>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
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  • Or use the -DskipPatch option when running the mvn command as follows.
$ mvn clean install -DskipPatch
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] -------------------------< com.example:test-csb >-------------------------
[INFO] Building A Camel Spring Boot Route 1.0-SNAPSHOT
...
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As shown in the above output, the patch-maven-plugin was not invoked, which resulted in the patch not being applied to the application.

2.8. Camel REST DSL OpenApi Maven Plugin

The Camel REST DSL OpenApi Maven Plugin supports the following goals.

  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate - To generate consumer REST DSL RouteBuilder source code from OpenApi specification
  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-with-dto - To generate consumer REST DSL RouteBuilder source code from OpenApi specification and with DTO model classes generated via the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin.
  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-xml - To generate consumer REST DSL XML source code from OpenApi specification
  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-xml-with-dto - To generate consumer REST DSL XML source code from OpenApi specification and with DTO model classes generated via the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin.
  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-yaml - To generate consumer REST DSL YAML source code from OpenApi specification
  • camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-yaml-with-dto - To generate consumer REST DSL YAML source code from OpenApi specification and with DTO model classes generated via the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin.

2.8.1. Adding plugin to Maven pom.xml

This plugin can be added to your Maven pom.xml file by adding it to the plugins section, for example in a Spring Boot application:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    </plugin>

    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
      <artifactId>camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>{CamelCommunityVersion}</version>
    </plugin>

  </plugins>
</build>
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The plugin can then be executed using its prefix camel-restdsl-openapi as shown below.

$mvn camel-restdsl-openapi:generate
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2.8.2. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate

The goal of the Camel REST DSL OpenApi Maven Plugin is used to generate REST DSL RouteBuilder implementation source code from Maven.

2.8.2.1. Options

The plugin supports the following options which can be configured from the command line (use -D syntax), or defined in the pom.xml file in the configuration tag.

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

skip

false

Set to true to skip code generation

filterOperation

 

Used for including only the operation ids specified. Multiple ids can be separated by comma. Wildcards can be used, eg find* to include all operations starting with find.

specificationUri

src/spec/openapi.json

URI of the OpenApi specification, supports filesystem paths, HTTP and classpath resources, by default src/spec/openapi.json within the project directory. Supports JSON and YAML.

auth

 

Adds authorization headers when fetching the OpenApi specification definitions remotely. Pass in a URL-encoded string of name:header with a comma separating multiple values.

className

from title or RestDslRoute

Name of the generated class, taken from the OpenApi specification title or set to RestDslRoute by default

packageName

from host or rest.dsl.generated

Name of the package for the generated class, taken from the OpenApi specification host value or rest.dsl.generated by default

indent

" "

Which indenting character(s) to use, by default four spaces, you can use \t to signify tab character

outputDirectory

generated-sources/restdsl-openapi

Where to place the generated source file, by default generated-sources/restdsl-openapi within the project directory

destinationGenerator

 

Fully qualified class name of the class that implements org.apache.camel.generator.openapi.DestinationGenerator interface for customizing destination endpoint

destinationToSyntax

direct:${operationId}

The default to syntax for the to uri, which is to use the direct component.

restConfiguration

true

Whether to include generation of the rest configuration with detected rest component to be used.

apiContextPath

 

Define openapi endpoint path if restConfiguration is set to true.

clientRequestValidation

false

Whether to enable request validation.

basePath

 

Overrides the api base path as defined in the OpenAPI specification.

requestMappingValues

/**

Allows generation of custom RequestMapping mapping values. Multiple mapping values can be passed as:

<requestMappingValues> <param>/my-api-path/</param> <param>/my-other-path/</param> </requestMappingValues>

2.8.3. Spring Boot Project with Servlet component

If the Maven project is a Spring Boot project and restConfiguration is enabled and the servlet component is being used as REST component, then this plugin will autodetect the package name (if packageName has not been explicitly configured) where the @SpringBootApplication main class is located, and use the same package name for generating Rest DSL source code and a needed CamelRestController support class.

2.8.4. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-with-dto

Works as generate goal but also generates DTO model classes by automatic executing the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate java source code of the DTO model classes from the OpenApi specification.

This plugin has been scoped and limited to only support a good effort set of defaults for using the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate the model DTOs. If you need more power and flexibility then use the Swagger Codegen Maven Plugin directly to generate the DTO and not this plugin.

The DTO classes may require additional dependencies such as:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
      <version>2.10.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
      <artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
      <version>2.2.8</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>
      <artifactId>threetenbp</artifactId>
      <version>1.6.8</version>
    </dependency>
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2.8.4.1. Options

The plugin supports the following additional options

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

swaggerCodegenMavenPluginVersion

3.0.36

The version of the io.swagger.codegen.v3:swagger-codegen-maven-plugin maven plugin to be used.

modelOutput

 

Target output path (default is ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/openapi)

modelPackage

io.swagger.client.model

The package to use for generated model objects/classes

modelNamePrefix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelNameSuffix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelWithXml

false

Enable XML annotations inside the generated models (only works with libraries that provide support for JSON and XML)

configOptions

 

Pass a map of language-specific parameters to swagger-codegen-maven-plugin

2.8.5. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-xml

The camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-xml goal of the Camel REST DSL OpenApi Maven Plugin is used to generate REST DSL XML implementation source code from Maven.

2.8.5.1. Options

The plugin supports the following options which can be configured from the command line (use -D syntax), or defined in the pom.xml file in the <configuration> tag.

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

skip

false

Set to true to skip code generation.

filterOperation

 

Used for including only the operation ids specified. Multiple ids can be separated by comma. Wildcards can be used, eg find* to include all operations starting with find.

specificationUri

src/spec/openapi.json

URI of the OpenApi specification, supports filesystem paths, HTTP and classpath resources, by default src/spec/openapi.json within the project directory. Supports JSON and YAML.

auth

 

Adds authorization headers when fetching the OpenApi specification definitions remotely. Pass in a URL-encoded string of name:header with a comma separating multiple values.

outputDirectory

generated-sources/restdsl-openapi

Where to place the generated source file, by default generated-sources/restdsl-openapi within the project directory

fileName

camel-rest.xml

The name of the XML file as output.

blueprint

false

If enabled generates OSGi Blueprint XML instead of Spring XML.

destinationGenerator

 

Fully qualified class name of the class that implements org.apache.camel.generator.openapi.DestinationGenerator interface for customizing destination endpoint

destinationToSyntax

direct:${operationId}

The default to syntax for the to uri, which is to use the direct component.

 

restConfiguration

true

Whether to include generation of the rest configuration with detected rest component to be used.

apiContextPath

 

Define openapi endpoint path if restConfiguration is set to true.

clientRequestValidation

false

Whether to enable request validation.

basePath

 

Overrides the api base path as defined in the OpenAPI specification.

requestMappingValues

/**

2.8.6. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-xml-with-dto

Works as generate-xml goal but also generates DTO model classes by automatic executing the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate java source code of the DTO model classes from the OpenApi specification.

This plugin has been scoped and limited to only support a good effort set of defaults for using the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate the model DTOs. If you need more power and flexibility then use the Swagger Codegen Maven Plugin directly to generate the DTO and not this plugin.

The DTO classes may require additional dependencies such as:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
      <version>2.10.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
      <artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
      <version>2.2.8</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>
      <artifactId>threetenbp</artifactId>
      <version>1.6.8</version>
    </dependency>
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2.8.6.1. Options

The plugin supports the following additional options

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

swaggerCodegenMavenPluginVersion

3.0.36

The version of the io.swagger.codegen.v3:swagger-codegen-maven-plugin maven plugin to be used.

modelOutput

 

Target output path (default is ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/openapi)

modelPackage

io.swagger.client.model

The package to use for generated model objects/classes

modelNamePrefix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelNameSuffix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelWithXml

false

Enable XML annotations inside the generated models (only works with libraries that provide support for JSON and XML)

configOptions

 

Pass a map of language-specific parameters to swagger-codegen-maven-plugin

2.8.7. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-yaml

The camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-yaml goal of the Camel REST DSL OpenApi Maven Plugin is used to generate REST DSL YAML implementation source code from Maven.

2.8.7.1. Options

The plugin supports the following options which can be configured from the command line (use -D syntax), or defined in the pom.xml file in the <configuration> tag.

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

skip

false

Set to true to skip code generation.

filterOperation

 

Used for including only the operation ids specified. Multiple ids can be separated by comma. Wildcards can be used, eg find* to include all operations starting with find.

specificationUri

src/spec/openapi.json

URI of the OpenApi specification, supports filesystem paths, HTTP and classpath resources, by default src/spec/openapi.json within the project directory. Supports JSON and YAML.

auth

 

Adds authorization headers when fetching the OpenApi specification definitions remotely. Pass in a URL-encoded string of name:header with a comma separating multiple values.

outputDirectory

generated-sources/restdsl-openapi

Where to place the generated source file, by default generated-sources/restdsl-openapi within the project directory

fileName

camel-rest.xml

The name of the XML file as output.

destinationGenerator

 

Fully qualified class name of the class that implements org.apache.camel.generator.openapi.DestinationGenerator interface for customizing destination endpoint

destinationToSyntax

direct:${operationId}

The default to syntax for the to uri, which is to use the direct component.

 

restConfiguration

true

Whether to include generation of the rest configuration with detected rest component to be used.

apiContextPath

 

Define openapi endpoint path if restConfiguration is set to true.

clientRequestValidation

false

Whether to enable request validation.

basePath

 

Overrides the api base path as defined in the OpenAPI specification.

requestMappingValues

/**

2.8.8. camel-restdsl-openapi:generate-yaml-with-dto

Works as generate-yaml goal but also generates DTO model classes by automatic executing the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate java source code of the DTO model classes from the OpenApi specification.

This plugin has been scoped and limited to only support a good effort set of defaults for using the swagger-codegen-maven-plugin to generate the model DTOs. If you need more power and flexibility then use the Swagger Codegen Maven Plugin directly to generate the DTO and not this plugin.

The DTO classes may require additional dependencies such as:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
      <version>2.10.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
      <artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
      <version>2.2.8</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>
      <artifactId>threetenbp</artifactId>
      <version>1.6.8</version>
    </dependency>
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2.8.8.1. Options

The plugin supports the following additional options

ParameterDefault ValueDescription

swaggerCodegenMavenPluginVersion

3.0.36

The version of the io.swagger.codegen.v3:swagger-codegen-maven-plugin maven plugin to be used.

modelOutput

 

Target output path (default is ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/openapi)

modelPackage

io.swagger.client.model

The package to use for generated model objects/classes

modelNamePrefix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelNameSuffix

 

Sets the pre- or suffix for model classes and enums

modelWithXml

false

Enable XML annotations inside the generated models (only works with libraries that provide support for JSON and XML)

configOptions

 

Pass a map of language-specific parameters to swagger-codegen-maven-plugin

2.9. Support for FIPS Compliance

You can install an OpenShift Container Platform cluster that uses FIPS Validated / Modules in Process cryptographic libraries on the x86_64 architecture.

For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) machines in your cluster, this change applies when the machines deploy based on the status of an option in the install-config.yaml file, which governs the cluster options that users can change during cluster deployment. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) machines, you must enable FIPS mode when installing the operating system on the machines you plan to use as worker machines. These configuration methods ensure that your cluster meets the requirements of a FIPS compliance audit. Only FIPS Validated / Modules in Process cryptography packages are enabled before the initial system boot.

Because you must enable FIPS before your cluster’s operating system boots for the first time, you cannot enable FIPS after you deploy a cluster.

2.9.1. FIPS validation in OpenShift Container Platform

OpenShift Container Platform uses certain FIPS Validated / Modules in Process modules within RHEL and RHCOS for its operating system components. For example, when users SSH into OpenShift Container Platform clusters and containers, those connections are properly encrypted.

OpenShift Container Platform components are written in Go and built with Red Hat’s Golang compiler. When you enable FIPS mode for your cluster, all OpenShift Container Platform components that require cryptographic signing call RHEL and RHCOS cryptographic libraries.

For more details about FIPS, see FIPS mode attributes and limitations

For details on deploying Camel Spring Boot on OpenShift, see How to deploy a Camel Spring Boot application to OpenShift?

Details about supported configurations can be found at, Camel for Spring Boot Supported Configurations

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