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Chapter 3. Defining Camel routes

Camel Extensions for Quarkus supports the Java DSL language to define Camel Routes.

3.1. Java DSL
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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 a simple example of a route using the timer component: 

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");
    }
}
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3.1.1. Endpoint DSL
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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");
    }
}
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Note

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.

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