Red Hat Summit Red Hat SummitSupportConsoleDevelopersStart a trialContact

Chapter 11. Building a FAB

Abstract

A FAB is essentially a JAR file built using Maven, where the Maven pom.xml file declares the complete set of dependencies for the JAR.

11.1. Generating a FAB Project
Copy link

Generating FAB projects with Maven archetypes
Copy link

To help you get started quickly, you can invoke a Maven archetype to generate the initial outline of a Maven project (a Maven archetype is analogous to a project wizard). Because FABs do not require any special configuration (apart from the presence of a pom.xml file, which is always present in a Maven-generated JAR), you can use almost any Maven archetype, as long as the generated Maven project has the jar packaging type.

Archetypes
Copy link

The following Maven archetypes are useful for generating Apache Camel projects:
camel-archetype-java
Demonstrates a route defined using the Java DSL.
camel-archetype-blueprint
Demonstrates a route defined using the XML DSL in an OSGi blueprint file.
camel-archetype-activemq
Demonstrates how to use a message broker in a route.
camel-archetype-component
Demonstrates how to define a custom Apache Camel component.

camel-archetype-blueprint archetype
Copy link

For example, consider an archetype for building an Apache Camel project. The camel-archetype-blueprint archetype creates a project that demonstrates a simple Apache Camel route written in the XML DSL using the Blueprint injection framework. To generate a Maven project with the coordinates, GroupId:ArtifactId:Version, enter the following command: 
mvn archetype:generate
-DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.camel.archetypes
-DarchetypeArtifactId=camel-archetype-blueprint
-DarchetypeVersion=2.12.0.redhat-610379
-DgroupId=GroupId
-DartifactId=ArtifactId
-Dversion=Version
Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
Note
The arguments to the mvn command are shown on separate lines purely for the sake of readability. When you are entering the command at a command prompt, you must ensure that all of the parameters are on the same line.

Building the FAB
Copy link

The archetype creates a project in a new directory whose name is that of the specified artifact ID, ArtifactId. To build the FAB defined by the new project, open a command prompt, go to the project directory (that is, the directory containing the pom.xml file), and enter the following Maven command: 
mvn install
Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
The effect of this command is to compile all of the Java source files, to generate a FAB JAR under the ArtifactId/target directory, and then to install the generated JAR in the local Maven repository.
Back to top
Red Hat logoGithubredditYoutubeTwitter

Learn

Try, buy, & sell

Communities

About Red Hat Documentation

We help Red Hat users innovate and achieve their goals with our products and services with content they can trust. Explore our recent updates.

Making open source more inclusive

Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. For more details, see the Red Hat Blog.

About Red Hat

We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

Theme

© 2025 Red Hat