Chapter 52. Boon DataFormat


Available as of Camel version 2.16

Boon is a Data Format which uses the Boon JSON marshalling library to unmarshal an JSON payload into Java objects or to marshal Java objects into an JSON payload. Boon aims to be a simple and fast parser than other common parsers currently used.

52.1. Options

The Boon dataformat supports 3 options, which are listed below.

NameDefaultJava TypeDescription

unmarshalTypeName

 

String

Class name of the java type to use when unarmshalling

useList

false

Boolean

To unarmshal to a List of Map or a List of Pojo.

contentTypeHeader

false

Boolean

Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc.

52.2. Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

The component supports 4 options, which are listed below.

NameDescriptionDefaultType

camel.dataformat.boon.content-type-header

Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc.

false

Boolean

camel.dataformat.boon.enabled

Enable boon dataformat

true

Boolean

camel.dataformat.boon.unmarshal-type-name

Class name of the java type to use when unarmshalling

 

String

camel.dataformat.boon.use-list

To unarmshal to a List of Map or a List of Pojo.

false

Boolean

ND

52.3. Using the Java DSL

DataFormat boonDataFormat = new BoonDataFormat("com.acme.model.Person");

from("activemq:My.Queue")
  .unmarshal(boonDataFormat)
  .to("mqseries:Another.Queue");

52.4. Using Blueprint XML

<bean id="boonDataFormat" class="org.apache.camel.component.boon.BoonDataFormat">
  <argument value="com.acme.model.Person"/>
</bean>

<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint">
  <route>
    <from uri="activemq:My.Queue"/>
    <unmarshal ref="boonDataFormat"/>
    <to uri="mqseries:Another.Queue"/>
  </route>
</camelContext>

52.5. Dependencies

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-boon</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
</dependency>
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