Chapter 61. Chunk Component

chunk:templateName[?options]

chunk:templateName[?options]

Where templateName is the classpath-local URI of the template to invoke.

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&…​

The Chunk component has no options.

The Chunk endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

chunk:resourceUri

chunk:resourceUri

with the following path and query parameters:

Camel will provide exchange information in the Chunk context (just a Map). The Exchange is transferred as:

Camel provides two headers by which you can define a different resource location for a template or the template content itself. If any of these headers is set then Camel uses this over the endpoint configured resource. This allows you to provide a dynamic template at runtime.

For example you could use something like:

from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("chunk:template");

from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("chunk:template");

To use a Chunk template to formulate a response for a message for InOut message exchanges (where there is a JMSReplyTo header).

If you want to use InOnly and consume the message and send it to another destination you could use:

from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("chunk:template").
to("activemq:Another.Queue");

from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("chunk:template").
to("activemq:Another.Queue");

It’s possible to specify what template the component should use dynamically via a header, so for example:

from("direct:in").
setHeader(ChunkConstants.CHUNK_RESOURCE_URI).constant("template").
to("chunk:dummy");

from("direct:in").
setHeader(ChunkConstants.CHUNK_RESOURCE_URI).constant("template").
to("chunk:dummy");

An example of Chunk component options use:

from("direct:in").
to("chunk:file_example?themeFolder=template&themeSubfolder=subfolder&extension=chunk");

from("direct:in").
to("chunk:file_example?themeFolder=template&themeSubfolder=subfolder&extension=chunk");

In this example Chunk component will look for the file file_example.chunk in the folder template/subfolder.

In this sample we want to use Chunk templating for an order confirmation email. The email template is laid out in Chunk as:

 
Dear {$headers.lastName}, {$headers.firstName}

Thanks for the order of {$headers.item}.

Regards Camel Riders Bookstore
{$body}

 
Dear {$headers.lastName}, {$headers.firstName}

Thanks for the order of {$headers.item}.

Regards Camel Riders Bookstore
{$body}