Chapter 174. JiBX DataFormat
Available as of Camel version 2.6
JiBX is a Data Format which uses the JiBX library to marshal and unmarshal Java objects to and from XML.
// lets turn Object messages into XML then send to MQSeries
from("activemq:My.Queue").
marshal().jibx().
to("mqseries:Another.Queue");Please note that marshaling process can recognize the message type at the runtime. However while unmarshaling message from XML we need to specify target class explicitly.
// lets turn XML into PurchaseOrder message
from("mqseries:Another.Queue").
unmarshal().jibx(PurchaseOrder.class).
to("activemq:My.Queue");174.1. Options
The JiBX dataformat supports 3 options which are listed below.
| Name | Default | Java Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| unmarshallClass |
| Class name to use when unmarshalling from XML to Java. | |
| bindingName |
| To use a custom binding factory | |
| contentTypeHeader |
|
| 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. |
174.2. JiBX Spring DSL
JiBX data format is also supported by Camel Spring DSL.
<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
<!-- Define data formats -->
<dataFormats>
<jibx id="jibx" unmarshallClass="org.apache.camel.dataformat.jibx.PurchaseOrder"/>
</dataFormats>
<!-- Marshal message to XML -->
<route>
<from uri="direct:marshal"/>
<marshal ref="jibx"/>
<to uri="mock:result"/>
</route>
<!-- Unmarshal message from XML -->
<route>
<from uri="direct:unmarshal"/>
<unmarshal ref="jibx"/>
<to uri="mock:result"/>
</route>
</camelContext>174.3. Dependencies
To use JiBX in your camel routes you need to add the a dependency on camel-jibx which implements this data format.
If you use maven you could just add the following to your pom.xml, substituting the version number for the latest & greatest release (see the download page for the latest versions).
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-jibx</artifactId> <version>2.6.0</version> </dependency>
