44.2. Implementing a Simple Processor
Overview
This section describes how to implement a simple processor that executes message processing logic before delegating the exchange to the next processor in the route.
Processor interface
Simple processors are created by implementing the
org.apache.camel.Processor interface. As shown in Example 44.2, “Processor Interface”, the interface defines a single method, process(), which processes an exchange object.
Example 44.2. Processor Interface
package org.apache.camel;
public interface Processor {
void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception;
}Implementing the Processor interface
To create a simple processor you must implement the
Processor interface and provide the logic for the process() method. Example 44.3, “Simple Processor Implementation” shows the outline of a simple processor implementation.
Example 44.3. Simple Processor Implementation
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
public class MyProcessor implements Processor {
public MyProcessor() { }
public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception
{
// Insert code that gets executed *before* delegating
// to the next processor in the chain.
...
}
}
All of the code in the
process() method gets executed before the exchange object is delegated to the next processor in the chain.
For examples of how to access the message body and header values inside a simple processor, see Section 44.3, “Accessing Message Content”.
Inserting the simple processor into a route
Use the
process() DSL command to insert a simple processor into a route. Create an instance of your custom processor and then pass this instance as an argument to the process() method, as follows:
org.apache.camel.Processor myProc = new MyProcessor();
from("SourceURL").process(myProc).to("TargetURL");