Chapter 6. Routing Terms
Definitions
- Apache Camel
- An open source project that provides the EIP-based routing technology used by Red Hat JBoss Fuse.
- consumer
- The source of messages in a route.
- component
- A factory that creates a routing endpoint that connects to a particular message source or message sink.
- CamelContext
- A single routing rule base that defines the context for configuring routes, and specifies which policies to use during message exchanges between endpoints.
- dead letter channel
- An EIP processor that handles messages that cannot be delivered to the intended recipient.
- endpoint
- The sources and sinks of messages in a route.
- from
- The DSL command that creates a message source for a route.
- message
- routing—The data passed processed by a route. A message consists of three components:
- headers—contain metadata that is used to communicate information about a message between the different processors that handle the message
- attachments—contain binary data that is associated with the message
- body—contains the messages payload
- out message
- A temporary holder for messages as they are processed.
- processor
- A Java object that performs work on a message as it passes along a route. Processors typical performs tasks like modifying the contents of a message or determining its path through a route.
- route
- A chain of processors through which a message travels.
- wiretap
- An EIP in which an messages are directed to an additional message channel in addition to the primary channel.
