Available as of Camel version 2.3
The Validator component performs bean validation of the message body using the Java Bean Validation API (JSR 303 ). Camel uses the reference implementation, which is Hibernate Validator .
Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml
for this component:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-bean-validator</artifactId>
<version>x.y.z</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-bean-validator</artifactId>
<version>x.y.z</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
The Bean Validator component has no options.
The Bean Validator endpoint is configured using URI syntax:
bean-validator:label
bean-validator:label
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
with the following path and query parameters:
Expand Name Description Default Type
label
Required Where label is an arbitrary text value describing the endpoint
String
Show more Expand Name Description Default Type
constraintValidatorFactory (producer)
To use a custom ConstraintValidatorFactory
ConstraintValidator Factory
group (producer)
To use a custom validation group
javax.validation.groups.Default
String
messageInterpolator (producer)
To use a custom MessageInterpolator
MessageInterpolator
traversableResolver (producer)
To use a custom TraversableResolver
TraversableResolver
validationProviderResolver (producer)
To use a a custom ValidationProviderResolver
ValidationProvider Resolver
synchronous (advanced)
Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).
false
boolean
Show more
To use Hibernate Validator in the OSGi environment use dedicated ValidationProviderResolver
implementation, just as org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.HibernateValidationProviderResolver
. The snippet below demonstrates this approach. Keep in mind that you can use HibernateValidationProviderResolver
starting from the Camel 2.13.0.
Using HibernateValidationProviderResolver
from("direct:test").
to("bean-validator://ValidationProviderResolverTest?validationProviderResolver=#myValidationProviderResolver");
...
<bean id="myValidationProviderResolver" class="org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.HibernateValidationProviderResolver"/>
from("direct:test").
to("bean-validator://ValidationProviderResolverTest?validationProviderResolver=#myValidationProviderResolver");
...
<bean id="myValidationProviderResolver" class="org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.HibernateValidationProviderResolver"/>
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
If no custom ValidationProviderResolver
is defined and the validator component has been deployed into the OSGi environment, the HibernateValidationProviderResolver
will be automatically used.
Assumed we have a java bean with the following annotations
Car.java
public class Car {
@NotNull
private String manufacturer;
@NotNull
@Size(min = 5, max = 14, groups = OptionalChecks.class)
private String licensePlate;
// getter and setter
}
public class Car {
@NotNull
private String manufacturer;
@NotNull
@Size(min = 5, max = 14, groups = OptionalChecks.class)
private String licensePlate;
// getter and setter
}
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
and an interface definition for our custom validation group
OptionalChecks.java
public interface OptionalChecks {
}
public interface OptionalChecks {
}
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
with the following Camel route, only the @NotNull constraints on the attributes manufacturer and licensePlate will be validated (Camel uses the default group javax.validation.groups.Default
).
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x")
.to("mock:end")
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x")
.to("mock:end")
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
If you want to check the constraints from the group OptionalChecks
, you have to define the route like this
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=OptionalChecks")
.to("mock:end")
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=OptionalChecks")
.to("mock:end")
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
If you want to check the constraints from both groups, you have to define a new interface first
AllChecks.java
@GroupSequence({Default.class, OptionalChecks.class})
public interface AllChecks {
}
@GroupSequence({Default.class, OptionalChecks.class})
public interface AllChecks {
}
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
and then your route definition should looks like this
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=AllChecks")
.to("mock:end")
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=AllChecks")
.to("mock:end")
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
And if you have to provide your own message interpolator, traversable resolver and constraint validator factory, you have to write a route like this
<bean id="myMessageInterpolator" class="my.ConstraintValidatorFactory" />
<bean id="myTraversableResolver" class="my.TraversableResolver" />
<bean id="myConstraintValidatorFactory" class="my.ConstraintValidatorFactory" />
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=AllChecks&messageInterpolator=#myMessageInterpolator
&traversableResolver=#myTraversableResolver&constraintValidatorFactory=#myConstraintValidatorFactory")
.to("mock:end")
<bean id="myMessageInterpolator" class="my.ConstraintValidatorFactory" />
<bean id="myTraversableResolver" class="my.TraversableResolver" />
<bean id="myConstraintValidatorFactory" class="my.ConstraintValidatorFactory" />
from("direct:start")
.to("bean-validator://x?group=AllChecks&messageInterpolator=#myMessageInterpolator
&traversableResolver=#myTraversableResolver&constraintValidatorFactory=#myConstraintValidatorFactory")
.to("mock:end")
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
It’s also possible to describe your constraints as XML and not as Java annotations. In this case, you have to provide the file META-INF/validation.xml
which could looks like this
validation.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<validation-config
xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration">
<default-provider>org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator</default-provider>
<message-interpolator>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator</message-interpolator>
<traversable-resolver>org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.DefaultTraversableResolver</traversable-resolver>
<constraint-validator-factory>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl</constraint-validator-factory>
<constraint-mapping>/constraints-car.xml</constraint-mapping>
</validation-config>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<validation-config
xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration">
<default-provider>org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator</default-provider>
<message-interpolator>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator</message-interpolator>
<traversable-resolver>org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.DefaultTraversableResolver</traversable-resolver>
<constraint-validator-factory>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl</constraint-validator-factory>
<constraint-mapping>/constraints-car.xml</constraint-mapping>
</validation-config>
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
and the constraints-car.xml
file
constraints-car.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<constraint-mappings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping validation-mapping-1.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping">
<default-package>org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator</default-package>
<bean class="CarWithoutAnnotations" ignore-annotations="true">
<field name="manufacturer">
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull" />
</field>
<field name="licensePlate">
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull" />
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.Size">
<groups>
<value>org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.OptionalChecks</value>
</groups>
<element name="min">5</element>
<element name="max">14</element>
</constraint>
</field>
</bean>
</constraint-mappings>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<constraint-mappings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping validation-mapping-1.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping">
<default-package>org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator</default-package>
<bean class="CarWithoutAnnotations" ignore-annotations="true">
<field name="manufacturer">
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull" />
</field>
<field name="licensePlate">
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull" />
<constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.Size">
<groups>
<value>org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.OptionalChecks</value>
</groups>
<element name="min">5</element>
<element name="max">14</element>
</constraint>
</field>
</bean>
</constraint-mappings>
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
Here is the XML syntax for the example route definition where OrderedChecks can be https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/master/components/camel-bean-validator/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/validator/OrderedChecks.java
Note that the body should include an instance of a class to validate.
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd">
<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
<route>
<from uri="direct:start"/>
<to uri="bean-validator://x?group=org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.OrderedChecks"/>
</route>
</camelContext>
</beans>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd">
<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
<route>
<from uri="direct:start"/>
<to uri="bean-validator://x?group=org.apache.camel.component.bean.validator.OrderedChecks"/>
</route>
</camelContext>
</beans>
Copy to Clipboard
Copied!
Toggle word wrap
Toggle overflow
Configuring Camel
Component
Endpoint
Getting Started