Instant Apache Camel Message Routing

Route, transform, split, multicast messages, and do much more with Camel

Key Features

Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Learn how to use Enterprise Integration Patterns for message routing
Learn how Camel works and how it integrates disparate systems
Learn how to test and monitor Camel applications

Book DescriptionWith new APIs and technologies emerging every day, the need for integrating applications is greater than ever before. With the right tools, integrating applications is not hard. Apache Camel is the leading open source integration and message orchestration framework. Apache Camel, which has a variety of connectors and features numerous well-known integration patterns, has an enormous advantage over home grown integration solutions. Instant Apache Camel Message Routing helps you to get started using the Camel routing engine and Enterprise Integration Patterns. This book will show you how to create integration applications using Apache Camel. You will learn how Camel works and how to leverage the Enterprise Integration Patterns for message routing. Instant Apache Camel Message Routing is a practical and step-by-step guide to Apache Camel and integration patterns. This book will show you how Apache Camel works and how it integrates disparate systems using Enterprise Integration Patterns. The book starts with a high level overview of the Camel architecture before diving into message routing principles. Then, it introduces a number of patterns, complete with diagrams, common use cases, and examples about how to use them with Camel. The book also shows you how to test and monitor Camel applications and cope with failure scenarios.What you will learn

Understand the Camel message structure and how to access it with different Expression Languages
Route messages using Content-Based Router and Dynamic Router patterns
Find out how to use Camel components to connect to a variety of systems
Use the powerful Bean Binding feature in Camel to filter out unwanted messages
Understand the Camel threading model and how to fine-tune it for parallel processing
Use the Splitter to divide composite messages into smaller ones and the Aggregator to combine related messages together
Learn how to multicast a message with Recipient List and Wire Tap patterns
Find out how Camel error handling works and how to use a Dead Letter Channel with retries

Who this book is forThis book is intended for Java developers who are new to Apache Camel and message-oriented applications.