How to add custom XML tag to Apache Camel configuration

Question

I need to implement something like this:

<from uri="direct:pewpew" />
<doMegaWork status="Busy" message="Don't push on me!">
<to uri="direct:next"/>

I still did not find the same problem (much less a solution) on Google. Maybe someone knows how to do this?

Answer 1

Custom tags and/or namespaces are not (yet) supported by Camel (and perhaps it will never be?).

I see following different solutions to encapsulate reusable processing steps:

• Write a separate reusable route. I guess this is the simplest solution and the standard way to do it.
• Write a processor/bean/service that encapsulates the whole processing.

• Include a full context into your route using the Camel context component. First, you add a Camel context to the registry:

  registry.bind("accounts", myAccountContext);
  

  Then you use the context in your route:

  <from uri="accounts:invoice"/>
  

• Write a component as described here.