Content Enricher
Camel supports the Content Enricher![]()
from the EIP patterns using a Message Translator, an artibrary Processor in the routing logic or using the enrich DSL element to enrich the message.
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Content enrichment using a Message Translator or a Processor
Using the Fluent Builders
You can use Templating to consume a message from one destination, transform it with something like Velocity or XQuery and then send it on to another destination. For example using InOnly (one way messaging)
from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("velocity:com/acme/MyResponse.vm").
to("activemq:Another.Queue");
If you want to use InOut (request-reply) semantics to process requests on the My.Queue queue on ActiveMQ with a template generated response, then sending responses back to the JMSReplyTo Destination you could use this.
from("activemq:My.Queue").
to("velocity:com/acme/MyResponse.vm");
Here is a simple example using the DSL directly to transform the message body
from("direct:start").setBody(body().append(" World!")).to("mock:result");
In this example we add our own Processor using explicit Java code
from("direct:start").process(new Processor() {
public void process(Exchange exchange) {
Message in = exchange.getIn();
in.setBody(in.getBody(String.class) + " World!");
}
}).to("mock:result");
Finally we can use Bean Integration to use any Java method on any bean to act as the transformer
from("activemq:My.Queue").
beanRef("myBeanName", "myMethodName").
to("activemq:Another.Queue");
For further examples of this pattern in use you could look at one of the JUnit tests
Using Spring XML
<route>
<from uri="activemq:Input"/>
<bean ref="myBeanName" method="doTransform"/>
<to uri="activemq:Output"/>
</route>
Content enrichment using the enrich DSL element
This feature is available since Camel 2.0
Using the Fluent Builders
AggregationStrategy aggregationStrategy = ...
from("direct:start")
.enrich("direct:resource", aggregationStrategy)
.to("direct:result");
from("direct:resource")
...
The content enricher (enrich) retrieves additional data from a resource endpoint in order to enrich an incoming message (contained in the orginal exchange). An aggregation strategy is used to combine the original exchange and the resource exchange. The first parameter of the AggregationStrategy.aggregate(Exchange, Exchange) method corresponds to the the original exchange, the second parameter the resource exchange. The results from the resource endpoint are stored in the resource exchange's out-message. Here's an example template for implementing an aggregation strategy.
public class ExampleAggregationStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {
public Exchange aggregate(Exchange original, Exchange resource) {
Object originalBody = original.getIn().getBody();
Object resourceResponse = resource.getOut().getBody();
Object mergeResult = ... if (original.getPattern().isOutCapable()) {
original.getOut().setBody(mergeResult);
} else {
original.getIn().setBody(mergeResult);
}
return original;
}
}
Using this template the original exchange can be of any pattern. The resource exchange created by the enricher is always an in-out exchange.
Using Spring XML
The same example in the Spring DSL
<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
<route>
<from uri="direct:start"/>
<enrich uri="direct:resource" strategyRef="aggregationStrategy"/>
<to uri="direct:result"/>
</route>
<route>
<from uri="direct:resource"/>
...
</route>
</camelContext>
<bean id="aggregationStrategy" class="..." />
Using This Pattern
If you would like to use this EIP Pattern then please read the Getting Started, you may also find the Architecture useful particularly the description of Endpoint and URIs. Then you could try out some of the Examples first before trying this pattern out.
