ppalaga commented on a change in pull request #2826: URL: https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/pull/2826#discussion_r656919022
########## File path: docs/modules/ROOT/pages/user-guide/command-mode.adoc ########## @@ -1,30 +1,251 @@ = Command Mode Applications -`camel-quarkus-core` brings the option to write https://quarkus.io/guides/command-mode-reference[Quarkus Command Mode Applications] with control about when the Camel runtime should start: +Camel Quarkus is typically used for creating integration applications that run as long living processes. +In this chapter, we are going to have a look at a slightly different use case: +utilizing Camel Quarkus for writing programs that exit by themselves after performing some desired tasks. + +== Where can this be useful? + +The enterprise is full of scheduled batch processing. Say, some system exports some sort of reports daily at 4 a.m. +Those need to be transformed (e.g. XML -> Excel) and transferred somewhere else (e.g. via mail, FTP, etc.) + +Camel is a perfect match for doing the transformation and the transfer. +However, having a service running 24/7 for doing something useful just once a day would probably be an overkill. +Combining a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron[Cron job] (or a similar scheduling technology) +with a command line utility may suit much better in situations like this. + +== How to write a command line tool with Camel Quarkus + +There are just one things where it would differ from a stock Camel Quarkus application: Review comment: +1, thanks! Originally, there were two things and apparently I have not refactored the sentence properly. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
