Ok make sense, thanks for clarification Claus.
With user variables separated from internal exchange properties, I wonder
if properties become kind of read-only from user perspective.
And yes, the naming is even harder in this area with context global
options, exchange properties, component options, endpoint options... :)
On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 3:26 PM Alexandre Gallice <aldettin...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Claus,
> >
> > Looks interesting. New year, new idea :)
> >
> > I wonder what is the difference between exchange property and variable.
> > Don't they have the same scope and mutability ?
> >
> >
> exchange properties is a mixed bag of internal stuff and yes users can also
> store their own stuff there.
> But then you end up with user stuff and internal camel stuff. Also exchange
> properties are private per exchange only.
>
> Variables = 100% end user.
> And you can have different scopes / repositories so you can share
> variables, or persist them or whatever.
>
> Also a variable is a more common concept for users as it's something every
> programming language has.
> Exchange properties can be mistaken for those "properties" you configure on
> endpoints, components, and in application.properties, and when using
> property placeholders {{xxx}}.
> In fact they were called properties in Camel 1.x/2.x and renamed to
> exchange properties to better say that these are properties on an exchange,
> and not any of ^^^^
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 1:16 PM Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > JIRA
> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CAMEL/issues/CAMEL-19749
> > >
> > > We are working on adding support for variables to Camel.
> > >
> > > See more in the docs at
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/main/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc
> > >
> > > And examples for Spring Boot and Main / JBang
> > >
> https://github.com/apache/camel-spring-boot-examples/tree/main/variables
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/camel-kamelets-examples/tree/main/jbang/variables
> > >
> > > There is more work coming, but this is the initial and basics of
> > variables.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Claus Ibsen
> > > -----------------
> > > @davsclaus
> > > Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Claus Ibsen
> -----------------
> @davsclaus
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