I am trying to insert a value from a properties file into a simple expression but it keeps throwing an exception
<route> <from uri="direct:signOut"/> <transform> <simple>${properties:my-host}</simple> </transform> <to uri="nmr:HTTPService"/> </route> See exception below: org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route route56 at: >>> Transform[simple{${properties:my-host}}] <<< in route: Route[[From[direct://signOut]] -> [Transform[simple{%3CAK_BS... because of Illegal syntax: properties:aero-host at org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper.wrapRuntimeCamelException(ObjectHelper.java:1055) at org.apache.camel.spring.SpringCamelContext.onApplicationEvent(SpringCamelContext.java:103) at org.apache.camel.spring.CamelContextFactoryBean.onApplicationEvent(CamelContextFactoryBean.java:593) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:78) at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:76) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:274) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:736) ... 12 more Caused by: org.apache.camel.ExpressionIllegalSyntaxException: Illegal syntax: properties:my-host at org.apache.camel.language.simple.SimpleLanguage.createSimpleExpression(SimpleLanguage.java:155) at org.apache.camel.language.simple.SimpleLanguageSupport.createComplexConcatExpression(SimpleLanguageSupport.java:267) at org.apache.camel.language.simple.SimpleLanguageSupport.createExpression(SimpleLanguageSupport.java:69) at org.apache.camel.model.language.ExpressionDefinition.createExpression(ExpressionDefinition.java:171) at org.apache.camel.model.language.ExpressionDefinition.createExpression(ExpressionDefinition.java:161) at org.apache.camel.model.TransformDefinition.createProcessor(TransformDefinition.java:55) at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.makeProcessor(ProcessorDefinition.java:325) at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.addRoutes(ProcessorDefinition.java:137) at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:690) ... 22 more I went through the doc on http://camel.apache.org/simple.html and I saw this: properties:locations:key String Camel 2.3: Lookup a property with the given key. The locations option is optional. See more at Using PropertyPlaceholder. I wonder what the proble is. regards. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Using-properties-file-values-with-Camel-Simple-expression-tp28764989p28764989.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.