Ok, before I go the CXF-RS route (no pun intended) I want to try restlet. To clarify - can I use restlet to consume any RESTful service, or does the service have to be a restlet service?
The example client-side code on the the page: http://camel.apache.org/restlet Has: from("direct:start-auth").to("restlet:http://localhost:"; + port + "/securedOrders?restletMethod=post"); That is all we need. We are ready to send a request and try out the restlet component: final String id = "89531"; Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>(); headers.put(RestletConstants.RESTLET_LOGIN, "admin"); headers.put(RestletConstants.RESTLET_PASSWORD, "foo"); headers.put("id", id); String response = (String)template.requestBodyAndHeaders("direct:start-auth", "<order foo='1'/>", headers); I don't need to authenticate, and I only need to do a GET, but the URL I'm consuming from has a query string with a parameter whose value is an Xpath http://localhost:4040/some/service?param1=/root/level2[id='xyz'] Do I need to URL-Encode the first '?' so I can append "?restletMethod=GET" ? Thanks, Chris On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > There is also camel-restlet > http://camel.apache.org/restlet > > It may be easier to get hold of and use. But CXF may have more > configuration options, but is also IMHO harder to get started with > using - some of that is us to blame, for not having better > documentation and samples. And the fact that IMHO camel-cxf has both > WS and RS in the same big giant component, which IMHO is becoming a > problem and hurts the lightweightness of Camel and CXF. > > You may also take a look at some of the articles about Camel. There > should be some good ones about REST etc > http://camel.apache.org/articles > > For example this article > http://www.ofbizian.com/2012/02/apache-camel-rest-example.html > > But there is others as well. > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Chris Wolf <cwolf.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So I have the book, "Camel In Action", which is a very good and >> thorough treatment of camel-core. However, now my development efforts >> are starting to hit severe turbulence upon making the jump from >> camel-core to camel-cxf, in particular, how to consume a RESTful >> service? >> >> I read these: >> http://camel.apache.org/cxfrs.html >> http://camel.apache.org/cxf-bean-component.html >> >> ...but these pages seem to be reference pages for people who have >> already mastered camel-cxfrs - not newbies, like me. Can anyone point >> me to an end-to-end example? I don't need the server-side - this is >> legacy and produces XML. >> >> N.B. Outside of Camel, I have had much previous experience using CXF >> for JAX-WS style services, client and server (never JAX-RS, though) >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> -Chris > > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > Red Hat, Inc. > FuseSource is now part of Red Hat > Email: cib...@redhat.com > Web: http://fusesource.com > Twitter: davsclaus > Blog: http://davsclaus.com > Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen
