start() is the method from Camel Service interface, so you can think it just start the services of camel. But run() need to do some addition work after calling the start() method, such as block the main thread to avoid exiting the process and do some clean up work after camel is shutdown.
-- Willem Jiang Red Hat, Inc. Web: http://www.redhat.com Blog: http://willemjiang.blogspot.com (http://willemjiang.blogspot.com/) (English) http://jnn.iteye.com (http://jnn.javaeye.com/) (Chinese) Twitter: willemjiang Weibo: 姜宁willem On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 11:50 PM, pmp.martins wrote: > Hey guys, I want to thank for all the help and suggestions. However I got an > answer from someone else at stackoverflow that suggested I should use this: > http://camel.apache.org/running-camel-standalone-and-have-it-keep-running.html > > After that I decided to check the Camel in Action book and I just finished > reading chapter 13.4.1 where they also talk about using this Java class. > > I am a little confused with the differences between the start() and run() > methods, so I checked documentation here: > http://camel.apache.org/maven/current/camel-core/apidocs/org/apache/camel/main/Main.html > > But I could not find anything that would explain it to me. > > Anyway, I am now using it and I must say it sure is a lot easier than I > expected ! > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/How-to-keep-route-running-on-camel-with-JavaDSL-tp5742677p5742727.html > Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com > (http://Nabble.com).
