Further looking into that, the docs say "<routeContext> is isolated and that that it cannot use <onException>, <intercept>, <dataFormats> from the camelcontext"
but looking into latest Camel code it can use Does the doc out of date or I'm misinterpreting it? On 25 November 2014 at 11:18, Bilgin Ibryam <bibr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to write couple of route definitions that will be reused in > multiple places. > > If I use the Java DSL it is straight forward, I can reuse the RouteBuilder > class in many places, but I want to use the XML DSL and I can see two > options: > > 1. Use <routes> statements. Looks like it is mostly used for unit tests. > 2. Use routeContext to define the routes. > > Can anyone tell me what is the difference and the intended use of 1 and 2? > > What limitations they have compared to normal routes defined in Java DSL > or XML DSL? > > > [1] http://camel.apache.org/loading-routes-from-xml-files.html > [2] > http://camel.apache.org/how-do-i-import-routes-from-other-xml-files.html > > TIA, > > -- > Bilgin Ibryam > > Red Hat, Inc. > Apache Camel & Apache OFBiz committer > Blog: ofbizian.com > Twitter: @bibryam <https://twitter.com/bibryam> > > Author of Instant Apache Camel Message Routing > http://www.amazon.com/dp/1783283475 > -- Bilgin Ibryam Red Hat, Inc. Apache Camel & Apache OFBiz committer Blog: ofbizian.com Twitter: @bibryam <https://twitter.com/bibryam> Author of Instant Apache Camel Message Routing http://www.amazon.com/dp/1783283475
