1 and 2 boils down to the same. <routeContextRef> will load the routes the same was as #1 does.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:18 PM, 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 -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- Red Hat, Inc. Email: cib...@redhat.com Twitter: davsclaus Blog: http://davsclaus.com Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen hawtio: http://hawt.io/ fabric8: http://fabric8.io/
