Hi, Claus. Thanks for the recommendation. Originally, I was going to use the RecipientList class and create an instance. I thought that I would see how core was creating the processor, which led me to my interest in the reifier class. When I looked at it, I saw the value in how it set up the executors/thread pools, and the aggregation strategy. If I cannot (or do not) use the reifier, then I will have to duplicate or re-create that code. Since a major point in my refactoring endeavor is to simplify this component, I am hesitant to do that.
I am looking at an alternative, and I would like your opinion when you have the time to offer your thoughts. I have a route template like this: routeTemplate("recipientListRouteTemplate") .templateParameter("channel") .from("direct:${channel}") .process("${channel}RecipientList"); Then I create a route from this in my DynamicRouterProcessor class like this: String routeId = TemplatedRouteBuilder.builder(camelContext, "recipientListRouteTemplate") .parameter("channel", configuration.getChannel()) .add(); Route route = camelContext.getRoute(routeId); After that, I have code that translates the configuration params into a RecipientListDefinition. After that, I have: RecipientListReifier reifier = new RecipientListReifier(route, definition); camelContext.getRegistry() .bind(configuration.getChannel() + "RecipientList", reifier.createProcessor()); When a message comes in for the DynamicRouterProcessor instance to handle, the process method handles the exchange like this: prepareExchange(exchange); try (Producer producer = exchange.getContext().getEndpoint("direct:" + channel).createProducer()) { producer.process(exchange); } That was as far as I got yesterday in my implementation, so I was not yet able to test it. Is this a terrible idea, or do you think it is worth trying? Otherwise, if it's the best option, I could "borrow" the pertinent code in the reifier and create the RecipientList instance directly. Thanks, Steve On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 1:19 AM Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > If you need to create the RecipientListProcessor then you dont > necessary have to use reifier to do it. > > We have a few EIPs that are created via annotations > > https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/5235319d94fbb82f479ca3085b0780c0f144111b/core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/spi/AnnotationBasedProcessorFactory.java#L44 > > You can just create the processor yourself and configure it accordingly. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:51 AM Steve973 <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello. I am attempting to simplify my Dynamic Router EIP component by > > using the existing RecipientList implementation from camel-core. > > > > I was looking at the RecipientListReifier, even though I will not be > adding > > anything to the Camel DSL. It looks like it would be perfect for setting > > up the RecipientList instance. I can take my configuration class, and > > adapt it to a RecipientListDefinition instance. The problem that I am > > encountering is that the RecipientListReifier constructor wants a Route > > instance. When routing recipients send their subscription information to > > the dynamic router component through its control channel, this is not the > > route that the actual routing will occur on. So I have no idea what > Route > > instance I can provide to the Reifier constructor. Furthermore, when the > > dynamic router receives a message, the producer simply calls the > processor, > > so there is no real route to speak of, even during runtime dynamic > routing. > > > > My questions are: > > > > 1. Is this a decent approach? After a recent code review, it occurred to > > me that I needed to simplify everything, and this would do that. The > > component would only need to manage subscriptions, and evaluate exchanges > > for recipients. > > > > 2. What should I use as the Route instance for the Reifier constructor? > > Would it be a good idea to create a RouteBuilder for each dynamic routing > > channel that subscribers are using? It would go from > "direct:channelName" > > and then to the processor. That still leaves me confused about how to > > use my component/endpoint configuration to set the options on the > > RecipientList through the Reifier. It's a chicken/egg scenario: the > > RecipientListReifier needs the Route, and the Route needs the processor. > > > > 3. What other approach am I missing that might be better than this? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > @davsclaus > Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2 >