Apache Camel Training Course

1. Introduction to Camel

• Camel’s message model
• Camel’s architecture

2. Managing routing with Camel

The endpoints

• Creating Java routes
• Utilizing message filters
• Employing multicasting

3. Data transformation in Camel

• Overview of data transformation
• Transforming data using EIPs and Java
• XML Transformation
• Data formats included with Camel
• Working with Camel's CSV and JSON data formats
• Transformation using templates
• Using Camel type converters

4. Beans and Camel

• Invoking Beans from Java
• The Service Activator pattern
• Utilising bean registries
• Camel's method-selection algorithm
• Bean parameter binding

5. Error Handling

• Understanding error handling
• Error handlers in Camel

6. Using Camel's components

• Overview of Camel components
• File and FTP components
• JMS component
• CXF component for web services
• MINA component for networking
• JDBC and JPA components
• Timer component

7. Using the Enterprise Integration Patterns

• Aggregator
• Splitter
• Routing Slip
• Dynamic Router
• Load Balancer

8. Transactions in Camel

• Transaction basics
• The Transaction Client EIP
• Configuring and utilising transactions

9. Concurrency and scalability

• Implementing concurrency
• Camel thread pool profiles
• Applying concurrency with EIPs
• Synchronicity and threading
• The concurrency client API
• Utilising the asynchronous routing engine

10. Monitoring Camel

• Checking health at the network level
• Checking health at the JVM level
• Using JMX with Camel
• Verifying application activity
• Managing Camel applications