Apache Camel Training Course

1. Introduction to Camel

• The Camel message model
• Camel architecture overview

2. Managing routing with Camel

Endpoints

• Creating routes in Java
• Implementing message filters
• Utilising multicasting

3. Data transformation in Camel

• Foundations of data transformation
• Transforming data using EIPs and Java
• XML transformation techniques
• Data formats supported by Camel
• Working with Camel’s CSV and JSON formats
• Transformation via templates
• Leveraging Camel type converters

4. Beans and Camel

• Invoking Beans from Java
• The Service Activator pattern
• Utilising Bean registries
• Camel’s method selection algorithm
• Binding Bean parameters

5. Error Handling

• Concepts of error handling
• Configuring error handlers in Camel

6. Using Camel's components

• Overview of available 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 fundamentals
• The Transaction Client EIP
• Setting up and managing transactions

9. Concurrency and scalability

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

10. Monitoring Camel

• Monitoring network-level health
• Monitoring JVM-level health
• Utilising JMX with Camel
• Validating application activity
• Managing Camel applications