Add camel route at runtime using end points configured in property file - spring-boot

Question

I own a spring application and want to add camel routes dynamically during my application startup.End points are configured in property file and are loaded at run time.
Using Java DSL, i am using for loop to create all routes,
for(int i=0;i<allEndPoints;i++)
{
DynamcRouteBuilder route = new
DynamcRouteBuilder(context,fromUri,toUri)
camelContext.addRoutes(route)
}
private class DynamcRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {
private final String from;
private final String to;
private MyDynamcRouteBuilder(CamelContext context, String from, String to) {
super(context);
this.from = from;
this.to = to;
}
#Override
public void configure() throws Exception {
from(from).to(to);
}
}
but getting below exception while creating first route itself
Failed to create route file_routedirect: at: >>> OnException[[class org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileOperationFailedException] -> [Log[Exception trapped ${exception.class}], process[Processor#0x0]]] <<< in route: Route(file_routedirect:)[[From[direct:... because of ref must be specified on: process[Processor#0x0]\n\ta
Not sure about it- what is the issue ? Can someone has any suggestion or fix for this. Thanks

Answer 1

Well, to create routes in an iteration it is nice to have some object that holds the different values for one route. Let's call this RouteConfiguration, a simple POJO with String fields for from, to and routeId.
We are using YAML files to configure such things because you have a real List format instead of using "flat lists" in property files (route[0].from, route[0].to).
If you use Spring you can directly transform such a "list of object configurations" into a Collection of objects using #ConfigurationProperties
When you are able to create such a Collection of value objects, you can simply iterate over it. Here is a strongly simplified example.
#Override
public void configure() {
createConfiguredRoutes();
}
void createConfiguredRoutes() {
configuration.getRoutes().forEach(this::addRouteToContext);
}
// Implement route that is added in an iteration
private void addRouteToContext(final RouteConfiguration routeConfiguration) throws Exception {
this.camelContext.addRoutes(new RouteBuilder() {
#Override
public void configure() throws Exception {
from(routeConfiguration.getFrom())
.routeId(routeConfiguration.getRouteId())
...
.to(routeConfiguration.getTo());
}
});
}