Apache Camel Spring Javaconfig Unit Test No consumers available on endpoint - spring

Question

I have the following route configuration:
#Component
public class MyRoute extends RouteBuilder {
#Override
public void configure() throws Exception {
from("direct:in").to("direct:out");
}
}
When I try to test it:
#RunWith(CamelSpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes = { MyRouteTest.TestConfig.class }, loader = CamelSpringDelegatingTestContextLoader.class)
#MockEndpoints
public class MyRouteTest {
#EndpointInject(uri = "mock:direct:out")
private MockEndpoint mockEndpoint;
#Produce(uri = "direct:in")
private ProducerTemplate producerTemplate;
#Configuration
public static class TestConfig extends SingleRouteCamelConfiguration {
#Bean
#Override
public RouteBuilder route() {
return new MyRoute();
}
}
#Test
public void testRoute() throws Exception {
mockEndpoint.expectedBodiesReceived("Test Message");
producerTemplate.sendBody("Test Message");
mockEndpoint.assertIsSatisfied();
}
}
I get this exception:
org.apache.camel.component.direct.DirectConsumerNotAvailableException:
No consumers available on endpoint: Endpoint[direct://out].
Exchange[Message: Test Message]
It looks like the Mock is not picking up the message from the endpoint.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

The problem is that mock endpoints just intercept the message before delegating to the actual endpoint. Quoted from the docs:
Important: The endpoints are still in action. What happens differently
is that a Mock endpoint is injected and receives the message first and
then delegates the message to the target endpoint. You can view this
as a kind of intercept and delegate or endpoint listener.
The solution to your problem is to tell certain endpoints (the ones that expect a consumer in your case) not to delegate to the actual endpoint. This can easily be done using #MockEndpointsAndSkip instead of #MockEndpoints:
#RunWith(CamelSpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes = { MyRouteTest.TestConfig.class }, loader = CamelSpringDelegatingTestContextLoader.class)
#MockEndpointsAndSkip("direct:out") // <-- turns unit test from red to green ;)
public class MyRouteTest {
// ....
}

Answer 2

This issue because, in your route configuration, there is no route with "direct:out" consumer endpoint.
add a line like some thing below,
from("direct:out").("Anything you want to log");
So that direct:out will consume the exchange and In your test, mock will be able check the received text without any issues. Hope this helps !!