Vertx Component
Available as of Camel 2.12
The vertx component is for working with the Vertx EventBus.
The vertx EventBus sends and receives JSON events.
From Camel 2.16 onwards vertx 3 is in use which requires Java 1.8 at runtime.
Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-vertx</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
URI format
vertx:channelName[?options]
Options
Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
| Camel 2.12.3: Whether to use publish/subscribe instead of point to point when sending to a vertx endpoint. |
You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&...
Connecting to the existing Vert.x instance
If you would like to connect to the Vert.x instance already existing in your JVM, you can set the instance on the component level:
Vertx vertx = ...;
VertxComponent vertxComponent = new VertxComponent();
vertxComponent.setVertx(vertx);
camelContext.addComponent("vertx", vertxComponent);