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Do I Import Routes From Other XML Files?
Available as of Camel 2.3
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In Camel 2.3 it is now possible to define routes outside <camelContext/> which you do in a new <routeContext/> tag.
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Notice: When you
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use <routeContext> then they are separated, and cannot reuse existing <onException>, <intercept>, <dataFormats> and similar cross cutting functionality defined in the <camelContext>. In other words
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the <routeContext> is currently isolated. This may change in Camel 3.x.
For example we could have a file named myCoolRoutes.xml which contains a couple of routes as shown:
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Then in your XML file which contains the CamelContext you can use Spring to import the myCoolRoute.xml file.
And then inside <camelContext/> you can refer to the <routeContext/> by its its id as shown below:
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Also notice that you can mix and match, having routes inside inside CamelContext and also externalized in RouteContext.
You can have as many <routeContextRef/> as you like.
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The routes defined in <routeContext/> can be reused by multiple <camelContext/>. However its only the definition which is reused. At runtime
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each CamelContext will create its own instance of the route based on the definition.