Expressions and Predicates can then be used to create the various Enterprise Integration Patterns in the DSL or Xml Configuration like the Recipient List.
To support dynamic rules Camel supports pluggable Expression strategies using a variety of different Languages.
If you are outside of the DSL and want to create your own expressions you can either implement the Expression interface, reuse one of the other builders or try the ExpressionBuilder class.
The API for a Camel Expression is defined in the org.apache.camel.Expression interface as shown:
public interface Expression {
/**
* Returns the value of the expression on the given exchange
*
* @param exchange the message exchange on which to evaluate the expression
* @param type the expected type of the evaluation result
* @return the value of the expression
*/
<T> T evaluate(Exchange exchange, Class<T> type);
}
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The API for a Camel Predicate is defined in the org.apache.camel.Predicate interface as shown:
public interface Predicate {
/**
* Evaluates the predicate on the message exchange and returns true if this
* exchange matches the predicate
*
* @param exchange the message exchange
* @return true if the predicate matches
*/
boolean matches(Exchange exchange);
}
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The following languages are supported out of the box