Apache Camel Training Course

1. Introduction to Camel

• The Camel message model
• Camel's architectural design

2. Managing routing with Camel

Endpoints

• Defining routes in Java
• Implementing message filters
• Utilizing multicasting

3. Data transformation in Camel

• Overview of data transformation
• Converting data using EIPs and Java
• XML transformation techniques
• Data formats included with Camel
• Working with Camel's CSV and JSON formats
• Transformation via templates
• Leveraging Camel type converters

4. Beans and Camel

• Invoking Beans from Java
• The Service Activator pattern
• Working with Bean registries
• Camel's method selection logic
• Binding Bean parameters

5. Error Handling

• Concepts of error handling
• Configuring error handlers in Camel

6. Using Camel's components

• Survey of Camel components
• File and FTP integration
• JMS component details
• CXF component for web services
• MINA component for networking
• JDBC and JPA components
• Timer component usage

7. Using the Enterprise Integration Patterns

• Aggregator pattern
• Splitter pattern
• Routing Slip pattern
• Dynamic Router pattern
• Load Balancer pattern

8. Transactions in Camel

• Transaction fundamentals
• The Transaction Client EIP
• Configuration and implementation of transactions

9. Concurrency and scalability

• Implementing concurrency
• Camel thread pool profiles
• Concurrency in combination with EIPs
• Synchronicity and threading models
• The concurrency client API
• Leveraging the asynchronous routing engine

10. Monitoring Camel

• Network-level health checks
• JVM-level health verification
• Integrating JMX with Camel
• Tracking application activity
• Administering Camel applications