Writing Integrations in Groovy

An integration written in Groovy looks very similar to a Java one except it can leverages Groovy’s language enhancements over Java such as closures:

from('timer:tick')
    .process { it.in.body = 'Hello Camel K!' }
    .to('log:info')

You can run it with the standard command:

kamel run example.groovy

Configuring the Application

Camel K extends the Camel Java DSL making it easier to configure Camel’s behavior using the top level camel block

camel {
  // configure camel here
}

The camel block allows to configure the following Camel features:

  • Components

    camel {
    components {
        seda { (1)
            queueSize = 1234
            concurrentConsumers = 12
        }

        log { (2)
            exchangeFormatter = {
                'body ==> ' + it.in.body
            } as org.apache.camel.spi.ExchangeFormatter
        }

        mySeda(SedaComponent) { (3)
            queueSize = 4321
            concurrentConsumers = 21
        }
    }
}
    1 configure the properties of the component whit name seda
    2 configure the properties of the component whit name log
    3 creates and configure a component of type SedaComponent whose name is mySeda

    Setting the property exchangeFormatter looks a little ugly as you have to declare the type of your closure. For demonstration purpose, we have created a Groovy extension module that simplifies configuring the exchangeFormatter so you can rewrite your DSL as

    camel {
    components {
        log {
            formatter {
                'body ==> ' + it.in.body
            }
        }
    }
}

    which is much better.

    You can provide your custom extensions by packaging them in a dependency you declare for your integration.

  • Languages 

    camel {
    languages {
        language("bean") { (1)
            beanType = String.class
            method = "toUpperCase"
        }
        myBean(BeanLanguage) { (2)
            beanType = String.class
            method = "toLowerCase"
        }
        simple { (3)
        }
    }
}
    1 configure the properties of the language whit name bean
    2 creates and configure a language of type BeanLanguage whose name is myBean
    3 configure the properties of the language whit name simple

  • DataFormats

    camel {
    dataFormats {
        dataFormat("json-jackson") { (1)
            unmarshalType = Map.class
            prettyPrint = true
        }
        myJackson(JacksonDataFormat) { (2)
            unmarshalType = String.class
            prettyPrint = false
        }
        csv { (3)
        }
    }
}
    1 configure the properties of the data format whit name json-jackson
    2 creates and configure a data format of type JacksonDataFormat whose name is myJackson
    3 configure the properties of the data format whit name csv

Beans

Beans can be bound to the registry using a dedicated bean DSL :

beans {
    myCache = Caffeine.newBuilder().build() (1)

    myProcessor = processor { (2)
        it.in.body = 'Hello Camel K!'
    }

    myPredicate = predicate { (3)
        it.in.body != null
    }

    dataSource(org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource) { (4)
        driverClassName = "org.h2.Driver"
        url = "jdbc:h2:mem:camel"
        username = "sa"
        password = ""
    }
}
1 define a bean
2 define a custom processor
3 define a custom predicate
4 define a custom bean with name dataSource and type org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource

Rest Support

Integrations REST endpoints can be configured using the top level rest block:

rest {
    configuration { (1)
        host = 'my-host'
        port '9192'
    }

    path('/my/path') {
        get('/get') { (2)
            consumes 'application/json'
            produces 'application/json'
            to 'direct:get'
        }
    }

    post { (3)
        path '/post'
        consumes 'application/json'
        produces 'application/json'
        to 'direct:post'
    }
}
1 Configure the rest engine
2 Configure the behavior of the method GET for the path '/my/path/get' and invoke the endpoint 'direct:get'
3 Configure the behavior of the method POST for the path '/post' and invoke the endpoint 'direct:post'
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