camel-timer-source-kafka-connector source configuration

Connector Description: Produces periodic messages with a custom payload.

When using camel-timer-source-kafka-connector as source make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for the connector:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-timer-source-kafka-connector</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel Kafka connector version -->
</dependency>

To use this source connector in Kafka connect you’ll need to set the following connector.class

connector.class=org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector.timersource.CamelTimersourceSourceConnector

The camel-timer-source source connector supports 4 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Priority

camel.kamelet.timer-source.period

The interval (in milliseconds) to wait between producing the next message.

1000

MEDIUM

camel.kamelet.timer-source.message

Required The message to generate. Example: hello world.

HIGH

camel.kamelet.timer-source.contentType

The content type of the generated message.

"text/plain"

MEDIUM

camel.kamelet.timer-source.repeatCount

Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires.

MEDIUM

The camel-timer-source source connector has no converters out of the box.

The camel-timer-source source connector has no transforms out of the box.

The camel-timer-source source connector has no aggregation strategies out of the box.

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