LZF Deflate Compression
Since Camel 2.17
The LZF Data Format is a message compression and decompression format. It uses the LZF deflate algorithm. Messages marshalled using LZF compression can be unmarshalled using LZF decompression just prior to being consumed at the endpoint. The compression capability is quite useful when you deal with large XML and text-based payloads or when you read messages previously compressed using LZF algorithm.
Marshal
In this example, we marshal a regular text/XML payload to a compressed payload employing LZF compression format and send it an ActiveMQ queue called MY_QUEUE.
from("direct:start").marshal().lzf().to("activemq:queue:MY_QUEUE");Unmarshal
In this example we unmarshal a LZF payload from an ActiveMQ queue called MY_QUEUE to its original format, and forward it for processing to the UnGZippedMessageProcessor.
from("activemq:queue:MY_QUEUE").unmarshal().lzf().process(new UnCompressedMessageProcessor());Dependencies
To use LZF compression in your Camel routes, you need to add a dependency on camel-lzf which implements this data format.
If you use Maven you can add the following to your pom.xml, substituting the version number for the latest & greatest release.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-lzf</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>Spring Boot Auto-Configuration
When using lzf with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-lzf-starter</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>The component supports 2 options, which are listed below.