Apache Camel Training Course

1. Introduction to Camel

• The Camel message model
• The architecture of Camel

2. Routing management with Camel

The endpoints

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

3. Data transformation in Camel

• Overview of data transformation
• Transforming data using EIPs and Java
• XML transformation
• Data formats included with Camel
• Leveraging Camel's CSV and JSON formats
• Transformation via templates
• Utilizing Camel's 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
• Error handlers within Camel

6. Utilizing Camel components

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

7. Applying Enterprise Integration Patterns

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

8. Transactions in Camel

• Foundations of transactions
• The Transaction Client EIP
• Configuration and usage of transactions

9. Concurrency and scalability

• Implementing concurrency
• Camel thread pool profiles
• Combining concurrency with EIPs
• Synchronicity and threading
• The concurrency client API
• Utilizing the asynchronous routing engine

10. Monitoring Camel

• Network-level health checks
• JVM-level health checks
• Integrating JMX with Camel
• Validating application activity
• Administration of Camel applications