// Access the In message
Message getIn();
void    setIn(Message in);

// Access the Out message (if any)
Message getOut();
void    setOut(Message out);
boolean hasOut();

// Access the exchange ID
String  getExchangeId();
void    setExchangeId(String id);

// Access the message body
Object getBody();
<T> T  getBody(Class<T> type);
void   setBody(Object body);
<T> void setBody(Object body, Class<T> type);

// Access message headers
Object getHeader(String name);
<T> T  getHeader(String name, Class<T> type);
void   setHeader(String name, Object value);
Object removeHeader(String name);
Map<String, Object> getHeaders();
void setHeaders(Map<String, Object> headers);

// Access message attachments
javax.activation.DataHandler getAttachment(String id);
java.util.Map<String, javax.activation.DataHandler> getAttachments();
java.util.Set<String> getAttachmentNames();
void addAttachment(String id, javax.activation.DataHandler content)

// Access the message ID
String getMessageId();
void   setMessageId(String messageId);

from("file://tmp/appfiles/serialized")
    .unmarshal()
    .serialization()
    .<FurtherProcessing>
    .to("TargetURL");

org.apache.camel.TypeConverter tc = exchange.getContext().getTypeConverter();
String str_value = tc.convertTo(String.class, value);

// Java
package org.apache.camel.spi;

/**
 * Generator to generate UUID strings.
 */
public interface UuidGenerator {
    String generateUuid();
}

from(SourceURI).pipeline(ProcessorA, ProcessorB, TargetURI);

package org.apache.camel;

public interface Processor {
    void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception;
}

import org.apache.camel.Processor;

public class MyProcessor implements Processor {
    public MyProcessor() { }

    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception
    {
        // Insert code that gets executed *before* delegating
        // to the next processor in the chain.
        ...
    }
}

import org.apache.camel.*;
import org.apache.camel.util.ExchangeHelper;

public class MyProcessor implements Processor {
  public void process(Exchange exchange) {
    String auth = ExchangeHelper.getMandatoryHeader(
                      exchange,
                      "Authorization",
                      String.class
                  );
    // process the authorization string...
    // ...
  }
}

import org.apache.camel.*;
import org.apache.camel.util.ExchangeHelper;

public class MyProcessor implements Processor {
    public void process(Exchange exchange) {
        Message in = exchange.getIn();
        in.setBody(in.getBody(String.class) + " World!");
    }
}

public final class ExchangeHelper {
    ...
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked" })
    public static Endpoint
    resolveEndpoint(Exchange exchange, Object value)
        throws NoSuchEndpointException { ... }
    ...
}

Endpoint file_endp = ExchangeHelper.resolveEndpoint(exchange, "file://tmp/messages/in.xml");

package org.apache.camel;

public interface TypeConverter {
    <T> T convertTo(Class<T> type, Object value);
}

org.apache.camel.TypeConverter tc = exchange.getContext().getTypeConverter();

package com.YourDomain.YourPackageName;

import org.apache.camel.Converter;

import java.io.*;

@Converter
public class IOConverter {
    private IOConverter() {        
    }

    @Converter
    public static InputStream toInputStream(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
        return new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
    }

    @Converter
    public static String toString(byte[] data, Exchange exchange) {
        if (exchange != null) {
            String charsetName = exchange.getProperty(Exchange.CHARSET_NAME, String.class);
            if (charsetName != null) {
                try {
                    return new String(data, charsetName);
                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                    LOG.warn("Can't convert the byte to String with the charset " + charsetName, e);
                }
            }
        }
        return new String(data);
    }
}

package org.apache.camel;

public interface Component {
    CamelContext getCamelContext();
    void setCamelContext(CamelContext context);

    Endpoint createEndpoint(String uri) throws Exception;
}

public class CustomComponent extends DefaultComponent { 1
    ...
    protected Endpoint createEndpoint(String uri, String remaining, Map parameters) throws Exception { 2
        CustomEndpoint result = new CustomEndpoint(uri, this); 3
        // ...
        return result;
    }
}

package org.apache.camel.component.file;

import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultComponent;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Map;

public class FileComponent extends DefaultComponent {
    public static final String HEADER_FILE_NAME = "org.apache.camel.file.name";

    public FileComponent() { 1
    }

    public FileComponent(CamelContext context) { 2
        super(context);
    }

    protected Endpoint createEndpoint(String uri, String remaining, Map parameters) throws Exception { 3
        File file = new File(remaining);
        FileEndpoint result = new FileEndpoint(file, uri, this);
        return result;
    }
}

package org.apache.camel;

public interface Endpoint {
    boolean isSingleton();

    String getEndpointUri();

    String getEndpointKey();

    CamelContext getCamelContext();
    void setCamelContext(CamelContext context);

    void configureProperties(Map options);

    boolean isLenientProperties();
    
    Exchange createExchange();
    Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern);
    Exchange createExchange(Exchange exchange);

    Producer createProducer() throws Exception;

    Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception;
    PollingConsumer createPollingConsumer() throws Exception;
}

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;

import org.apache.camel.Component;
import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultEndpoint;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultExchange;

public class CustomEndpoint extends DefaultEndpoint { 1

    public CustomEndpoint(String endpointUri, Component component) { 2
        super(endpointUri, component);
        // Do any other initialization...
    }

    public Producer createProducer() throws Exception { 3
        return new CustomProducer(this);
    }

    public Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception { 4
        return new CustomConsumer(this, processor);
    }

    public boolean isSingleton() { 
        return true;
    }

    // Implement the following methods, only if you need to set exchange properties.
    //
    public Exchange createExchange() { 5
        return this.createExchange(getExchangePattern());
    }

    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern) {
        Exchange result = new DefaultExchange(getCamelContext(), pattern);
        // Set exchange properties
        ...
        return result;
    }
}

import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern;
import org.apache.camel.Message;
import org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollEndpoint;

public class CustomEndpoint extends ScheduledPollEndpoint { 1

    protected CustomEndpoint(String endpointUri, CustomComponent component) { 2
        super(endpointUri, component);
        // Do any other initialization...
    }

    public Producer createProducer() throws Exception { 3
        Producer result = new CustomProducer(this);
        return result;
    }

    public Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception { 4
        Consumer result = new CustomConsumer(this, processor);
        configureConsumer(result); 5
        return result;
    }

    public boolean isSingleton() {
        return true;
    }

    // Implement the following methods, only if you need to set exchange properties.
    //
    public Exchange createExchange() { 6
        return this.createExchange(getExchangePattern());
    }

    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern) {
        Exchange result = new DefaultExchange(getCamelContext(), pattern);
        // Set exchange properties
        ...
        return result;
    }
}

import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern;
import org.apache.camel.Message;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultPollingEndpoint;

public class CustomEndpoint extends DefaultPollingEndpoint {
    ...
    public PollingConsumer createPollingConsumer() throws Exception {
        PollingConsumer result = new CustomConsumer(this);
        configureConsumer(result);
        return result;
    }

    // Do NOT implement createConsumer(). It is already implemented in DefaultPollingEndpoint.
    ...
}

package org.apache.camel.spi;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;

public interface BrowsableEndpoint extends Endpoint {
    List<Exchange> getExchanges();
}

package org.apache.camel.component.seda;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;

import org.apache.camel.Component;
import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultEndpoint;
import org.apache.camel.spi.BrowsableEndpoint;

public class SedaEndpoint extends DefaultEndpoint implements BrowsableEndpoint { 1
    private BlockingQueue<Exchange> queue;

    public SedaEndpoint(String endpointUri, Component component, BlockingQueue<Exchange> queue) { 2
        super(endpointUri, component);
        this.queue = queue;
    }

    public SedaEndpoint(String uri, SedaComponent component, Map parameters) { 3
        this(uri, component, component.createQueue(uri, parameters));
    }

    public Producer createProducer() throws Exception { 4
        return new CollectionProducer(this, getQueue());
    }

    public Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception { 5
        return new SedaConsumer(this, processor);
    }

    public BlockingQueue<Exchange> getQueue() { 6
        return queue;
    }

    public boolean isSingleton() { 7
        return true;
    }

    public List<Exchange> getExchanges() { 8
        return new ArrayList<Exchange>(getQueue());
    }
}

...
public class FileEndpoint extends ScheduledPollEndpoint {
    ...
    public Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception {
        Consumer result = new FileConsumer(this, processor);
        configureConsumer(result);
        return result;
    }
    ...
    }

package org.apache.camel.spi;


public interface ShutdownPrepared {

    void prepareShutdown(boolean forced);

}

// Java
package org.apache.camel.spi;

import org.apache.camel.ShutdownRunningTask;

public interface ShutdownAware extends ShutdownPrepared {

    boolean deferShutdown(ShutdownRunningTask shutdownRunningTask);

    int getPendingExchangesSize();
}

package org.apache.camel.component.jmx;

import javax.management.Notification;
import javax.management.NotificationListener;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultConsumer;

public class JMXConsumer extends DefaultConsumer implements NotificationListener { 1

    JMXEndpoint jmxEndpoint;

    public JMXConsumer(JMXEndpoint endpoint, Processor processor) { 2
        super(endpoint, processor);
        this.jmxEndpoint = endpoint;
    }

    public void handleNotification(Notification notification, Object handback) { 3
        try {
            getProcessor().process(jmxEndpoint.createExchange(notification)); 4
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            handleException(e); 5
        }
    }
}

import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;

import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Message;
import org.apache.camel.PollingConsumer;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;

import org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollConsumer;

public class CustomConsumer extends ScheduledPollConsumer { 1
    private final CustomEndpoint endpoint;

    public CustomConsumer(CustomEndpoint endpoint, Processor processor) { 2
        super(endpoint, processor);
        this.endpoint = endpoint;
    }

    protected void poll() throws Exception { 3
        Exchange exchange = /* Receive exchange object ... */;

        // Example of a synchronous processor. 
        getProcessor().process(exchange); 4
    }

    @Override
    protected void doStart() throws Exception { 5
        // Pre-Start:
        // Place code here to execute just before start of processing.
        super.doStart();
        // Post-Start:
        // Place code here to execute just after start of processing.
    }

    @Override
    protected void doStop() throws Exception { 6
        // Pre-Stop:
        // Place code here to execute just before processing stops.
        super.doStop();
        // Post-Stop:
        // Place code here to execute just after processing stops.
    }
}

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException;
import org.apache.camel.impl.PollingConsumerSupport;

public class CustomConsumer extends PollingConsumerSupport { 1
    private final CustomEndpoint endpoint;

    public CustomConsumer(CustomEndpoint endpoint) { 2
        super(endpoint);
        this.endpoint = endpoint;
    }

    public Exchange receiveNoWait() { 3
        Exchange exchange = /* Obtain an exchange object. */;
        // Further processing ...
        return exchange;
    }

    public Exchange receive() { 4
        // Blocking poll ...
    }

    public Exchange receive(long timeout) { 5
        // Poll with timeout ...
    }

    protected void doStart() throws Exception { 6
        // Code to execute whilst starting up.
    }

    protected void doStop() throws Exception {
        // Code to execute whilst shutting down.
    }
}

package org.apache.camel.component.seda;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.ShutdownRunningTask;
import org.apache.camel.impl.LoggingExceptionHandler;
import org.apache.camel.impl.ServiceSupport;
import org.apache.camel.util.ServiceHelper;
...
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * A Consumer for the SEDA component.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 922485 $
 */
public class SedaConsumer extends ServiceSupport implements Consumer, Runnable, ShutdownAware { 1
    private static final transient Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(SedaConsumer.class);

    private SedaEndpoint endpoint;
    private Processor processor;
    private ExecutorService executor;
    ...
    public SedaConsumer(SedaEndpoint endpoint, Processor processor) {
        this.endpoint = endpoint;
        this.processor = processor;
    }
    ...

    public void run() { 2
        BlockingQueue<Exchange> queue = endpoint.getQueue();
        // Poll the queue and process exchanges
        ...
    }

    ...
    protected void doStart() throws Exception { 3
        int poolSize = endpoint.getConcurrentConsumers();
        executor = endpoint.getCamelContext().getExecutorServiceStrategy()
            .newFixedThreadPool(this, endpoint.getEndpointUri(), poolSize); 4
        for (int i = 0; i < poolSize; i++) { 5
            executor.execute(this);
        }
        endpoint.onStarted(this);
    }

    protected void doStop() throws Exception { 6
        endpoint.onStopped(this);
        // must shutdown executor on stop to avoid overhead of having them running
        endpoint.getCamelContext().getExecutorServiceStrategy().shutdownNow(executor); 7
        executor = null;

        if (multicast != null) {
            ServiceHelper.stopServices(multicast);
        }
    }
    ...
    //----------
    // Implementation of ShutdownAware interface

    public boolean deferShutdown(ShutdownRunningTask shutdownRunningTask) {
        // deny stopping on shutdown as we want seda consumers to run in case some other queues
        // depend on this consumer to run, so it can complete its exchanges
        return true;
    }

    public int getPendingExchangesSize() {
        // number of pending messages on the queue
        return endpoint.getQueue().size();
    }

}

package org.apache.camel;

public interface Producer extends Processor, Service, IsSingleton {

    Endpoint<E> getEndpoint();

    Exchange createExchange();

    Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern);

    Exchange createExchange(E exchange);
}

package org.apache.camel;

public interface AsyncProcessor extends Processor {
    boolean process(Exchange exchange, AsyncCallback callback);
}

package org.apache.camel;

public interface AsyncCallback {
    void done(boolean doneSynchronously);    
}

import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultProducer;

public class CustomProducer extends DefaultProducer { 1

    public CustomProducer(Endpoint endpoint) { 2
        super(endpoint);
        // Perform other initialization tasks...
    }

    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception { 3
        // Process exchange synchronously.
        // ...
    }
}

import org.apache.camel.AsyncCallback;
import org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor;
import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultProducer;

public class CustomProducer extends DefaultProducer implements AsyncProcessor { 1

    public CustomProducer(Endpoint endpoint) { 2
        super(endpoint);
        // ...
    }

    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception { 3
        // Process exchange synchronously.
        // ...
    }

    public boolean process(Exchange exchange, AsyncCallback callback) { 4
        // Process exchange asynchronously.
        CustomProducerTask task = new CustomProducerTask(exchange, callback);
        // Process 'task' in a separate thread...
        // ...
        return false; 5
    }
}

public class CustomProducerTask implements Runnable { 6
    private Exchange exchange;
    private AsyncCallback callback;

    public CustomProducerTask(Exchange exchange, AsyncCallback callback) {
        this.exchange = exchange;
        this.callback = callback;
    }

    public void run() { 7
        // Process exchange.
        // ...
        callback.done(false);
    }
}

package org.apache.camel;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.camel.spi.Synchronization;
import org.apache.camel.spi.UnitOfWork;

public interface Exchange {
    // Exchange property names (string constants)
    // (Not shown here)
    ...

    ExchangePattern getPattern();
    void setPattern(ExchangePattern pattern);

    Object getProperty(String name);
    Object getProperty(String name, Object defaultValue);
    <T> T  getProperty(String name, Class<T> type);
    <T> T  getProperty(String name, Object defaultValue, Class<T> type);
    void   setProperty(String name, Object value);
    Object removeProperty(String name);
    Map<String, Object> getProperties();
    boolean hasProperties();

    Message getIn();
    <T> T   getIn(Class<T> type);
    void    setIn(Message in);

    Message getOut();
    <T> T   getOut(Class<T> type);
    void    setOut(Message out);
    boolean hasOut();

    Throwable getException();
    <T> T     getException(Class<T> type);
    void      setException(Throwable e);

    boolean isFailed();

    boolean isTransacted();

    boolean isRollbackOnly();

    CamelContext getContext();

    Exchange copy();

    Endpoint getFromEndpoint();
    void     setFromEndpoint(Endpoint fromEndpoint);

    String getFromRouteId();
    void   setFromRouteId(String fromRouteId);

    UnitOfWork getUnitOfWork();
    void setUnitOfWork(UnitOfWork unitOfWork);

    String getExchangeId();
    void setExchangeId(String id);

    void addOnCompletion(Synchronization onCompletion);
    void handoverCompletions(Exchange target);
}

package org.apache.camel;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.activation.DataHandler;

public interface Message {

    String getMessageId();
    void setMessageId(String messageId);

    Exchange getExchange();

    boolean isFault();
    void    setFault(boolean fault);

    Object getHeader(String name);
    Object getHeader(String name, Object defaultValue);
    <T> T getHeader(String name, Class<T> type);
    <T> T getHeader(String name, Object defaultValue, Class<T> type);
    Map<String, Object> getHeaders();
    void setHeader(String name, Object value);
    void setHeaders(Map<String, Object> headers);
    Object  removeHeader(String name);
    boolean removeHeaders(String pattern);
    boolean hasHeaders();

    Object getBody();
    Object getMandatoryBody() throws InvalidPayloadException;
    <T> T  getBody(Class<T> type);
    <T> T  getMandatoryBody(Class<T> type) throws InvalidPayloadException;
    void     setBody(Object body);
    <T> void setBody(Object body, Class<T> type);

    DataHandler getAttachment(String id);
    Map<String, DataHandler> getAttachments();
    Set<String> getAttachmentNames();
    void removeAttachment(String id);
    void addAttachment(String id, DataHandler content);
    void setAttachments(Map<String, DataHandler> attachments);
    boolean hasAttachments();

    Message copy();

    void copyFrom(Message message);

    String createExchangeId();
}

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultMessage;

public class CustomMessage extends DefaultMessage { 1

    public CustomMessage() { 2
        // Create message with default properties...
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() { 3
        // Return a stringified message...
    }

    @Override
    public CustomMessage newInstance() { 4
        return new CustomMessage( ... );
    }

    @Override
    protected Object createBody() { 5
        // Return message body (lazy creation).
    }

    @Override
    protected void populateInitialHeaders(Map<String, Object> map) { 6
        // Initialize headers from underlying message (lazy creation).
    }

    @Override
    protected void populateInitialAttachments(Map<String, DataHandler> map) { 7
        // Initialize attachments from underlying message (lazy creation).
    }
}