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commit bdcb92632ca9bbdcfeb4cae69a8963ad1677d440
Author: Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 10 13:54:15 2024 +0100
CAMEL-20406: Route scoped variables
---
docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc
b/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc
index 1a6b96b5394..9c3dc1a9a38 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc
+++ b/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/variables.adoc
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ from("direct:second").routeId("second")
== Configuring initial variables on startup
-When Camel is starting then it's possible to configure initial variables.
+When Camel is starting then it's possible to configure initial variables for
`global` and `route` repositories only.
This can be done in `application.properties` as shown below:
@@ -192,17 +192,18 @@ camel.variable.greeting = Random number
camel.variable.random = 999
----
-The variables are default set on the `global` repository, but you can specify
a custom repository by
-prefixing with `id:` in the key, such as below:
+The variables are default set on the `global` repository, but you can set
route scoped variables,
+using `route.` as prefix. As we cannot use colon (`:`) in property keys, then
dot is used to separate
+the route id from the variable name, eg `myRoute.gold`.
[source,properties]
----
-camel.variable.acme:gold = true
+camel.variable.route.myRoute.gold = true
camel.variable.greeting = Random number
camel.variable.random = 999
----
-Here the gold variable is set on the `acme` repository, and the other
variables are set on the `global` repository.
+Here the gold variable is set on the `route` repository, and the other
variables are set on the `global` repository.
The value of a variable can also be loaded from file system, such as a JSon
file. To do this you should
prefix the value with `resource:file:` or `resource:classpath:` to load from
file system or classpath,
