davsclaus commented on code in PR #27792:
URL: https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/27792#discussion_r4266928080


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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusEndpoint.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Category;
+import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.Producer;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.Metadata;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriEndpoint;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultEndpoint;
+import org.citrusframework.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+
+@UriEndpoint(firstVersion = "4.23.0", scheme = "citrus", title = "Citrus", 
syntax = "citrus:operation/name",

Review Comment:
   4.23.0 is already tagged and `camel-4.23.x` is branched, so this ships in 
4.24.0. Please use `firstVersion = "4.24.0"` here, 
`<firstVersion>4.24.0</firstVersion>` in the pom, and `:since: 4.24` in 
`citrus-component.adoc`. Then regenerate the catalog JSON.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusEndpoint.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Category;
+import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.Producer;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.Metadata;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriEndpoint;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultEndpoint;
+import org.citrusframework.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+
+@UriEndpoint(firstVersion = "4.23.0", scheme = "citrus", title = "Citrus", 
syntax = "citrus:operation/name",
+             producerOnly = true, remote = false, category = { 
Category.TESTING })
+public class CitrusEndpoint extends DefaultEndpoint {
+
+    private final AtomicInteger exchangeIndex = new AtomicInteger();
+    private final AtomicInteger receivedCount = new AtomicInteger();
+    private final List<Exchange> receivedExchanges = new 
CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+    private final List<Throwable> failures = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+
+    private volatile CountDownLatch latch;
+
+    @UriPath(description = "The operation to perform. 'validate' validates 
exchanges without modifying them."
+                           + " 'receive' validates exchanges and returns a 
simulated response.")
+    @Metadata(required = true)
+    private String operation;
+
+    @UriPath(description = "A unique name to identify this endpoint. Allows 
multiple Citrus endpoints"
+                           + " with different validation expectations in the 
same route.")
+    private String name;
+
+    @UriParam(description = "The message type for validation. Determines which 
Citrus validation module is used."
+                            + " Supported values: json, xml, yaml, plaintext.")
+    private String messageType;
+
+    private MessageValidationSpec allMessagesSpec;
+    private final Map<Integer, MessageValidationSpec> indexedSpecs = new 
LinkedHashMap<>();
+    private int nextSpecIndex;
+
+    private MessageResponseSpec allMessagesResponseSpec;
+    private final Map<Integer, MessageResponseSpec> indexedResponseSpecs = new 
LinkedHashMap<>();
+    private int nextResponseSpecIndex;
+
+    private int expectedCount = -1;
+
+    public CitrusEndpoint(String endpointUri, CitrusComponent component) {
+        super(endpointUri, component);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor) throws Exception {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("You cannot consume from this 
endpoint");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Producer createProducer() throws Exception {
+        return new CitrusProducer(this);
+    }
+
+    // --- Fluent validation specification API (for 'validate' operation) ---
+
+    public MessageValidationSpec allMessages() {
+        if (allMessagesSpec == null) {
+            allMessagesSpec = new MessageValidationSpec();
+        }
+        return allMessagesSpec;
+    }
+
+    public MessageValidationSpec message() {
+        return message(nextSpecIndex++);
+    }
+
+    public MessageValidationSpec message(int index) {
+        return indexedSpecs.computeIfAbsent(index, k -> new 
MessageValidationSpec());
+    }
+
+    // --- Gherkin-style API (for 'receive' operation) ---
+
+    public WhenSpec when() {
+        return new WhenSpec();
+    }
+
+    public ThenSpec then() {
+        return new ThenSpec();
+    }
+
+    public CitrusEndpoint expectedMessageCount(int count) {
+        this.expectedCount = count;
+        this.latch = new CountDownLatch(count);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    // --- Spec resolution ---
+
+    int nextExchangeIndex() {
+        return exchangeIndex.getAndIncrement();
+    }
+
+    MessageValidationSpec resolveValidationSpec(int index) {
+        MessageValidationSpec indexed = indexedSpecs.get(index);
+        if (indexed != null) {
+            return indexed;
+        }
+        if (allMessagesSpec != null) {
+            return allMessagesSpec;
+        }
+        if (!indexedSpecs.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "No validation specification for exchange at index " + 
index
+                                            + " on endpoint: " + 
getEndpointUri()
+                                            + ". Validation specs are 
configured for indexes " + indexedSpecs.keySet()
+                                            + ". Use allMessages() to provide 
a default"
+                                            + " or message(" + index + ") for 
this specific exchange.");
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    MessageResponseSpec resolveResponseSpec(int index) {
+        MessageResponseSpec indexed = indexedResponseSpecs.get(index);
+        if (indexed != null) {
+            return indexed;
+        }
+        return allMessagesResponseSpec;
+    }
+
+    // --- Assertion API ---
+
+    public void assertIsSatisfied() throws InterruptedException {
+        assertIsSatisfied(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    public void assertIsSatisfied(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws 
InterruptedException {

Review Comment:
   When `expectedMessageCount()` was never called, `latch` is null and 
`expectedCount` is -1, so this passes with zero exchanges received. For 
example, `citrus.message(0)...; citrus.message(1)...;` passes even if the route 
never reaches the endpoint. Could the expected count default to the number of 
indexed specs, or could this fail when specs exist and nothing arrived?



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusProducer.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageResponseSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageValidationSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultProducer;
+import org.citrusframework.CitrusContext;
+import org.citrusframework.context.TestContext;
+import org.citrusframework.message.DefaultMessage;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadUtils;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessageType;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidator;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidatorRegistry;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.DefaultMessageValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.HeaderValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class CitrusProducer extends DefaultProducer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CitrusProducer.class);
+
+    private volatile CitrusContext citrusContext;
+
+    public CitrusProducer(CitrusEndpoint endpoint) {
+        super(endpoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CitrusEndpoint getEndpoint() {
+        return (CitrusEndpoint) super.getEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
+        super.doStart();
+        citrusContext = CitrusContext.create();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint endpoint = getEndpoint();
+
+        try {
+            int index = endpoint.nextExchangeIndex();
+            MessageValidationSpec spec = endpoint.resolveValidationSpec(index);
+            TestContext testContext = citrusContext.createTestContext();
+            propagateExchangeProperties(exchange, testContext);
+
+            if (spec != null) {
+                DefaultMessage receivedMessage = 
buildReceivedMessage(exchange);
+                DefaultMessage controlMessage = buildControlMessage(spec, 
testContext);
+
+                String messageType = resolveMessageType(endpoint, spec);
+                controlMessage.setType(messageType);
+
+                List<ValidationContext> validationContexts = 
buildValidationContexts(spec);
+
+                performValidation(receivedMessage, controlMessage, 
testContext, validationContexts, messageType);
+            }
+
+            if ("receive".equals(endpoint.getOperation())) {
+                MessageResponseSpec responseSpec = 
endpoint.resolveResponseSpec(index);
+                if (responseSpec != null) {
+                    applyResponse(exchange, responseSpec, testContext);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            endpoint.addFailure(e);
+            throw e;
+        } finally {
+            endpoint.onExchangeReceived(exchange);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void propagateExchangeProperties(Exchange exchange, TestContext 
testContext) {

Review Comment:
   Camel 4 exchange variables (`exchange.getVariables()`, the `setVariable` 
EIP) seem a closer match for Citrus test variables than exchange properties. 
Could both be propagated? The reverse direction is also a question: 
`@variable('x')@` in the docs extracts into this per-exchange `TestContext`, 
which is then discarded. Writing the extracted variables back as exchange 
variables would make the 'for later use' in the docs true.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusEndpoint.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Category;
+import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.Producer;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.Metadata;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriEndpoint;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultEndpoint;
+import org.citrusframework.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+
+@UriEndpoint(firstVersion = "4.23.0", scheme = "citrus", title = "Citrus", 
syntax = "citrus:operation/name",
+             producerOnly = true, remote = false, category = { 
Category.TESTING })
+public class CitrusEndpoint extends DefaultEndpoint {

Review Comment:
   Design question: `MockEndpoint.assertIsSatisfied(context)` and 
`MockEndpoint.resetMocks(context)` only handle `instanceof MockEndpoint`. So a 
`CamelTestSupport` test that uses the context-wide assert silently skips this 
endpoint. Did you consider `extends MockEndpoint`? You would get the 
context-wide assert and reset, and `expectedBodiesReceived`, 
`expectedHeaderReceived` and the other expectations, with Citrus validation 
added on top. The method names here (`expectedMessageCount`, `allMessages`, 
`message(int)`, `assertIsSatisfied`, `reset`) already follow `MockEndpoint`, 
but with different return types. Users may find that confusing.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusProducer.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageResponseSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageValidationSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultProducer;
+import org.citrusframework.CitrusContext;
+import org.citrusframework.context.TestContext;
+import org.citrusframework.message.DefaultMessage;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadUtils;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessageType;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidator;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidatorRegistry;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.DefaultMessageValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.HeaderValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class CitrusProducer extends DefaultProducer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CitrusProducer.class);
+
+    private volatile CitrusContext citrusContext;
+
+    public CitrusProducer(CitrusEndpoint endpoint) {
+        super(endpoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CitrusEndpoint getEndpoint() {
+        return (CitrusEndpoint) super.getEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
+        super.doStart();
+        citrusContext = CitrusContext.create();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint endpoint = getEndpoint();
+
+        try {
+            int index = endpoint.nextExchangeIndex();
+            MessageValidationSpec spec = endpoint.resolveValidationSpec(index);
+            TestContext testContext = citrusContext.createTestContext();
+            propagateExchangeProperties(exchange, testContext);
+
+            if (spec != null) {
+                DefaultMessage receivedMessage = 
buildReceivedMessage(exchange);
+                DefaultMessage controlMessage = buildControlMessage(spec, 
testContext);
+
+                String messageType = resolveMessageType(endpoint, spec);
+                controlMessage.setType(messageType);
+
+                List<ValidationContext> validationContexts = 
buildValidationContexts(spec);
+
+                performValidation(receivedMessage, controlMessage, 
testContext, validationContexts, messageType);
+            }
+
+            if ("receive".equals(endpoint.getOperation())) {
+                MessageResponseSpec responseSpec = 
endpoint.resolveResponseSpec(index);
+                if (responseSpec != null) {
+                    applyResponse(exchange, responseSpec, testContext);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            endpoint.addFailure(e);
+            throw e;
+        } finally {
+            endpoint.onExchangeReceived(exchange);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void propagateExchangeProperties(Exchange exchange, TestContext 
testContext) {
+        Map<String, Object> properties = exchange.getProperties();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+            if (entry.getValue() != null) {
+                testContext.setVariable(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DefaultMessage buildReceivedMessage(Exchange exchange) {
+        Object body = exchange.getIn().getBody();
+        Map<String, Object> headers = new 
LinkedHashMap<>(exchange.getIn().getHeaders());

Review Comment:
   Camel header names are case-insensitive (`CaseInsensitiveMap`), but this 
copy into a `LinkedHashMap` loses that. So `header("content-type", ...)` will 
not match a `Content-Type` header, although Camel treats them as the same 
header. Citrus 5.0.2 has `new 
HeaderValidationContext.Builder().ignoreCase(true).build()`. Use that in 
`buildValidationContexts` instead of `new HeaderValidationContext()`.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/pom.xml:
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>camel-test-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>4.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>camel-test-citrus</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>Camel :: Test :: Citrus</name>
+    <description>Citrus message validation component for testing</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <firstVersion>4.23.0</firstVersion>
+        <label>testing,java</label>
+        <title>Test Citrus</title>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-support</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Citrus core dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.citrusframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>citrus-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${citrus-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.citrusframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>citrus-base</artifactId>
+            <version>${citrus-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Test dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-test-junit5</artifactId>

Review Comment:
   New components use `camel-test-junit6`. Every component pom added in the 
last four months does. The explicit `junit-jupiter` dependency below is then 
redundant, and the `assertj-core` `<version>` can go, because `parent/pom.xml` 
already manages it.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusValidateJsonTest.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import org.apache.camel.RoutesBuilder;
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+import org.apache.camel.test.junit5.CamelTestSupport;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.DefaultValidations;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+class CitrusValidateJsonTest extends CamelTestSupport {
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldValidateJsonBody() throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:validate?messageType=json", CitrusEndpoint.class);
+        citrus.allMessages().body("""
+                {
+                  "greeting": "Hello World!"
+                }
+                """);
+        citrus.expectedMessageCount(1);
+
+        template.sendBody("direct:start", """
+                {
+                  "greeting": "Hello World!"
+                }
+                """);
+
+        citrus.assertIsSatisfied();
+        assertThat(citrus.getReceivedCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldFailOnJsonBodyMismatch() {
+        CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:validate?messageType=json", CitrusEndpoint.class);
+        citrus.allMessages().body("""
+                {
+                  "greeting": "Hello World!"
+                }
+                """);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> template.sendBody("direct:start", """
+                {
+                  "greeting": "Goodbye!"
+                }
+                """))
+                .isInstanceOf(org.apache.camel.CamelExecutionException.class);

Review Comment:
   This is a fully qualified class name. Import `CamelExecutionException` as 
the other test classes do (CLAUDE.md import style).



##########
components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/docs/citrus-component.adoc:
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+= Citrus Component
+:doctitle: Citrus
+:shortname: citrus
+:artifactid: camel-test-citrus
+:description: Citrus message validation component for testing
+:since: 4.23
+:supportlevel: Preview
+:tabs-sync-option:
+:component-header: Only producer is supported
+
+*Since Camel {since}*
+
+*{component-header}*
+
+The Citrus component integrates with the https://citrusframework.org/[Citrus 
integration test framework]
+to perform message validation on exchanges arriving at a Camel endpoint. It 
allows test authors to
+verify exchange body content, headers, and path expressions (JsonPath, XPath) 
using Citrus validation
+modules.
+
+This component is intended for use in Camel route unit and integration tests.
+
+== URI format
+
+----
+citrus:operation/name[?options]
+----
+
+Where `operation` is `validate` or `receive`, and `name` is an optional 
identifier to distinguish
+multiple Citrus endpoints in the same route.
+
+* `validate` — validates exchanges without modifying them (pass-through 
validation).
+* `receive` — validates exchanges and returns a simulated response 
(request/response simulation).
+
+// component options: START
+include::partial$component-configure-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-headers.adoc[]
+// component options: END
+
+== Usage
+
+The Citrus endpoint acts as a producer-only endpoint. Routes send exchanges 
*to* `citrus:validate`,
+and the component validates each exchange using Citrus message validation.
+
+=== Validation modules
+
+The component does not bundle Citrus validation modules. You must add the 
required validation
+module dependency for your message type to your test classpath:
+
+[cols="1,2", options="header"]
+|===
+| Dependency | Description
+
+| `citrus-validation-json`
+| JSON message validation with JsonPath expressions and JSON schema support
+
+| `citrus-validation-xml`
+| XML message validation with XPath expressions, XML schema (XSD/WSDL) and 
XSLT support
+
+| `citrus-validation-text`
+| Plain text message validation including binary (stream and base64) and gzip 
support
+
+| `citrus-validation-yaml`
+| YAML message validation
+
+| `citrus-validation-binary`
+| Binary message validation with stream comparison and base64 encoding
+
+| `citrus-validation-hamcrest`
+| Hamcrest matcher assertions for use with JsonPath and XPath expressions
+|===
+
+All modules use the `org.citrusframework` group ID. Refer to the
+https://citrusframework.org/citrus/reference/html/[Citrus reference 
documentation] for detailed
+usage of each validation module.
+
+=== Citrus empowered message validation
+
+Citrus uses a powerful template-based approach to message validation: you 
provide an expected message template and
+Citrus compares it against the received message using format-aware comparison. 
This brings several
+capabilities beyond simple string equality.
+
+==== Ignore expressions
+
+Use the `@ignore@` placeholder anywhere in an expected message template to 
skip validation of dynamic
+values such as timestamps, generated IDs, or correlation tokens. The element 
must be present, but its
+value is not checked.
+
+[source,json]
+----
+{
+  "orderId": "@ignore@",
+  "timestamp": "@ignore@",
+  "status": "created"
+}
+----
+
+This works across all supported message types — in XML element and attribute 
values, JSON property values,
+and YAML property values. The ignore placeholder can also replace an entire 
sub-object or element
+including its children.
+
+For plain text messages, the `@ignore@` placeholder works on a positional 
basis — it matches a word-length
+character sequence at the exact position in the text. Use `@ignore(n)@` to 
ignore exactly _n_ characters
+when the value contains non-word characters:
+
+[source,plaintext]
+----
+Your current id is "@ignore@", it expires on 01/01/2030
+----
+
+This ignores the word following `id is "` based on the position of the ignore 
expression in the template.
+Because no character count is specified, Citrus ignores the entire word 
regardless of its length.
+The word boundary is determined by the first non-word character (whitespace, 
punctuation, etc.).
+
+[source,plaintext]
+----
+Your current id is "@ignore(12)@", it expires on @ignore(10)@
+----
+
+This ignores the next 12 characters starting at the position of the ignore 
expression in the template.
+This also includes whitespace and non-word characters (e.g. `Your current id 
is "1234/ 34567 D", it expires on 01/01/2030`).
+
+==== Validation matchers
+
+Citrus validation matchers are inline assertions embedded directly in the 
expected message template,
+surrounded by `@` markers. They work across all message formats (JSON, XML, 
YAML, plain text) and
+provide richer assertions than exact equality:
+
+[source,json]
+----
+{
+  "name": "@equalsIgnoreCase('JOHN')@",
+  "age": "@greaterThan(17)@",
+  "email": "@matches('[a-z]+@[a-z]+\\.[a-z]+')@",
+  "created": "@matchesDatePattern('yyyy-MM-dd')@",
+  "id": "@isNumber()@",
+  "token": "@startsWith('tk-')@",
+  "status": "@contains('active')@"
+}
+----
+
+You can also use `@variable('name')@` to extract the actual value into a 
Citrus test variable for
+later use, and `@assertThat(hamcrestMatcher)@` to use Hamcrest matchers inline 
(requires
+`citrus-validation-hamcrest`):
+
+[source,json]
+----
+{
+  "count": "@assertThat(allOf(greaterThan(0), lessThan(100)))@",
+  "type": "@assertThat(anyOf(equalTo(A), equalTo(B)))@"
+}
+----
+
+==== JSON validation
+
+Citrus JSON validation compares JSON object structures regardless of property 
order.
+It supports two modes configurable via `citrus.json.message.validation.strict`:
+
+* **Strict mode** (default): the received JSON must match the expected 
structure exactly — no
+  additional properties or array items are allowed.
+* **Non-strict mode**: the expected JSON can be a subset of the received 
message — additional
+  properties and array items in the received JSON are silently ignored. This 
is useful when you
+  only want to verify specific fields.
+
+JSON validation also supports:
+
+* **JsonPath expressions** for targeted field validation without specifying 
the full message body
+* **JSON schema validation** against JSON Schema V3/V4 definitions
+* **`@ignore@` and validation matchers** within JSON values
+
+==== XML validation
+
+Citrus XML validation performs a structural DOM tree comparison that correctly 
handles:
+
+* **XML namespaces** with different prefixes — the comparison is 
namespace-aware, so
+  `<ns1:element xmlns:ns1="...">` and `<ns2:element xmlns:ns2="...">` are 
treated as equivalent
+  when they share the same namespace URI.
+* **XML schema validation** against XSD and WSDL definitions to verify 
structural correctness.
+* **XPath expressions** for targeted element validation, with full namespace 
support via
+  namespace context configuration. This includes automatic namespace prefix 
resolution when the
+  prefixes differ between the control template and the received message.
+* **`@ignore@` and validation matchers** within XML element values and 
attributes.
+
+==== Plain text validation
+
+Plain text validation performs exact string comparison with support for:
+
+* **Positional `@ignore@`** to skip dynamic word-length sequences at specific 
positions.
+* **`@ignore(n)@`** to skip exactly _n_ characters (useful for values with 
non-word characters).
+* **`@variable('name')@`** to extract values at specific positions into test 
variables.
+* **Whitespace normalization** (configurable) to ignore line separator 
differences (CR, LF, CRLF)
+  or all whitespace.
+* **Gzip** and **binary/base64** content comparison via the respective message 
types.
+
+==== YAML validation
+
+YAML validation compares YAML documents structurally, similar to JSON 
validation:
+
+* **Strict/non-strict mode** — configurable via 
`citrus.yaml.message.validation.strict`.
+* **Path expressions** for ignoring specific elements in the YAML structure.
+* **`@ignore@` and validation matchers** within YAML values.
+
+=== Validation specification API
+
+The endpoint provides a fluent API for specifying validation expectations. You 
can define a single
+validation that applies to all incoming exchanges, or specify individual 
validations for each
+exchange in sequence.
+
+==== Single validation for all exchanges
+
+Use `allMessages()` to define one validation specification that is applied to 
every exchange.
+The returned `MessageValidationSpec` provides a fluent API with `body()`, 
`header()`, and
+`validate()` methods:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:validate?messageType=json", CitrusEndpoint.class);
+citrus.allMessages()
+    .body("{\"status\": \"ok\"}")
+    .header("operation", "test");
+citrus.expectedMessageCount(3);
+
+// All three exchanges are validated against the same spec
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"status\": \"ok\"}", 
"operation", "test");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"status\": \"ok\"}", 
"operation", "test");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"status\": \"ok\"}", 
"operation", "test");
+
+citrus.assertIsSatisfied();
+----
+
+==== Per-exchange sequential validation
+
+Use `message()` to specify different validation expectations for the 1st, 2nd, 
3rd, etc.
+exchange. Each call to `message()` auto-increments the index, so specs are 
applied in order.
+Each incoming exchange triggers the next validation spec in sequence:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:validate?messageType=json", CitrusEndpoint.class);
+
+citrus.message().body("{\"event\": \"created\"}").header("action", "create");
+citrus.message().body("{\"event\": \"updated\"}").header("action", "update");
+citrus.message().body("{\"event\": \"deleted\"}").header("action", "delete");
+citrus.expectedMessageCount(3);
+
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"event\": \"created\"}", 
"action", "create");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"event\": \"updated\"}", 
"action", "update");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "{\"event\": \"deleted\"}", 
"action", "delete");
+
+citrus.assertIsSatisfied();
+----
+
+You can also use `message(index)` to target a specific exchange by its 0-based 
position.
+
+When both `message(index)` and `allMessages()` are configured, the indexed 
spec takes priority —
+it replaces `allMessages()` for that exchange entirely (the two are never 
combined). The
+`allMessages()` spec acts as a fallback for exchanges that have no matching 
indexed spec.
+
+If an exchange arrives at an index with no matching indexed spec and no 
`allMessages()` fallback,
+the endpoint fails with an error.
+
+[source,java]
+----
+citrus.message(0).body("{\"event\": \"start\"}");
+citrus.allMessages().body("{\"event\": \"progress\"}").header("type", 
"status");
+
+// Exchange 0 → validated against message(0) only (allMessages() is NOT 
applied)
+// Exchange 1, 2, ... → validated against allMessages() (body + header)
+----
+
+=== Receive operation (request/response simulation)
+
+The `receive` operation extends the validation endpoint with response 
simulation. It uses a
+Gherkin-style fluent API to define what the endpoint expects to receive 
(`when`) and what it
+should respond with (`then`). This is useful for simulating backend services 
in route tests.
+
+==== Basic usage
+
+[source,java]
+----
+CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:receive/service?messageType=json", 
CitrusEndpoint.class);
+
+// Define expected request and simulated response
+citrus.when().allMessages().receive()
+    .body("{\"action\": \"greet\"}");
+citrus.then().allMessages().respond()
+    .body("{\"greeting\": \"Hello!\"}");
+citrus.expectedMessageCount(1);
+
+// Send a request and verify the response
+Exchange result = template.send("direct:start", exchange -> {
+    exchange.getIn().setBody("{\"action\": \"greet\"}");
+});
+
+citrus.assertIsSatisfied();
+assertThat(result.getIn().getBody(String.class)).isEqualTo("{\"greeting\": 
\"Hello!\"}");
+----
+
+==== Gherkin-style API
+
+The `when()` and `then()` methods provide a natural-language-like syntax:
+
+* `when().message(index).receive()` — define validation expectations for a 
specific exchange
+* `when().allMessages().receive()` — define default validation for all 
exchanges
+* `then().message(index).respond()` — define the response for a specific 
exchange
+* `then().allMessages().respond()` — define the default response for all 
exchanges
+* `then().message(index).send()` — alias for `respond()`
+
+Both the `receive()` spec and the `respond()` spec support `body()` and 
`header()` methods.
+
+==== Per-exchange request/response
+
+You can define different request expectations and responses for each exchange 
in sequence:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+CitrusEndpoint citrus = 
context.getEndpoint("citrus:receive/service?messageType=json", 
CitrusEndpoint.class);
+
+citrus.when().message(0).receive().body("{\"action\": \"create\"}");
+citrus.then().message(0).respond().body("{\"id\": \"1\", \"status\": 
\"created\"}");
+
+citrus.when().message(1).receive().body("{\"action\": \"update\"}");
+citrus.then().message(1).respond().body("{\"id\": \"1\", \"status\": 
\"updated\"}");
+
+citrus.expectedMessageCount(2);
+----
+
+Indexed specs take priority over `allMessages()` for both request validation 
and response
+simulation. When a specific exchange has no indexed spec, the `allMessages()` 
spec is used as
+a fallback.
+
+==== Response with headers
+
+[source,java]
+----
+citrus.then().allMessages().respond()
+    .body("{\"greeting\": \"Hello!\"}")
+    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    .header("X-Status", "ok");
+----
+
+==== Citrus variables in responses
+
+Exchange properties are available as Citrus test variables in response 
templates. This enables
+dynamic response generation based on the incoming request context:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+citrus.then().allMessages().respond()
+    .body("{\"greeting\": \"Hello ${userName}!\"}")
+    .header("X-Correlation-Id", "${correlationId}");
+----
+
+==== Response-only mode
+
+When you only need response simulation without request validation, omit the 
`when()` specification:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+CitrusEndpoint citrus = context.getEndpoint("citrus:receive/responder", 
CitrusEndpoint.class);
+
+citrus.then().allMessages().respond()
+    .body("OK")
+    .header("status", "200");
+citrus.expectedMessageCount(1);
+----
+
+=== Exchange properties as Citrus variables
+
+All exchange properties are automatically propagated to the Citrus test 
context as test variables.
+This enables the use of Citrus functions and validation matchers in expected 
message templates.
+
+=== Path validation

Review Comment:
   This component does not classify `$` and `/` expressions. The user passes a 
validation context builder to `validate(...)`. The `validate(...)` API is not 
shown anywhere on this page. Suggest replacing this section with the examples 
from the tests:
   
   ```java
   citrus.allMessages().validate(new DefaultValidations().jsonPath()
           .expression("$.user.name", "John"));
   citrus.allMessages().validate(new DefaultValidations().xpath()
           .expression("/greeting/text", "Hello World!"));
   ```



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusProducer.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageResponseSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageValidationSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultProducer;
+import org.citrusframework.CitrusContext;
+import org.citrusframework.context.TestContext;
+import org.citrusframework.message.DefaultMessage;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadUtils;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessageType;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidator;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidatorRegistry;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.DefaultMessageValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.HeaderValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class CitrusProducer extends DefaultProducer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CitrusProducer.class);
+
+    private volatile CitrusContext citrusContext;
+
+    public CitrusProducer(CitrusEndpoint endpoint) {
+        super(endpoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CitrusEndpoint getEndpoint() {
+        return (CitrusEndpoint) super.getEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
+        super.doStart();
+        citrusContext = CitrusContext.create();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint endpoint = getEndpoint();
+
+        try {
+            int index = endpoint.nextExchangeIndex();
+            MessageValidationSpec spec = endpoint.resolveValidationSpec(index);
+            TestContext testContext = citrusContext.createTestContext();
+            propagateExchangeProperties(exchange, testContext);
+
+            if (spec != null) {
+                DefaultMessage receivedMessage = 
buildReceivedMessage(exchange);
+                DefaultMessage controlMessage = buildControlMessage(spec, 
testContext);
+
+                String messageType = resolveMessageType(endpoint, spec);
+                controlMessage.setType(messageType);
+
+                List<ValidationContext> validationContexts = 
buildValidationContexts(spec);
+
+                performValidation(receivedMessage, controlMessage, 
testContext, validationContexts, messageType);
+            }
+
+            if ("receive".equals(endpoint.getOperation())) {
+                MessageResponseSpec responseSpec = 
endpoint.resolveResponseSpec(index);
+                if (responseSpec != null) {
+                    applyResponse(exchange, responseSpec, testContext);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            endpoint.addFailure(e);
+            throw e;

Review Comment:
   Rethrowing puts the route's own error handling in charge of a test assertion:
   
   - `onException(...).handled(true)` or a dead letter channel swallows the 
failure. It is still recorded in `failures`, but the route takes a different 
path than in production.
   - With redelivery, `process()` runs again. That moves `exchangeIndex` and 
`receivedCount`, so `message(1)` is applied to the retry of the first exchange, 
and `expectedMessageCount` fails with a confusing count.
   
   `MockEndpoint` records failures and reports them in `assertIsSatisfied()`. 
For `validate`, I would do the same by default, perhaps with a fail-fast 
option. For `receive`, throwing makes sense. Either way, please add a test with 
a redelivery policy or an `onException`.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/docs/citrus-component.adoc:
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+= Citrus Component
+:doctitle: Citrus
+:shortname: citrus
+:artifactid: camel-test-citrus
+:description: Citrus message validation component for testing
+:since: 4.23
+:supportlevel: Preview
+:tabs-sync-option:
+:component-header: Only producer is supported
+
+*Since Camel {since}*
+
+*{component-header}*
+
+The Citrus component integrates with the https://citrusframework.org/[Citrus 
integration test framework]
+to perform message validation on exchanges arriving at a Camel endpoint. It 
allows test authors to
+verify exchange body content, headers, and path expressions (JsonPath, XPath) 
using Citrus validation
+modules.
+
+This component is intended for use in Camel route unit and integration tests.
+
+== URI format
+
+----
+citrus:operation/name[?options]
+----
+
+Where `operation` is `validate` or `receive`, and `name` is an optional 
identifier to distinguish
+multiple Citrus endpoints in the same route.
+
+* `validate` — validates exchanges without modifying them (pass-through 
validation).
+* `receive` — validates exchanges and returns a simulated response 
(request/response simulation).
+
+// component options: START
+include::partial$component-configure-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-headers.adoc[]
+// component options: END
+
+== Usage
+
+The Citrus endpoint acts as a producer-only endpoint. Routes send exchanges 
*to* `citrus:validate`,
+and the component validates each exchange using Citrus message validation.
+
+=== Validation modules
+
+The component does not bundle Citrus validation modules. You must add the 
required validation
+module dependency for your message type to your test classpath:
+
+[cols="1,2", options="header"]
+|===
+| Dependency | Description
+
+| `citrus-validation-json`
+| JSON message validation with JsonPath expressions and JSON schema support
+
+| `citrus-validation-xml`
+| XML message validation with XPath expressions, XML schema (XSD/WSDL) and 
XSLT support
+
+| `citrus-validation-text`
+| Plain text message validation including binary (stream and base64) and gzip 
support
+
+| `citrus-validation-yaml`
+| YAML message validation
+
+| `citrus-validation-binary`
+| Binary message validation with stream comparison and base64 encoding
+
+| `citrus-validation-hamcrest`
+| Hamcrest matcher assertions for use with JsonPath and XPath expressions
+|===
+
+All modules use the `org.citrusframework` group ID. Refer to the
+https://citrusframework.org/citrus/reference/html/[Citrus reference 
documentation] for detailed
+usage of each validation module.
+
+=== Citrus empowered message validation
+
+Citrus uses a powerful template-based approach to message validation: you 
provide an expected message template and
+Citrus compares it against the received message using format-aware comparison. 
This brings several
+capabilities beyond simple string equality.
+
+==== Ignore expressions
+
+Use the `@ignore@` placeholder anywhere in an expected message template to 
skip validation of dynamic
+values such as timestamps, generated IDs, or correlation tokens. The element 
must be present, but its
+value is not checked.
+
+[source,json]
+----
+{
+  "orderId": "@ignore@",
+  "timestamp": "@ignore@",
+  "status": "created"
+}
+----
+
+This works across all supported message types — in XML element and attribute 
values, JSON property values,
+and YAML property values. The ignore placeholder can also replace an entire 
sub-object or element
+including its children.
+
+For plain text messages, the `@ignore@` placeholder works on a positional 
basis — it matches a word-length
+character sequence at the exact position in the text. Use `@ignore(n)@` to 
ignore exactly _n_ characters
+when the value contains non-word characters:
+
+[source,plaintext]
+----
+Your current id is "@ignore@", it expires on 01/01/2030
+----
+
+This ignores the word following `id is "` based on the position of the ignore 
expression in the template.
+Because no character count is specified, Citrus ignores the entire word 
regardless of its length.
+The word boundary is determined by the first non-word character (whitespace, 
punctuation, etc.).
+
+[source,plaintext]
+----
+Your current id is "@ignore(12)@", it expires on @ignore(10)@
+----
+
+This ignores the next 12 characters starting at the position of the ignore 
expression in the template.
+This also includes whitespace and non-word characters (e.g. `Your current id 
is "1234/ 34567 D", it expires on 01/01/2030`).
+
+==== Validation matchers
+
+Citrus validation matchers are inline assertions embedded directly in the 
expected message template,
+surrounded by `@` markers. They work across all message formats (JSON, XML, 
YAML, plain text) and
+provide richer assertions than exact equality:
+
+[source,json]
+----
+{
+  "name": "@equalsIgnoreCase('JOHN')@",
+  "age": "@greaterThan(17)@",
+  "email": "@matches('[a-z]+@[a-z]+\\.[a-z]+')@",
+  "created": "@matchesDatePattern('yyyy-MM-dd')@",
+  "id": "@isNumber()@",
+  "token": "@startsWith('tk-')@",
+  "status": "@contains('active')@"
+}
+----
+
+You can also use `@variable('name')@` to extract the actual value into a 
Citrus test variable for

Review Comment:
   'for later use': the `TestContext` is created per exchange and then 
discarded, so an extracted variable is only usable in the `receive` response of 
the same exchange. Please say that, or carry the variables over (see my comment 
on `propagateExchangeProperties`).



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusProducer.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageResponseSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageValidationSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultProducer;
+import org.citrusframework.CitrusContext;
+import org.citrusframework.context.TestContext;
+import org.citrusframework.message.DefaultMessage;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadUtils;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessageType;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidator;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidatorRegistry;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.DefaultMessageValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.HeaderValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class CitrusProducer extends DefaultProducer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CitrusProducer.class);
+
+    private volatile CitrusContext citrusContext;
+
+    public CitrusProducer(CitrusEndpoint endpoint) {
+        super(endpoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CitrusEndpoint getEndpoint() {
+        return (CitrusEndpoint) super.getEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
+        super.doStart();
+        citrusContext = CitrusContext.create();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint endpoint = getEndpoint();
+
+        try {
+            int index = endpoint.nextExchangeIndex();
+            MessageValidationSpec spec = endpoint.resolveValidationSpec(index);
+            TestContext testContext = citrusContext.createTestContext();
+            propagateExchangeProperties(exchange, testContext);
+
+            if (spec != null) {
+                DefaultMessage receivedMessage = 
buildReceivedMessage(exchange);
+                DefaultMessage controlMessage = buildControlMessage(spec, 
testContext);
+
+                String messageType = resolveMessageType(endpoint, spec);
+                controlMessage.setType(messageType);
+
+                List<ValidationContext> validationContexts = 
buildValidationContexts(spec);
+
+                performValidation(receivedMessage, controlMessage, 
testContext, validationContexts, messageType);
+            }
+
+            if ("receive".equals(endpoint.getOperation())) {
+                MessageResponseSpec responseSpec = 
endpoint.resolveResponseSpec(index);
+                if (responseSpec != null) {
+                    applyResponse(exchange, responseSpec, testContext);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            endpoint.addFailure(e);
+            throw e;
+        } finally {
+            endpoint.onExchangeReceived(exchange);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void propagateExchangeProperties(Exchange exchange, TestContext 
testContext) {
+        Map<String, Object> properties = exchange.getProperties();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+            if (entry.getValue() != null) {
+                testContext.setVariable(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DefaultMessage buildReceivedMessage(Exchange exchange) {
+        Object body = exchange.getIn().getBody();
+        Map<String, Object> headers = new 
LinkedHashMap<>(exchange.getIn().getHeaders());
+        return new DefaultMessage(body, headers);
+    }
+
+    private DefaultMessage buildControlMessage(MessageValidationSpec spec, 
TestContext testContext) {
+        DefaultMessage controlMessage;
+        Object resolvedBody = resolveBody(spec.getBody(), 
spec.getBodyBuilder(), testContext);
+
+        if (resolvedBody != null) {
+            controlMessage = new DefaultMessage(resolvedBody);
+        } else {
+            controlMessage = new DefaultMessage();
+        }
+
+        Map<String, Object> expectedHeaders = spec.getHeaders();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : expectedHeaders.entrySet()) {
+            Object value = entry.getValue();
+            if (value instanceof String s) {
+                value = testContext.replaceDynamicContentInString(s);
+            }
+            controlMessage.setHeader(entry.getKey(), value);
+        }
+
+        return controlMessage;
+    }
+
+    private String resolveMessageType(CitrusEndpoint endpoint, 
MessageValidationSpec spec) {
+        String type = endpoint.getMessageType();
+        if (type != null) {
+            if (MessageType.knows(type)) {
+                return MessageType.valueOf(type.toUpperCase()).name();

Review Comment:
   Minor: use `toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)` here and on line 142. Under a Turkish 
default locale, `"binary".toUpperCase()` gives `BİNARY`.



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components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusProducer.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageResponseSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.component.citrus.CitrusEndpoint.MessageValidationSpec;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultProducer;
+import org.citrusframework.CitrusContext;
+import org.citrusframework.context.TestContext;
+import org.citrusframework.message.DefaultMessage;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadBuilder;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessagePayloadUtils;
+import org.citrusframework.message.MessageType;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidator;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.MessageValidatorRegistry;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.DefaultMessageValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.HeaderValidationContext;
+import org.citrusframework.validation.context.ValidationContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class CitrusProducer extends DefaultProducer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(CitrusProducer.class);
+
+    private volatile CitrusContext citrusContext;
+
+    public CitrusProducer(CitrusEndpoint endpoint) {
+        super(endpoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CitrusEndpoint getEndpoint() {
+        return (CitrusEndpoint) super.getEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
+        super.doStart();
+        citrusContext = CitrusContext.create();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+        CitrusEndpoint endpoint = getEndpoint();
+
+        try {
+            int index = endpoint.nextExchangeIndex();
+            MessageValidationSpec spec = endpoint.resolveValidationSpec(index);
+            TestContext testContext = citrusContext.createTestContext();
+            propagateExchangeProperties(exchange, testContext);
+
+            if (spec != null) {
+                DefaultMessage receivedMessage = 
buildReceivedMessage(exchange);
+                DefaultMessage controlMessage = buildControlMessage(spec, 
testContext);
+
+                String messageType = resolveMessageType(endpoint, spec);
+                controlMessage.setType(messageType);
+
+                List<ValidationContext> validationContexts = 
buildValidationContexts(spec);
+
+                performValidation(receivedMessage, controlMessage, 
testContext, validationContexts, messageType);
+            }
+
+            if ("receive".equals(endpoint.getOperation())) {
+                MessageResponseSpec responseSpec = 
endpoint.resolveResponseSpec(index);
+                if (responseSpec != null) {
+                    applyResponse(exchange, responseSpec, testContext);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            endpoint.addFailure(e);
+            throw e;
+        } finally {
+            endpoint.onExchangeReceived(exchange);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void propagateExchangeProperties(Exchange exchange, TestContext 
testContext) {
+        Map<String, Object> properties = exchange.getProperties();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+            if (entry.getValue() != null) {
+                testContext.setVariable(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DefaultMessage buildReceivedMessage(Exchange exchange) {
+        Object body = exchange.getIn().getBody();

Review Comment:
   This passes the raw body to Citrus. For an `InputStream` or `StreamCache` 
body (for example from platform-http or file), Citrus' `DefaultTypeConverter` 
reads the stream and nothing resets it. So the next step in the route may see 
an empty body. That contradicts the docs, which say `validate` does not modify 
the exchange. POJO or `Map` bodies (for example after `unmarshal().json()`) go 
through Citrus' converter, not Camel's. Suggest converting text-based message 
types with Camel's type converter, calling 
`MessageHelper.resetStreamCache(exchange.getIn())` after validation, and adding 
a test with an `InputStream` body followed by a step that reads it.



##########
components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/citrus/CitrusComponent.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.citrus;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultComponent;
+
+@Component("citrus")
+public class CitrusComponent extends DefaultComponent {

Review Comment:
   Could the component own the `CitrusContext`? Create it in `doStart`, close 
it in `doStop`, and share it across endpoints, rather than one per producer. 
Also allow an existing `CitrusContext` from the registry, as an autowired 
component option. A test that runs under the Citrus JUnit extension could then 
share its context and variables with the route. This would also fix the leak 
gnodet-bot reported on the producer.



##########
components/camel-test/camel-test-citrus/src/main/docs/citrus-component.adoc:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+= Citrus Component
+:doctitle: Citrus
+:shortname: citrus
+:artifactid: camel-test-citrus
+:description: Citrus message validation component for testing
+:since: 4.23
+:supportlevel: Preview
+:tabs-sync-option:
+:component-header: Only producer is supported
+
+*Since Camel {since}*
+
+*{component-header}*
+
+The Citrus component integrates with the https://citrusframework.org/[Citrus 
integration test framework]
+to perform message validation on exchanges arriving at a Camel endpoint. It 
allows test authors to
+verify exchange body content, headers, and path expressions (JsonPath, XPath) 
using Citrus validation
+modules.
+
+This component is intended for use in Camel route unit and integration tests.
+
+== URI format
+
+----
+citrus:operation/name[?options]
+----
+
+Where `operation` is `validate` or `receive`, and `name` is an optional 
identifier to distinguish
+multiple Citrus endpoints in the same route.
+
+* `validate` — validates exchanges without modifying them (pass-through 
validation).
+* `receive` — validates exchanges and returns a simulated response 
(request/response simulation).
+
+// component options: START
+include::partial$component-configure-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-options.adoc[]
+include::partial$component-endpoint-headers.adoc[]
+// component options: END
+
+== Usage

Review Comment:
   Please add the usual 'Maven users will need to add the following dependency' 
block before this section, with `<scope>test</scope>`. The artifactId 
(`camel-test-citrus`) differs from the scheme (`citrus`), so users cannot guess 
it. A short full example with `CamelTestSupport` would also help.



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