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Claus Ibsen commented on CAMEL-1446: ------------------------------------ In fact we dont even need the @TypeConverter annotation, we could just pass in the type converter if the end user have defined a parameter with the TypeConverter type. {code} public StringSource transform(Object notUsed, TypeConverter converter) {code} > Bean Binding - Add annotation @TypeConverter so end users easily can get > access to the type converter > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CAMEL-1446 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/CAMEL-1446 > Project: Apache Camel > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: camel-core > Reporter: Claus Ibsen > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > > See this article page 4, listening 6 > http://architects.dzone.com/articles/fuse-esb-4-osgi-based?page=0,3 > He wants to transform the body to a StringSource, and does it directly > {code} > private Object value; > public Object transform(Object notUsed) { > return new StringSource(body); > } > {code} > We could add an @TypeConverter annotation, so you can let Camel handle it > better > {code} > private Object value; > > public StringSource transform(Object notUsed, @TypeConverter TypeConverter > converter) { > return converter.convertTo(StringSource.class, value); > } > {code} > This allows you to get easily access to Camels type converter feature, > instead of dealing with it yourself and maybe need to import extra classes > and deal with exception handling and such. > And btw I think StringSource should be moved to org.apache.camel so it does > not reside in the subpackage: org.apache.camel.converter.jaxp.StringSource -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.