Hello Emanuele! We have a page which covers the Apache Camel architecture and the life cycle [1]. This page also contains links to other useful pages. As Claus already mentioned, we have a page with guides you to the process of adding a new component [2]. If you have concrete questions how you should implement a functionality, have a look into similar components Camel already provides [3]. If you cannot find a similar component (or doesn't understand the code of the existing ones), come back to the list and ask the people here. It's helpfull for us to understand what you try to do (please explain what you try to do). If you could add your current code, it would also be helpful. And may be it takes a few days until you will receive a response (especially if it's not so easy to answer or when we have to study your code first), because some of us working as volunteer on this project... (I'm currently in vacation and have a bit more time.. :-) )
[1] http://camel.apache.org/lifecycle.html [2] http://camel.apache.org/add-new-component-guide.html [3] http://camel.apache.org/components Best, Christian