Hi, Not sure where things are going wrong but in option 3 there should be no need to marshal XML into Java before calling the method if you intend to use XPath injection.
Please check out a straightforward working example of what you are looking for given below. https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/processor/BeanWithXPathInjectionTest.java?view=markup https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/processor/BeanWithXPathInjectionTest.java?view=markup Hope this helps you move forward... Cheers, Ashwin... ----- --------------------------------------------------------- Ashwin Karpe Apache Camel Committer & Sr Principal Consultant FUSESource (a Progress Software Corporation subsidiary) http://fusesource.com Blog: http://opensourceknowledge.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------- -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Reading-XML-file-into-a-bean-tp4617160p4617564.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.