On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Segal <jeffrey.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure. I have a system which manages Routes dynamically, which requires some > garbage collection to iterate through all Routes in the CamelContext and > remove any which are deemed no longer necessary. For the sake of > discussion, let's say that I wanted to associate a "color" property with > all Routes built by a particular RouteBuilder. Later on, I want the garbage > collection algorithm to remove "red" Routes after running for 30 minutes > and leave other Routes alone. > > The easiest way to accomplish that would be to call a method from the > RouteBuilder which adds a "color" property to each Route it creates, which > I'd then inspect later on. However, the only method I have available to me > is RouteDefinition.setProperty(), which sets properties on the Exchanges > created by the Route, not on the Route itself. > > My current work-around is to maintain my own Route-Properties mapping in > memory. >
There is a LifecycleStrategy or a EventNotifier you can hook into to get callbacks when routes is added/remove etc. This may help you keep the map's up-to-date. > Does this make sense? > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Raul Kripalani <r...@fusesource.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Could you explain your use case a bit further? It is not clear what you >> ultimately want to achieve. >> >> Regards, >> Raúl. >> >> On 4 April 2012 18:35, Jeff Segal <jeffrey.se...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Is there any facility to add arbitrary properties to Routes rather than >> > just Exchanges from within a RouteBuilder? I noticed that there are a few >> > internally managed properties automatically added to each Route (id, >> > parent, group) but I could not find a hook to set additional ones from a >> > RouteBuilder. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Jeff >> > >> -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- CamelOne 2012 Conference, May 15-16, 2012: http://camelone.com FuseSource Email: cib...@fusesource.com Web: http://fusesource.com Twitter: davsclaus, fusenews Blog: http://davsclaus.blogspot.com/ Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen/
