Aha, don't worry about those deprecated methods as they're all doubly declared both on:
org.apache.camel.CamelContext And org.apache.camel.model.ModelCamelContext So just reference your context as ModelCamelContext, then you should be fine. At [1] you see a similar question. The corresponding JIRA Ticket is still open. [1] http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/What-replaces-camelContext-getRouteDefinition-String-routeId-td5530724.html Babak -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/newbie-question-re-LifecycleManagementStrategy-tp5638024p5638343.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.