On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Mark Doyle <markjohndo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Camel-mongodb has a set of provided type converters. > > @Converter > public static DBObject fromStringToDBObject(String s) { > ..blah blah > } > > @Converter > public static DBObject fromAnyObjectToDBObject(Object value) { > ...blah blah > }
This should be a @FallbackConverter instead. You should never convert from Object -> XXX. Instead it should be fallback and decided at runtime whether to convert or not. > > > I'm trying to run a query which means sending a json string. After some > debugging it looks like Camel selects the fromAnyObjectToDBObject converter > rather than the fromStringToDBObject converter. I''m not sure of the > consequences of this yet, with regards to the the mongodb component, but it > did raise the question on how Camel deals with converters that could > overlap given inheritance, a String is an Object after all. -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- Red Hat, Inc. FuseSource is now part of Red Hat Email: cib...@redhat.com Web: http://fusesource.com Twitter: davsclaus Blog: http://davsclaus.com Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen