This post helped me get it: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/How-to-use-escape-tool-esc-xml-somestrwithspclchars-in-camel-velocity-template-td5505668.html
This works for me: in template: $headers.StringUtils.leftPad("foo", 10) java: public class StringUtilsHelper { public void addStringUtilsToExchange( final Exchange exchange ) { exchange.getIn().setHeader( "StringUtils", new StringUtils() ); } } Spring xml, application context: <bean ref="stringUtilsHelper" /> <spring:bean id="stringUtilsHelper" class="mypackagenamehere.StringUtilsHelper" /> -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/padded-text-and-or-static-classes-in-velocity-template-of-velocity-component-tp5736136p5736147.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.