The trick is using the right xpath. Here use a wildcard "/Route/*".
Jan package de.materne.camel.sandbox.split; import static org.apache.camel.builder.PredicateBuilder.or; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.camel.EndpointInject; import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder; import org.apache.camel.component.mock.MockEndpoint; import org.apache.camel.test.junit4.CamelTestSupport; import org.junit.Test; public class SplitTest extends CamelTestSupport { @EndpointInject(uri="mock:end") MockEndpoint mock; @Test public void split() throws InterruptedException, IOException { mock.expectedMessageCount(2); mock.expectedMessagesMatches( or( bodyAs(String.class).contains("42"), bodyAs(String.class).contains("Jan") ) ); String xml = createXml(); template.sendBody("direct:split", xml); mock.assertIsSatisfied(); } private String createXml() { StringBuilder xml = new StringBuilder(); xml.append("<Route>"); xml.append(" <Account><number>42</number></Account>"); xml.append(" <Person><name>Jan</name></Person>"); xml.append("</Route>"); return xml.toString(); } @Override protected RouteBuilder createRouteBuilder() throws Exception { return new RouteBuilder() { @Override public void configure() throws Exception { from("direct:split") .split(xpath("/Route/*")) .to("mock:end"); } }; } }