Indeed. Though you could use it to start up and shut down, nothing stopping you. I would not opt for that choice if I had some sort of deployment system where I could keep the routes running.
*Robert Simmons Jr. MSc. - Lead Java Architect @ EA* *Author of: Hardcore Java (2003) and Maintainable Java (2012)* *LinkedIn: **http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-simmons/40/852/a39 <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-simmons/40/852/a39>* On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 9:09 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com>wrote: > Why not use a polling consumer? > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau > <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > any opinion on how to make consumers consume all what is possible when > > program is running then shutdown the route once processed? > > > > It is basically needed for BatchEE camel extension ( > > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-batchee.git;a=blob;f=extensions/camel/src/main/java/org/apache/batchee/camel/CamelItemReader.java;h=bf4d289a8fea4a18f783353c3cb25d1aa9050018;hb=HEAD > > ) + I wondered it for some batches I wrote some months ago without > > camel because the infra needed for it was too heavy (route policy + > > few other things) compared to the gain. > > > > ATM batchee relies on timeout but surely not the best way to do. > > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > > Twitter: @rmannibucau > > Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/ > > LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau > > Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau >
