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Those files are for Camel component developers. The file is used for component discovery so Camel can automatic find components from the classpath. As a Camel *end user* you should not use those files. Instead if you want to configure Camel components / routes / endpoints etc you can do that in many ways. For example using property placeholders which you can read about here: http://camel.apache.org/using-propertyplaceholder.html On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:30 PM, KARR, DAVID <dk0...@att.com> wrote: > I haven't really used Camel yet, I'm just reading the manual to familiarize > myself with it, as some projects I'll be working with use it. > > I noticed that the way you define the lazy-loaded mappings for components > uses properties files that aren't labeled as properties files. For instance, > to define the mapping for a component named "foo", you place a file named > just "foo" in "META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/component", instead of > "foo.properties". > > I can deal with this, but it just seems odd. Is there any background on why > it was done this way? -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- http://davsclaus.com @davsclaus Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2
