Quinn, I am using Camel 2.18.1 - Here is a simple example that shows the issues with various {{}}, =$simple{file:onlyname} and ${bean:...} combinations
------------fileNaming.properties ------------ trace=false in.path=c:/temp/in in.path0=c:/temp/test/in0 in.path1=c:/temp/test/in1 in.path2=c:/temp/test/in2 in.path3=c:/temp/test/in3 archive.path=c:/temp/test/archive/ common.fname.pattern=$simple{file:onlyname} datetime.fname.pattern=$simple{date:now:yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss.SSS}-$simple{file:onlyname} incounter.datetime.fname.pattern=${bean:inboundCounter.incrementAndGet}-$simple{date:now:yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss.SSS} ----------End fileNaming.properties ------------ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:camel="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd"> <bean class="org.apache.camel.spring.spi.BridgePropertyPlaceholderConfigurer" id="bridgePropertyPlaceholder"> <p:property name="location" value="classpath:fileNaming.properties" /> </bean> <bean class="java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong" id="inboundCounter" /> <camelContext id="testFileNamingContext" trace="{{trace}}" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring"> <route id="workingRoute"> <camel:description>This route produces: C:\temp\test\in\done\0-workingRoute-testNaming.xml</camel:description> <from uri="file:c:/temp/test/in?moveFailed=.failed/$simple{file:onlyname}&move=done/${bean:inboundCounter.getAndIncrement}-workingRoute-$simple{file:onlyname}" /> <log message="workingRoute" /> <to id="_toW" uri="mock://complete" /> </route> <route id="errorRoute0"> <camel:description>This route produces: C:\temp\test\in0\done\inboundCounter.getAndIncrement-errorRoute0-testNaming.xml </camel:description> <from uri="file:c:/temp/test/in0?move=done/${bean:inboundCounter.getAndIncrement}-errorRoute0-{{common.fname.pattern}}" /> <log message="errorRoute0" /> <to id="_to0" uri="mock://complete" /> </route> <route id="errorRoute1"> <camel:description>This route produces: C:\temp\test\archive\inboundCounter.getAndIncrement-errorRoute1-testNaming.xml </camel:description> <from uri="file:{{in.path1}}?moveFailed=.failed/$simple{file:onlyname}&move={{archive.path}}/${bean:inboundCounter.getAndIncrement}-errorRoute1-$simple{file:onlyname}" /> <log message="errorRoute1" /> <to id="_to1" uri="mock://complete" /> </route> <route id="errorRoute2"> <camel:description>This route produces: C:\temp\test\in2\done\inboundCounter.getAndIncrement-errorRoute2-testNaming.xml</camel:description> <from uri="file:{{in.path2}}?move=done/${bean:inboundCounter.getAndIncrement}-errorRoute2-{{common.fname.pattern}}" /> <log message="errorRoute2" /> <to id="_to2" uri="mock://complete" /> </route> <route id="errorRoute3"> <camel:description>This route produces: C:\temp\test\archive\inboundCounter.getAndIncrement-errorRoute3-testNaming.xml </camel:description> <from uri="file:{{in.path3}}?move={{archive.path}}/${bean:inboundCounter.getAndIncrement}-errorRoute3-{{common.fname.pattern}}" /> <log message="errorRoute3" /> <to id="_to3" uri="mock://complete" /> </route> </camelContext> </beans> -----Original Message----- From: Quinn Stevenson [mailto:qu...@pronoia-solutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 9:12 AM To: users@camel.apache.org Subject: Re: logging/incrementing simple counter Can you provide a simple (complete) example? When I try the following XML with Camel 2.17.3, I get an IllegalArgumentException - so I can’t reproduce your results.