> and how does the starting point react on the exchange it receives from the > end?
Generically, it acts as thought it was the subject of a 'to' at the end. The exact behavior is probably documented in the endpoint reference info. For example, the page I referenced below discusses how JMS handles it. > What if the end produces multiple exchanges? You've exceeded my knowledge on this... sorry. > Steve Huston <shus...@riverace.com> writes: > > > I have also found it a bit difficult to get a straight answer on this > > but my understanding at this point is that if the exchange gets to the > > end of the route and is an InOut, the Out from the last endpoint goes > > back to the 'from' starting point. > > > > http://camel.apache.org/request-reply.html > > > > -Steve > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Peter Nagy (Jr) <pn...@gratex.com> > >> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 10:27 AM > >> To: users@camel.apache.org > >> Subject: understanding InOut > >> > >> I still don't quite grok how InOut works. When I set the exchange > >> pattern to InOut, what exactly will happen? Will the *next* processor > >> reply to the previous one? If so, how? If so, how does the previous > >> processor act on the reply? Or is the InOut just about 1 Processor? > >> If so, can e.g. > >> a Processor block > >> until a split is reaggregated? > >> > >> I'm trying to find some documentation on this that would explain > >> these details but I didn't find much. The request-reply page is brief > >> and uses mocks. > >> > >> As a real world bonus - I'm running a mongodb aggregation pipeline > >> splitting and streaming and would need to fire just 1 exchange > >> further down the route when the whole aggregation is finished. I'm > >> doing > >> > >> .to("mongodb3://...") > >> .split(..).streaming() > >> ... > >> .aggregate(..) > >> .hereINeed1exchange; > >> > >> I recently found out that split can take an aggregator as argument, > >> would that solve this case? How exactly does that work? > >> > >> -- > >> To reach a goal one has to enjoy the journey. > > > -- > To reach a goal one has to enjoy the journey.
