Sorry. I still don’t quite understand. After looking through the user guide again and doing some searches it seems like this annotation provides support for Bean Binding. So I guess I should be asking: what is bean binding and what are the use cases?
> On Jul 7, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Claus Ibsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > No its not the same @Handler is NOT for consuming. > > Its like > > from file > to bean > to file > > And then you have a bean with some methods, and then to tell Camel > that is should use a specific method then you can add @Handler. > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 6:14 PM Richard Flores <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> This is confusing: >> >> “You can use @Handler when you have a POJO with N+ methods….such as >> when you send a message to the bean endpoint, or use bean(MyBeanClass.class) >> in the route” >> >> This is effectively doing the same thing as a bean with @Consume annotation, >> no? Why are there seemingly two ways of doing the same thing? In the context >> of a Spring Boot/Camel/ActiveMQ what am I missing? >> >> Any info is appreciated! >> >> >>> On Jul 7, 2019, at 10:05 AM, Claus Ibsen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> @Handler is not related to ConsumerTemplate. >>> >>> You can use @Handler when you have a POJO with N+ methods, and you >>> just want to tell Camel that it should always use this method when >>> Camel is using this bean, such as when you send a message to the bean >>> endpoint, or use bean(MyBeanClass.class) in the route etc. >>> >>> On the other hand @Consume is an annotation you can use on a bean to >>> let Camel use the method as consumer, and this is more related to >>> consumer template. Then you can do POJO messaging, eg if you use >>> Spring Boot you can do this on beans you let Spring Boot manage. >>> >>> https://github.com/apache/camel/tree/master/examples/camel-example-pojo-messaging >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/camel/tree/master/examples/camel-example-pojo-messaging> >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/camel/tree/master/examples/camel-example-pojo-messaging >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/camel/tree/master/examples/camel-example-pojo-messaging>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 4:48 PM Richard Flores <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I’m new to Camel, trying to get my head wrapped around conventions and >>>> usages and get some samples going. I’m trying to understand what is the >>>> difference between Consumer Templates and the @Handler Annotation. >>>> >>>> According to http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html> >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html>> >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html> >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html >>>> <http://camel.apache.org/manual/camel-manual-2.3.0.html>>> >>>> >>>> @Handler >>>> >>>> Available as of Camel 2.0 >>>> >>>> You can mark a method in your bean with the @Handler annotation to >>>> indicate that this method should be used for Bean Binding. >>>> This has the advantage as you do not have to specify the method name >>>> in the Camel route. And thus you do not run into problems when you rename >>>> the method name using an IDE that don't find all references. >>>> >>>> public class Bar { >>>> >>>> @Handler >>>> public String doSomething(Stringbody) { >>>> // process the in body and return whatever you want >>>> return "Bye World"; >>>> } >>>> >>>> Given a bean with configured routes and a producer template, I get the >>>> impression that you could use a bean with a method annotated with @Handler >>>> in lieu of a bean with a regular method that uses a consumer template. >>>> >>>> Is this correct? What am I missing? >>>> >>>> Also, I’m planning on using Spring Boot with Spring for Apache ActiveMQ >>>> and Apache Camel, do the producer/consumer, handler concepts change? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Claus Ibsen >>> ----------------- >>> http://davsclaus.com <http://davsclaus.com/> <http://davsclaus.com/ >>> <http://davsclaus.com/>> @davsclaus >>> Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2 >>> <https://www.manning.com/ibsen2> <https://www.manning.com/ibsen2 >>> <https://www.manning.com/ibsen2>> > > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > http://davsclaus.com <http://davsclaus.com/> @davsclaus > Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2 > <https://www.manning.com/ibsen2>
