I apologize ahead of time, because I feel like I've taken a few steps backward and am now hung up on a simple newbie issue regarding application properties and Spring configuring beans.
Backstory: I've now created about a dozen Camel projects, all reusing the same basic "architecture" I set up a long time ago and the way I imported some custom Spring files and properties. But now I'm having a frustrating newbie problem getting the Spring Boot app to see any bean configurations in a "default" Spring or Camel XML file. I'm sure it's likely a classpath issue or something. But in case it's something more, I willingly embarrass myself and ask you all... Let's make it real simple: In IntelliJ, create a new project using the archetype: camel-archetype-spring-boot. You get the file structure: . ├── java │ └── org │ └── apache │ └── camel │ └── archetypes │ ├── MySpringBean.java │ ├── MySpringBootApplication.java │ └── MySpringBootRouter.java └── resources ├── application.properties └── META-INF ├── LICENSE.txt └── NOTICE.txt I now comment out the Spring-injected @Value("${greeting}") in MySpringBean and am trying to replace it with a simple camel-context.xml where I Spring configure the 'say' class variable containing the "greeting". ----- camel-context.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" [...blah blah blah...] <bean id="myBean" class="org.apache.camel.archetypes.MySpringBean"> <property name="say" value="Hey There"/> </bean> </beans> ----- MySpringBean.java: @Component("myBean") public class MySpringBean { // @Value("${greeting}") private String say; public void setSay(String say) { this.say = say; } public String saySomething() { System.out.println("*** say = " + say); return say; } } ----- When I run MySpringBootApplication all I get is: *** say = null *** say = null *** say = null etc FWIW, I tried naming the file both "camel-context.xml" and "camelContext.xml" as well as putting the files under "resources" and "resources/spring". But none of those 4 configurations works. Thanks for any help. (I am now positioning my palm directly in front of my space so I can smack myself once my simple error is pointed out.....) Ron