Articles

We have collected a number of links to external resources about Camel. The list is ordered so the newest links is added to the bottom of the list.

Articles on Apache Camel

• Wanna try our Apache Camel developer tools for Enterprise Integration Patterns? by James Strachan
• A bit more meat: Camel applied : JMS to File by Mike McLean
• Matteo wrote a blog entry about using Camel with iBatis
• Knowledge Tree integration using Apache Camel
• Integrating Apache Camel with JBoss ESB by Edgar Ankiewsky
• Simple DSL OSGi bundle example by Andrej Koelewijn
• Realization of EAI Patterns with Apache Camel by Pascal Kolb at the Universität Stuttgart
• Spring Remoting with JMS Example on Amin Abbaspour's Weblog
• Implementing Fuji integration scenario using Camel SE by Louis Polycarpou on using Camel with Open ESB
• Using the Camel aggregator correctly by Torsten Mielke, a great blog entry how to use the Camel aggregator.
• Camel routes and HL7 by Roger Searjeant on using Camel and its HL7 support in the health care space.
• Combining ApacheCamel+BSF to make JBoss ESB polyglot by Edgard Ankiewsky Silva, a JBoss employeer.
• Groovy and Grape - easiest way to send gtalk message with Apache Camel by Andrej Koelewijn how easy it is to use Groovy and Grape to quickly try out new frameworks such as Apache Camel.
• Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) in Apache Camel (Spanish) by Gema Perdiguero, Tecsisa.
• Apache Camel integration in ServiceMix (Spanish) by Sebastián Gómez, Tecsisa.
• Open Source Integration with Apache Camel and How Fuse IDE Can Help by Jonathan Anstey. Updated article of the Apache Camel: Integration Nirvana. Great for learning what Camel is and what it can do
• Leverage EIP with Apache Camel and Twitter by Bruno Borges
• Apache Camel Reference Card at DZone (the first card out of two) by Claus Ibsen
• Updated Apache Camel Reference Card at DZone by Claus Ibsen, updated for Camel 2.x Reference Card
• Using RSS with Apache Camel by Jeroen Reijn
• Using Groovy and Camel to pool Google Analyst email reports by Mr. Haki
• Using grails-camel plugin to work with Camel in Grails land by Mr. Haki
• Send mail with Apache Camel from Gails by Mr. Haki
• Navigating the Integration Landscape - Claus Ibsen on Apache Camel Claus Ibsen was interviewed at DZone discussing the integration landscape
• Apache Camel: Enterprise Integration met scripttalen en DSLs (Dutch) by Peter Maas, Finalist IT Group.
• Axis 2 ride with Camel how to use Axis 2 with the Camel report incident tutorial by Sagara
• Introduction to the Open eHealth Integration Platform (based on top of Apache Camel) Excellent DZone article by Martin Krasser
• An IRC alerter written using Apache Camel and Java how to easily integrate IRC with Camel to monitor and do alerts.
• Entreprise Integration Pattern with Apache Camel 2.0 by Julien Dechmann, how to use Camel to split and transform CSV files to POJO and XML and sending to a JMS destination
• A Camel based XML payload HTTP polling provider by Christopher Hunt to use Camel with AJAX. Interesting read.
• Camel vs. JBI by Adrian Trenaman.
• Things to consider when selecting between Apache Camel and Apache Servicemix by Ashwin Karpe
• Groovy and Camel for monitoring ActiveMQ by Eric Hauser how to monitor AMQ Advisory queues from a single groovy file.
• Camellos - Discovering Apache Camel by Gunnar Hillert. A very nice and short blog series about Camel showing its powers in a simple and intuitive way. Highly recommended for new users
• Apache Camel alternatives by Gunnar Hillert. He presents a brief overview of other projects in the integration space.
• First steps with Apache Camel on Google App Engine by Martin Krasser posts his findings to get Camel running on the GAE.
• A jira notification system for irc using Camel by Guillaume Nodet - all code is in a single XML hot deployed in Apache Karaf.
• Camel, CXF and JMS by Example by Silvester van der Bijl. Good blog entry how to use CXF and Camel together.
• A simple file monitoring console with camel, cometd and jquery by Andrej Koelewijn. Shows how to use Camel to monitor log files and push lines changed using cometd to a webpage. All in a few files using Groovy.
• A Groovy ride on Camel by Jack Hung. Shows how to use Groovy with Camel to do a great content based route and transformation.
• First step with Apache Camel by Lukasz Budnik. Great first steps where Lukas does a fairly complex route as his first encounter with Camel.
• Advanced Event Notification Framework with Apache Camel by Hendy showing how to use Camel for a lightweight even notification system.
• Spring Integration and Apache Camel by Biju Kunjummen. An objective showcase, showing the same case how to do it with Spring Integration and Apache Camel.
• Camel IRC Message Route Example by James Carr. An IRC bot which can parse JavaScript and Ruby expressions.
• Camel + Smooks from the official Smooks blog about Smooks integration Camel out of the box.
• Hiding The Middleware from Your Domain Code With Camel by James Carr. Article which was Java Technical Insights of the Month.
• Using Apache Camel from Clojure by Jason Whitlark. A blog entry how to get Camel working with the Clojure programming language.
• A composite REST service using Apache Camel by Andrej Koelewijn. A blog entry how to expose a REST service and have Camel aggregate data from multiple sources to be returned.
• Getting Started with Apache Camel and prepare for Apache ServiceMix deployment by Magnus K Karlsson shows a test driven example how to start with Camel and the ServiceMix combo.
• A practical example of using Camel and Groovy to post russian currency rates on Twitter in russia by dulanov.
• EDA events over system boundaries with Camel by Sculptur team blog.
• Dynamic FTP Client using Apache Camel and Spring by Mattias Severson, showing how to develop an FTP client that could transmit files to various FTP servers as a part of a delivery system in a Java enterprise application.
• ServiceMix bridge to IBM WebSphereMQ how to bridge ActiveMQ and IBM WebSphereMQ with Camel running inside Apache ServiceMix 4.x (OSGi based).
• Using Apache Camel to route SOAP calls through message queues by Glen Mazza
• Virtual ESB - application integration made painless with Apache Camel by Piotr Jagielski shows how to use Camel as a lightweight integration using web service and XML.
• Java integration frameworks - Spring Integration vs. Apache Camel Article from April 2010 which compares the two frameworks (in french).
• Devoxx talk about Apache Camel - Impressions from the talk by Jos Nieuwenhuis
• Application-Monitoring & Statistics-Collection with Apache Camel by Martin Huber - Talks about how to gather Camel route statistics and persist those in a database using JPA.
• Camel exception handling overview by Ben O'Day giving a nice and short summary of some of the error handling capabilities in Camel.
• Remote Observer Pattern with Publish-Subscribe via XMPP by Hendy showing how easy it is to implement this pattern with Apache Camel using XMPP as transport.
• Implementing Asynchronous Observer Pattern with Bean Proxy by Hendy showing how easy it is to implement this pattern with Apache Camel using Camel's Bean proxy.
• Apache Camel Example Application - Earthquake Mashups showing how Camel using EIPs can gather online earthquake and weather data and expose REST service.
• RouteBuilding with inherited configurations by Martin Huber shows how to inherit configuration (such as error handling) when using Java DSL.
• Camel integration with WebSphere MQ by Lowry Curry how to use IBM MQ Series (WebSphereMQ) with Apache Camel running in Apache ServiceMix using OSGi
• Interview with Martin Krasser about camel-scalaz from Jaxcenter. Scalaz-Camel: fully leveraging 'what Scala and Scalaz offers for functional programming.'
• Mathew's Thoughts on Apache Camel shows how Apache Camel easily can route messages from a JMS topic to files using the Content Based Router EIP. More blog posts to come.
• Smooks OSGI: Camel, UN/EDIFACT, ServiceMix shows how to use Smooks with Camel running in the Apache ServieMix OSGi container.
• Transparent Asynchronous Remoting via JMS by Harald Wellman, who blogs how to use Camel for asynchronous remoting over JMS, having the middleware hidden, so the client is unaware of this fact, its just using a interface.
• LEGO Java: Apache Camel Context and Route Basics shows how to build integration applications using EIPs LEGO style. Building an application to parse HTML pages from web sites.
• LEGO® Java (II): Apache Camel Error Handling, Java Beans and Web Services part 2 of the LEGO Camel blog series. This time we covers error handling and using beans with Camel.
• Dynamic Routing Using Health Information Policy with Apache Camel by Edward Brown and Jamie Goodyear. Published in Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science under the publication for "Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Third International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2010, Valencia, Spain, January 20-23, 2010, Revised Selected Papers".
• Transforming and splitting huge EDI files using Smooks and Camel by Claus Straube from Catify shows how to process huge EDI files with low CPU and memory footprint.
• JDBC Persistence for Camel Aggregator talks about how to use the Aggregator EIP with persistence support.
• 3 Articles about Apache Camel to push notifications to Apple devices (in French) by Alexis Kinsella. Introduces Apache Camel and shows how to push notifications to Apple devices. In french and there are 3 articles, so make sure to read the other two as well.
• TCP proxy with Apache Camel by Scott Cranton, showing how you can easily use Camel as a TCP proxy with Apache Mina.
• When to use Apache Camel? by Kai Wähner blogs about his options on when to use Apache Camel, and when not to.
• Process driven Froms with Apache Camel and websockets shows how to use web sockets with Camel with an Web UI example.
• jBPM5/Drools Apache Camel integration a blog entry talking about JBMP5/Drools integration with Apache Camel.
• Camel integration with Oracle WebLogic JMS by Lowry Curry showing how to use Apache Camel JMS with Oracle WebLogic JMS, running in Fuse ESB.
• Calling WebServices with Apache Camel by Marcelo Jabali shows how to call the public Stock Quote Web Service over the internet using CXF with Camel.
• Apache Camel and SOAP by Jan Kronquist showing an integration scenario using freely available SOAP web services to create a service that can return the weather at an airport.
• Using Apache Camel to monitor SNMP devices by Marcelo Jabali showing how to monitor SNMP devices using Apache Camel in a few lines of code
• Website mashup with Apache Camel by Jean-Baptiste Onofré shows how to extract data from HTML web sites using Apache Camel
• Using NetBeans 7.0 to create a new Apache Camel project shows how to start from scratch in NetBeans to setup a Apache Camel project (tutorial style with screenshots)
• Using NetBeans 7.0 to create a new Apache Camel project without Spring dependency shows how to start from scratch in NetBeans to setup a Apache Camel project (tutorial style with screenshots) without any Spring dependency
• Error handling in Camel for JMS consumer endpoint by Torsten Mielke explains some of the options you have for error handling when using JMS.
• Use remote EJB in Camel routes by Jean-Baptiste Onofré explains how to use an EJB hosted in a remote J2EE application server in a Camel route hosted in Apache ServiceMix.
• Use Camel, CXF and Karaf to implement batches by Jean-Baptiste Onofré explains how to control a Camel route from another route and a JAX-RS server using CXF, package into an OSGi bundle ready to run in Apache Karaf.
• Cloud integration with Apache Camel and Amazon web services s3 sqs and sns by Kai Wähner explains how to interface Amazon Web Services (S3, SQS and SNS) with Apache Camel.
• Visual IDE said to jump start Camel mediation routing - Article from TechTarget magazine about visual IDE for Camel development
• Using the MINA component in Apache Camel - Blog post by Marcelo Jabali showing how to talk to a server using TCP with the Camel MINA component.
• Using HTTP-based endpoints with Apache Camel - Blog post by Marcelo Jabali showing how to expose a HTTP servie with the Camel Jetty component.
• Cloud Notifications with Apache Camel - Blog post by Ioannis Canellos writing about how to use camel-jclouds to be notified about your running nodes in the cloud
• Hot Standby failover for Apache Camel by Christian Schneider
• A little Scala DSL example - A little blog post showing how to use the Camel Scala DSL levering Scala functions directly in the DSL.
• Combine Yahoo Finance and HBase using Camel - Blog post Robert Felker writing about how to gather finance statistics from Yahoo using Camel with HBase and REST.
• Karaf Tutorial Part 5 - Running Apache Camel integrations in OSGi by Christian Schneider, talks about using Camel, OSGi and Karaf.
• Spoilt for Choice: Which Integration Framework to use – Spring Integration, Mule ESB or Apache Camel? by Kai Wähner who take a look at the three integration projects, and gives his opinions where they stand against each other
• Splitting big XML files with Camel - Part 1 - This blog post covers how to split big XML files in a streaming mode using new functionality introduced in Camel 2.9, and explains some of its inner details.
• Splitting big XML files with Camel - Part 2 - This covers splitting big XML files using the new camel-stax component, introduced in Camel 2.9.
• Unit testing OSGi Blueprint with Apache Camel made easier - Blog post how Camel Testing with OSGi blueprint became much much easier, than having to resort to use pax exam.
• Communication between two remote Camel routes using Apache Karaf Cellar by Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Correlating logs from redelivered messages - By Claus Ibsen, talks how you can correlate externally redelivered message in the logs, to know what is what. The blog also shows how you can customize logging levels, and what you can tell from JMX as well.
• Using Apache Camel to Manage Amazon EC2 Startup/Shutdown by Jeff Davis.
• Easy Handmade SOAP-Webservice-Versioning With Apache Camel by Martin Huber, blogs how to do WS versioning with Apache CXF and Camel.
• Using twitter and web socket with Apache Camel by Claus Ibsen, blogs how to use the new Twitter component to post live twitter search feeds to a web page using Websocket.
• Spring Integration Project Creation VS. Apache Camel Project Creation - by Claus Ibsen, blog posted on DZone to compare creating a new SI project and how the example could be created with Apache Camel.

Presentations on Camel

• Implementing Enterprise Integration Patterns with Apache Camel presentation by Eduard Hildebrandt. Very nice power point presentation.
• Dead Simple Integration with Apache Camel presentation by Aaron Mulder from Chariot Solutions.
• Claus Ibsen's Apache Camel presentation at the FUSE community day in London 2010.
• FuseSource presentations on Camel and other related Apache projects
• Claus Ibsen presented Apache Camel at Devoxx 2010 - Slides from the presentation Claus did at the Devoxx conference.
• Introduction to Apache Camel is a nice set of slides to get familiar with Apache Camel.

Webinar, Screenshot, and Video presentations on Camel

• James Strachan's Devoxx 2009 talk is mostly about Camel and ActiveMQ
• ScreenCast: an introduction to Apache Camel and the use of Enterprise Integration Patterns in Medium Resolution or High Resolution by James Strachan
• Taking Camel for a ride presentation by Bruce Snyder at ApacheCon US 2008 (Click on link to the presentation in his blog).
• JavaZone Conference - Taking Apache Camel for a Rider - Video presentation by Bruce Snyder at JavaZone September 2008 in Oslo, Norway (Click on link to the presentation to show the video).
• Introduction to messaging with ActiveMQ at Øredev 2008 conference presented by Bruce Snyder (with Camel in the end).
• Videos de las charlas de la 9a reunión de JavaMexico (Spanish) by Domingo Suarez who did a 1 hour presentation. This is a video recording of his presentation.
• FuseSource webinars - Upcoming and archived webinars on Apache Camel and other related Apache products.
• FuseSource YouTube - FuseSource You Tube Channel with webcasts about Camel and related Apache projects.
• Screencast/Demo of Smooks and Apache Camel processing UN/EDIFACT - by Tom Fennelly showing how Smooks and Camel works together
• Claus Ibsen's Devoxx 2010 talk is all about Apache Camel
• Facebook integration Apache Camel - 15 min screenshot showing how to integrate Camel with Facebook. This screenshot is part of a series, with new videos coming up.
• Paris JUG 2011 - Integration with Apache Camel and ESB - Video presentation by Charles Moulliard showing Apache Camel and Apache ServiceMix. In french.
• JEEConf 2011 - What riding the Camel can do to make integration easier for you - Video presentation by Claus Ibsen, at the JEEConference in Kiew, Ukraine, May 2011.
• Belgium JUG 2011 - Integration with Apache ServiceMix and Camel - Video presentation by Charles Moulliard, talking about ESB and Camel.
• In the brain of James Strachan, riding the Camel - Video presentation by James Strachan, talking about Camel at Skillsmatter, August 2011.
• CamelOne 2011 Video presentations - The video presentations from the CamelOne 2011 conference, which took place in May 2011.
• What Riding the Camel can make integration easier for you - Video presentation by Claus Ibsen, talking about Camel at JavaZone, September 2011
• Er Apache Camel riktig valg for deg? Lytt til erfarne Camel spotters - Video presentation by Rune Peter Bjørnstad, and Bjørn Nordlund talking about their experience with using Camel. The build up a live use-case and present it with a sense of humor. The talk is in norwegian. Presented at JavaZone, September 2011
• Devoxx 2011 - Introduction to Apache ActiveMQ, ServiceMix, Camel and CXF - Video presentation by Charles Moulliard and Gert Vanthienen giving a run down of these Apache integration projects.
• Using Apache Camel and Java EE in an OSGi World - Video presentation from JavaOne 2011 by Jeff Genender and Johan Edstrom, talking about their experience with Camel and OSGi in a real life project.

Podcasts where Camel is taking part

• James Strachan was interviewed by Dana Gardner on Apache Camel and its DSL and support for Enterprise Integration Patterns. Read the transcript or check out the podcast
• Episode 35 - A few beers with Chariot's Open Source Integration Experts - Chariot TechCast Episode 35 where they talk about: ServiceMix, Camel, FUSE, Mule, Spring Integration, EIP, ESB etc.
• The Basement Coders Episode 14 - Apache Camel - Basement Coders discusses Apache Camel. You may want to skip to the 25 minute where they start talking about Camel.

Books on Apache Camel

• The Books page contains information about several books about Apache Camel and the ideas and patterns that Camel implements.

Additional Resources

• Linkedin Apache Camel group - Linkedin group for the Apache Camel project.
• EIP printable flashcards - A 6 page PDF with printable EIP cards.
• There are several companies that provide extra documentation, examples, tutorials, etc... See the Commercial Camel Offerings page for more details.

Camel bloggers

• Claus Ibsen's Blog - Claus is a Camel committer since March 2008, and writes a lot about Camel.
• Jon Anstey's Blog - Jon occasionally blogs about Camel
• James Strachan's Blog - James blogs about Camel sometimes too
• Willem Jiang's Blog - Willem also writes about Camel in English and Chinese.
• Charles Moulliard's Blog - Charles occasionally blogs about Camel and OSGi
• Ben O'Day's Blog - Ben works in the field and sometimes blogs about Camel
• OpenSourceKnowledge - Ashwin Karpe's Blog - Ashwin is a Camel committer and writes about Camel.
• Christian Schneider's Blog - Christian occasionally blogs about Camel and CXF.
• Hadrian Zbarcea - also blogs about Camel.
• Marcelo Jarbali's Blog - Marcelo works in the fields and blogs about Camel and integration.
• Jean-Baptiste Onofré's Blog - JB blogs about Camel, CXF, Karaf, ServiceMix and OSGi in general.
• Kai Wähner's Blog - Kai blogs about Camel, ESB, Cloud, and present Camel at various conferences as well.