Starting point for a Camel Route. Start a route with a given Endpoint. The Endpoint can be from one of the many Camel Components. The component creates Camel Exchanges from their respective Sources and puts them into the route.

Syntax

Java

from(String uri)

from(Endpoint endPoint)

Spring XML

<from uri=""/>

Examples

Start a route with the File Endpoint. Each file in the directory creates an Exchange that is put into the camel route.

Java

 A camel route is started using from inside the configure method of the class RouteBuilder.

from("file:c:/in")

 Spring XML Schema

The route is defined inside a CamelContext.

<route>
  <from uri="file:c:/in" />
</route>