Getting Started
First you need to Download the Camel distribution; or you could grab the Source and try Building it yourself.
You might want to read the following documentation before continuing:
- Longer Getting Started Guide
- Find out about Enterprise Integration Patterns and how to implement them with Camel
- Review the Architecture guide to see how to build Routes using the Java DSL or Spring based Xml Configuration
Working with CamelContexts and RouteBuilders
To get started with Camel:
- Create a CamelContext.
- Optionally, configure components or endpoints.
- Add whatever routing rules you wish using the DSL and RouteBuilder or using XML Configuration.
- Start the context.
When your application is closing you may wish to stop the context
When you are ready, why not Walk through an Example?
And after the walk head over to the tutorials.
Working with Spring
If you use Spring as a Dependency Injection container then please refer to the Camel Spring documentation.
Other Resources
- IONA Technologies has a number of guides on using Camel at http://open.iona.com/documentation/fuse-mediation-router-documentation