The camelContext
element within an xml context file creates a
routing context. The camelContext
element can contain one or more
routes, but the route editor's canvas can display only one of the routes at a time. Therefore the
canvas is each route's delineator, and each route displayed on the canvas maps to a route
element in the generated camelContext
element.
When you create a new Fuse Project, the developer tools create a
camelContext.xml
file that contains an empty route
element within a camelContext
element. You can view and edit the contents of the camelContext.xml
file in the route editor's Source view. In
Design view, the route editor presents an empty canvas, which
represents the empty route
element. You can drag patterns
from the Palette and drop them onto the canvas to create a route.
The design time tooling updates the empty route
element with
xml generated from the patterns you drop onto the canvas.
The developer tools provide three methods for adding a new route:
From the menu bar, by opening the
menu, and then selectingIn Design view, by right-clicking the canvas or a node to access the context menu, and then selecting
>In Source view, by adding a <route/>
element to the existing list within the
camelContext
element
To add another route to the camelContext:
Select one of the methods for adding a route.
In Design view, a route icon appears in Outline view, and the Properties editor displays the list of the new route's properties for you to edit.
In the Properties editor, enter an ID (for example, Route2) for the new route in the route's ID field.
In Outline view, the new ID displays next to the new route icon.
In the Properties editor, enter a description of the route in the Description field.
On the menu bar, select
> to save the changes you made to the routing context file.![]() | Note |
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To switch between multiple routes, select the route you want to display on the canvas by clicking it in Outline view or by selecting it from the menu on the menu bar. |