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Understanding Apache Camel Interceptors

The intercept feature in Camel supports intercepting Exchanges while they are en route. We have overhauled the Intercept in Camel 2.0 so the following information is based on Camel 2.0. Camel supports three kinds of interceptors:
  • intercept that intercepts each and every processing step while routing an Exchange in the route.
  • interceptFrom that intercepts incoming Exchange in the route.
  • interceptSendToEndpoint that intercepts when an Exchange is about to be sent to the given Endpoint.
For this tutorial we will be taking reference of the Apache Camel+ JMS tutorial we had implemented before. 
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Lets Begin

We will create Eclipse maven project as follows-

Apache Camel Interceptor Tutorial
Our pom file will be as follows-
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.javainuse</groupId>
	<artifactId>camel-load-balancer</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
			<artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
			<version>2.13.0</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
			<artifactId>camel-jms</artifactId>
			<version>2.14.1</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
			<artifactId>activemq-camel</artifactId>
			<version>5.7.0</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
			<artifactId>activemq-broker</artifactId>
			<version>5.10.1</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
			<artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
			<version>5.10.1</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
			<artifactId>activemq-pool</artifactId>
			<version>5.10.1</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

  • Intercept that intercepts each and every processing step while routing an Exchange in the route


    Apache Camel Interceptor Example
    Define the route. 



package com.javainuse;

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class SimpleRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

	int count;

	@Override
	public void configure() throws Exception {

		intercept().process(new Processor() {
			public void process(Exchange exchange) {
				count++;
				System.out.println("interceptor called " + count + " times " + exchange.getIn().getBody());

			}
		});
		from("file:C:/inbox?noop=true").split().tokenize("\n").to("jms:queue:javainuse1").to("jms:queue:javainuse2");
	}

}
When Camel is started, it creates a CamelContext object that contains the definition of the Route to be started. Below we create default camel context and load the routes created in SimpleRouteBuilder. 
package com.javainuse;

import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.component.jms.JmsComponent;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;

public class MainApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SimpleRouteBuilder routeBuilder = new SimpleRouteBuilder();
        CamelContext ctx = new DefaultCamelContext();
        ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://0.0.0.0:61616");
        //define the jms component
        ctx.addComponent("jms", JmsComponent.jmsComponentAutoAcknowledge(connectionFactory));
        try {
            ctx.addRoutes(routeBuilder);
            ctx.start();
            Thread.sleep(5 * 60 * 1000);
            ctx.stop();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}
Next run the MainApp class as a java application. We can see the output as follows-
Apache Camel Interceptor

  • InterceptFrom that intercepts incoming Exchange in the route


    Apache Camel Interceptor Incoming Request
    Define the route. 
    package com.javainuse;

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class SimpleRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

	int count;

	@Override
	public void configure() throws Exception {
	
		interceptFrom("*")
		.process(new Processor() {
			public void process(Exchange exchange) {
				count++;
				System.out.println("interceptor called " + count + " times " + exchange.getIn().getBody());

			}
		});

		from("file:C:/inbox?noop=true").split().tokenize("\n").to("jms:queue:javainuse1");
		from("jms:queue:javainuse1").to("jms:queue:javainuse2");
		from("jms:queue:javainuse2").to("jms:queue:javainuse3");
		
	}

}
    When Camel is started, it creates a CamelContext object that contains the definition of the Route to be started. Below we create default camel context and load the routes created in SimpleRouteBuilder. 
    package com.javainuse;

import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.component.jms.JmsComponent;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;

public class MainApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SimpleRouteBuilder routeBuilder = new SimpleRouteBuilder();
        CamelContext ctx = new DefaultCamelContext();
        ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://0.0.0.0:61616");
        //define the jms component
        ctx.addComponent("jms", JmsComponent.jmsComponentAutoAcknowledge(connectionFactory));
        try {
            ctx.addRoutes(routeBuilder);
            ctx.start();
            Thread.sleep(5 * 60 * 1000);
            ctx.stop();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}
    Next run the MainApp class as a java application. We can see the output as follows-
    Apache Camel Interceptor Run

  • InterceptSendToEndpoint that intercepts when an Exchange is about to be sent to the given Endpoint


    Apache Camel Exchange
    Define the route. 
    package com.javainuse;

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class SimpleRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

	int count;

	@Override
	public void configure() throws Exception {

		interceptSendToEndpoint("jms:queue:javainuse2").process(new Processor() {
			public void process(Exchange exchange) {
				count++;
				System.out.println("interceptor called "+ count +" times "+exchange.getIn().getBody());
				
			}
		});
		
		from("file:C:/inbox?noop=true").split().tokenize("\n").to("jms:queue:javainuse1");
		from("jms:queue:javainuse1").to("jms:queue:javainuse2");
	}

}
    When Camel is started, it creates a CamelContext object that contains the definition of the Route to be started. Below we create default camel context and load the routes created in SimpleRouteBuilder. 
    package com.javainuse;

import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.component.jms.JmsComponent;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;

public class MainApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SimpleRouteBuilder routeBuilder = new SimpleRouteBuilder();
        CamelContext ctx = new DefaultCamelContext();
        ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://0.0.0.0:61616");
        //define the jms component
        ctx.addComponent("jms", JmsComponent.jmsComponentAutoAcknowledge(connectionFactory));
        try {
            ctx.addRoutes(routeBuilder);
            ctx.start();
            Thread.sleep(5 * 60 * 1000);
            ctx.stop();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}
    Next run the MainApp class as a java application. We can see the output as follows-
    Apache Camel Intercpetor Output

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