Master Enterprise Integration with Apache Camel and Spring Boot. Learn to build, test, and deploy robust integration solutions using Camel’s EIPs, Spring Boot, and advanced features like Kamelets, dynamic routing, REST services, and messaging middleware. Perfect for developers aiming to simplify microservices and enterprise integrations.

Students should be familiar with Java and Spring Boot

Learning Objectives

Introduction

• Discuss EAI (Enterprise Application Integration)
• Role of EIP (Enterprise Integration Patterns)
• List and discuss key patterns (real-world examples of each pattern)

Introduction to Camel

• Camel as a EAI and EIP platform
• Camel history from ESB to MSA
• Introduce of Camel terms (Components, DSL, Routes, Endpoints, Data Formats, …)
• Understand the Camel Context
• Discuss the various Embedded DSL options (Java, XML, …)
• Explore Camel Architecture and Core Concepts
• Develop a good understanding of Exchange & Message
• Using Camel JBang
• Overview of platforms: Camel Quarkus, kubernetes CamelK and OSGI Karaf

Camel Spring Boot

• Understand the integration with *Spring Boot
• Explore the Spring Boot starter for Camel
• Configure routes using properties/application.yml
• Leveraging Spring's Dependency Injection (DI) in Routes
• Develop and deploy Camel applications as Spring Boot microservices
• Utilize Spring Boot Actuator for monitoring routes
• Integrate with Spring Transactions

Testing with Camel and Spring Boot

• Discuss building tests with Camel
• Use Templates to produce/consume messages
• Mocking components
• Using Interceptors
• Building Integration Tests
• Best practices for Test Automation in Camel

Develop Camel Routes

• Understand the relation between Components and Endpoints
• Defining the context programmatically or Using Spring
• Explanation of the eDSL syntax (XML and Java)
• Use of the YAML DSL
• Discuss the various Message Exchange Patterns (MEP)
• The use of Endpoint URIs
• Transforming Data
• Implementing and using dynamic routing, content-based routing and filtering
• Deep dive into additional patterns (Aggregator, Splitter, and Routing Slip, …)
• Implementing REST services
• Integrating with Messaging Middleware (JMS, Kafka, etc.)
• Throughout and Parallel Processing
• Error Handling and Fault Tolerance
• Implementing retry mechanisms and dead-letter channels

Kamelets Overview

• Introduction to Kamelets
• Understand the role of Kamelets in Camel integrations
• Explore the Kamelet Catalog
• Understand the concepts of Source, Sink, and Action
• parameterized Kamelets for dynamic routing