Apache Camel is an

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for message-oriented

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with a rule-based routing and mediation engine that provides a Java object-based implementation of the

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using an

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(or declarative Java

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) to configure routing and mediation rules. The domain-specific language means that Apache Camel can support type-safe smart completion of routing rules in an

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using regular Java code without large amounts of

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configuration files, though XML configuration inside

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is also supported. Camel is often used with

Apache ServiceMix Apache ServiceMix is an open-source software project to implement a distributed enterprise service bus (ESB). Architecture ServiceMix is based on the service-oriented architecture (SOA) model. It is a project of the Apache Software Foundation ...

Apache ActiveMQ Apache ActiveMQ is an open source message broker written in Java together with a full Java Message Service (JMS) client. It provides "Enterprise Features" which in this case means fostering the communication from more than one client or server. Su ...

and

Apache CXF Apache CXF is an open source software project developing a Web services framework. It originated as the combination of Celtix developed by IONA Technologies and XFire developed by a team hosted at Codehaus in 2006. These two projects were combin ...

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projects.

Tooling

* Several

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-plugins are provided for validation and deployment. * Graphical,

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-based tooling is freely available from

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. It provides graphical editing and debugging and advanced validation. * Eclipse based tooling from Talend.

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Tooling

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