| == Camel Timer Example |
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| === Introduction |
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| This example shows how to work with the Camel Timer component. |
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| The Timer component is used to generate message exchanges when a timer fires. It's useful for: |
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| - Polling resources at regular intervals |
| - Scheduling batch jobs |
| - Triggering periodic tasks |
| - Creating heartbeat mechanisms |
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| This example demonstrates various timer configurations including: |
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| - Simple periodic timer |
| - Timer with initial delay |
| - Timer with repeat count |
| - Timer with fixed rate vs fixed delay |
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| The example is minimal and shows how to use the timer component in standalone mode as a `public static void main` application. |
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| === Build |
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| You will need to compile this example first: |
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| [source,sh] |
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| $ mvn compile |
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| === Run |
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| To run the example type |
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| [source,sh] |
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| $ mvn camel:run |
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| The example will run for about 5 seconds demonstrating different timer patterns. |
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| To stop the example hit `ctrl+c` |
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| You can also run the example from your editor such as Eclipse, IDEA etc, |
| by opening the class link:../timer/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/example/timer/TimerExample.java[org.apache.camel.example.timer.TimerExample] |
| and then right click, and chose run java application. |
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| === Configuration |
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| The example shows multiple timer configurations: |
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| - `timer:simple` - Fires every 300ms |
| - `timer:withDelay` - Fires every 300ms after a 500ms initial delay |
| - `timer:limited` - Fires only 3 times with 100ms interval |
| - `timer:fixedRate` - Fires every 500ms at fixed rate regardless of processing time |
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| === Help and contributions |
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| If you hit any problem using Camel or have some feedback, then please |
| https://camel.apache.org/community/support/[let us know]. |
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| We also love contributors, so |
| https://camel.apache.org/community/contributing/[get involved] :-) |
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| The Camel riders! |
