| [[from-eip]] |
| = From EIP |
| :page-source: core/camel-core-engine/src/main/docs/eips/from-eip.adoc |
| Starting point for a Camel route that starts a route with a given endpoint. The endpoint can be from one of the many Camel https://github.com/apache/camel/tree/master/components[Components]. The component creates Camel exchanges from their respective sources and puts them into the route. |
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| == Options |
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| // eip options: START |
| The From EIP supports 1 options which are listed below: |
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| |=== |
| | Name | Description | Default | Type |
| | *uri* | *Required* Sets the URI of the endpoint to use | | String |
| |=== |
| // eip options: END |
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| == Samples |
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| Start a route with the File endpoint. Each file in the directory creates an exchange that is put into the camel route. |
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| A camel route is started using from inside the configure method of the class *RouteBuilder* |
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| [source,java] |
| ---- |
| from("file:c:/in") |
| ---- |
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| And examples in Spring XML Schema: |
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| The route is defined inside a CamelContext. |
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| [source,xml] |
| ---- |
| <route> |
| <from uri="file:c:/in" /> |
| </route> |
| ---- |
