[[Script-Script]]
Script
~~~~~~

*Available as of Camel 2.16*

Is used to execute a script which does not change the message (by
default). This is useful when you need to invoke some logic that are not
in Java code such as JavaScript, Groovy or any of the
other link:languages.html[Languages]. The message body is not changed
(by default) however the scripting context has access to the current
Exchange and can essentially change the message or headers directly. But
the return value from the script is discarded and not used. If the
return value should be used as a changed message body then
use link:message-translator.html[Message Translator] EIP instead.

[[Script-UsingfromJavaDSL]]
Using from Java DSL
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The route below will read the file contents and validate them against a
regular expression.

[source,java]
---------------------------------------------------
from("file://inbox")
  .script().groovy("// some groovy code goes here")
  .to("bean:MyServiceBean.processLine");
---------------------------------------------------

[[Script-UsingfromSpringDSL]]
Using from Spring DSL
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

And from XML its easy as well

[source,xml]
--------------------------------------------------------------
<route>
  <from uri="file://inbox"/>
  <script>
    <groovy>// some groovy code goes here</groovy>
  </script>
  <beanRef ref="myServiceBean" method="processLine"/>
</route>

<bean id="myServiceBean" class="com.mycompany.MyServiceBean"/>
--------------------------------------------------------------

Mind that you can use CDATA in XML if the groovy scrip uses < > etc

 

[source,xml]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<route>
  <from uri="file://inbox"/>
  <script>
    <groovy><![CDATA[ some groovy script here that can be multiple lines and whatnot ]]></groovy>
  </script>
  <beanRef ref="myServiceBean" method="processLine"/>
</route>

<bean id="myServiceBean" class="com.mycompany.MyServiceBean"/>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[[Script-Usingexternalscriptfiles]]
Using external script files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can refer to external script files instead of inlining the script.
For example to load a groovy script from the classpath you need to
prefix the value with *resource:* as shown:

[source,xml]
---------------------------------------------------------------
<route>
  <from uri="file://inbox"/>
  <script>
    <groovy>resource:classpath:com/foo/myscript.groovy</groovy>
  </script>
  <beanRef ref="myServiceBean" method="processLine"/>
</route>

<bean id="myServiceBean" class="com.mycompany.MyServiceBean"/>
---------------------------------------------------------------

You can also refer to the script from the file system with file: instead
of classpath: such as file:/var/myscript.groovy

 

[[Script-UsingThisPattern]]
Using This Pattern
++++++++++++++++++

If you would like to use this EIP Pattern then please read the
link:getting-started.html[Getting Started], you may also find the
link:architecture.html[Architecture] useful particularly the description
of link:endpoint.html[Endpoint] and link:uris.html[URIs]. Then you could
try out some of the link:examples.html[Examples] first before trying
this pattern out.