| Apache Camel is a powerful open source integration framework based on known Enterprise Integration Patterns with powerful Bean Integration. |
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| h2. Camel in ServiceMix |
| In ServiceMix, Apache Camel is like our swiss army knife for creating integration solutions. It allows using XML or a Java/Scala-based DSL to express your routes, comes with over 70 optional components, has powerful and versatile Java bean integration, error handling, ... and tons of other features. |
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| Apache Camel is installed by default if you first start the container. We also have out-of-the-box hot-deployment support for both Spring and Blueprint to make it easy to deploy your own Camel routes, as well as optionally installable features for all the available Camel components. |
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| h2. Goal of this guide |
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| The goal of this guide is to look into the details for using Camel inside ServiceMix: |
| * deployment options |
| * installing additional components |
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| h2. Examples |
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| The Apache ServiceMix distributions also contain a set of Camel examples. You can find these examples in the {{examples/camel}} directory. |
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| h2. More information about Camel |
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| More information about Camel itself, can be found on [http://camel.apache.org]. |
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| There's also a great book available about Camel |
| * Ibsen, Claus, and Anstey, Jonathan. (December 2010). _Camel in Action_. Greenwich, CT: Manning. ISBN: 9781935182368. |
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