eugenp · maibin · Jul 1, 2025 · Jun 26, 2025 · Jun 28, 2025
diff --git a/messaging-modules/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml b/messaging-modules/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>spring-apache-camel</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                    <target>11</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>

diff --git a/...les/spring-apache-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/CamelRoute.java b/...les/spring-apache-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/CamelRoute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate;
+
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class CamelRoute extends RouteBuilder {
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        from("direct:start").log("Received: ${body}")
+            .transform(simple("Hello ${body}"));
+        from("direct:fileRoute").to("file://output?fileName=output.txt&fileExist=Append");
+        from("direct:beanRoute").bean(ProcessingBean.class, "process");
+
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ProcessingBean processingBean() {
+        return new ProcessingBean();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/...spring-apache-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProcessingBean.java b/...spring-apache-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProcessingBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate;
+
+public class ProcessingBean {
+
+    public String process(String input) {
+        return "Bean processed " + input.toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/...-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateApplication.java b/...-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class ProducerTemplateApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(ProducerTemplateApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/...e-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateController.java b/...e-camel/src/main/java/com/baeldung/camel/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate;
+
+import org.apache.camel.ProducerTemplate;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class ProducerTemplateController {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ProducerTemplate producerTemplate;
+
+    @GetMapping("/send/simple/{message}")
+    public String sendSimpleMessage(@PathVariable String message) {
+        String response = producerTemplate.requestBody("direct:start", message, String.class);
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/send/file/{message}")
+    public String sendToFile(@PathVariable String message) {
+        producerTemplate.sendBody("direct:fileRoute", message + "\n");
+        return "Message appended to output.txt";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/send/bean/{message}")
+    public String sendToBean(@PathVariable String message) {
+        String response = producerTemplate.requestBody("direct:beanRoute", message, String.class);
+        return response;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/...he-camel/src/test/java/com/baeldung/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateIntegrationTest.java b/...he-camel/src/test/java/com/baeldung/producertemplate/ProducerTemplateIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.baeldung.producertemplate;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+
+import com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate.ProducerTemplateApplication;
+import com.baeldung.camel.producertemplate.ProducerTemplateController;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = ProducerTemplateApplication.class)
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = DirtiesContext.ClassMode.AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD)
+public class ProducerTemplateIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ProducerTemplateController producerTemplateController;
+
+    private static final String TEST_MESSAGE = "TestMessage";
+    private static final Path OUTPUT_FILE = Paths.get("output/output.txt");
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() throws IOException {
+
+        if (Files.exists(OUTPUT_FILE)) {
+            Files.delete(OUTPUT_FILE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenMessage_whenSendingSimpleMessage_thenReturnsProcessedMessage() {
+        String inputMessage = TEST_MESSAGE;
+        String response = producerTemplateController.sendSimpleMessage(inputMessage);
+        assertNotNull(response, "Response should not be null");
+        assertEquals("Hello " + inputMessage, response);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenMessage_whenSendingToFile_thenFileContainsMessage() throws IOException {
+        String inputMessage = TEST_MESSAGE;
+        String response = producerTemplateController.sendToFile(inputMessage);
+
+        assertEquals("Message appended to output.txt", response);
+        assertTrue(Files.exists(OUTPUT_FILE));
+        String fileContent = Files.readString(OUTPUT_FILE);
+        assertTrue(fileContent.contains(inputMessage));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenMessage_whenSendingToBean_thenReturnsUppercaseMessage() {
+        String inputMessage = TEST_MESSAGE;
+        String response = producerTemplateController.sendToBean(inputMessage);
+        assertNotNull(response);
+        assertEquals("Bean processed " + inputMessage.toUpperCase(), response);
+    }
+
+}