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+# Camel Hello World (Spring Version)
+
+## Goals
+
+- Discover the difference between the Java and the [Spring DSL](http://camel.apache.org/spring.html).
+
+## How this project has been created
+
+Generate a new Maven project using the `camel-archetype-java` archetype:
+```
+mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.camel.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=camel-archetype-spring -DarchetypeVersion=2.21.1 -DinteractiveMode=false -DgroupId=fr.itix.camel-examples -DartifactId=hello-world-spring -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpackage=fr.itix.camel.hello_world_spring
+```
+
+Enter the created directory:
+```
+cd hello-world-spring
+```
+
+List the created project structure:
+```
+$ find . -type f
+pom.xml
+src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/camel-context.xml
+src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
+src/data/message2.xml
+src/data/message1.xml
+```
+
+For a simple hello world, we can do a bit of cleanup:
+```
+rm -rf src/data
+```
+
+Now, you should have a much smaller repository structure:
+```
+$ find . -type f
+pom.xml
+src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/camel-context.xml
+src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
+```
+
+For a first "hello world" example, you can replace the content of `camel-context.xml` with:
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd">
+  <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
+    <route>
+      <from uri="timer:hello?period=1000"/>
+      <log message="Hello, world !" />
+    </route>
+  </camelContext>
+</beans>
+```
+
+## How to build it
+
+First, make sure you are in the `hello-world-spring` directory and run:
+```
+mvn install
+```
+
+## How to use it
+
+Once built, you can run it with:
+```
+mvn camel:run
+```
+
+If you followed the instructions, you should have something like this:
+```
+[INFO] Scanning for projects...
+[INFO]
+[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[INFO] Building A Camel Spring Route 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[INFO]
+[INFO]
+[INFO] --- camel-maven-plugin:2.21.1:run (default-cli) @ hello-world-spring ---
+[INFO] You can skip tests from the command line using: mvn camel:run -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+[INFO] Using org.apache.camel.spring.Main to initiate a CamelContext
+[INFO] Starting Camel ...
+Jun 04, 2018 8:23:12 PM org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext prepareRefresh
+INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@488d7a8f: startup date [Mon Jun 04 20:23:12 CEST 2018]; root of context hierarchy
+Jun 04, 2018 8:23:12 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
+INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from file [/Users/nmasse/git/perso/Camel-Examples/hello-world-spring/target/classes/META-INF/spring/camel-context.xml]
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] SpringCamelContext             INFO  Apache Camel 2.21.1 (CamelContext: camel-1) is starting
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] ManagedManagementStrategy      INFO  JMX is enabled
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] DefaultTypeConverter           INFO  Type converters loaded (core: 194, classpath: 1)
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] SpringCamelContext             INFO  StreamCaching is not in use. If using streams then its recommended to enable stream caching. See more details at http://camel.apache.org/stream-caching.html
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] SpringCamelContext             INFO  Route: route1 started and consuming from: timer://hello?period=1000
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] SpringCamelContext             INFO  Total 1 routes, of which 1 are started
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] SpringCamelContext             INFO  Apache Camel 2.21.1 (CamelContext: camel-1) started in 0.224 seconds
+Jun 04, 2018 8:23:13 PM org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor start
+INFO: Starting beans in phase 2147483646
+[l-1) thread #2 - timer://hello] route1                         INFO  Hello, world !
+[l-1) thread #2 - timer://hello] route1                         INFO  Hello, world !
+[ad #0 - CamelHangupInterceptor] MainSupport$HangupInterceptor  INFO  Received hang up - stopping the main instance.
+[pache.camel.spring.Main.main()] MainSupport                    INFO  MainSupport exiting code: 0
+[ad #0 - CamelHangupInterceptor] SpringCamelContext             INFO  Apache Camel 2.21.1 (CamelContext: camel-1) is shutting down
+```
+
+Note: you will have to press Ctrl-C to exit this Hello World example!
+
+## References
+
+- [Timer Component](http://camel.apache.org/timer.html)
+- [The Log EIP](http://camel.apache.org/logeip.html)
diff --git a/hello-world-spring/pom.xml b/hello-world-spring/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>fr.itix.camel-examples</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hello-world-spring</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>A Camel Spring Route</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <!-- Camel BOM -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.21.1</version>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+        <type>pom</type>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+      <artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+      <artifactId>camel-spring</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- logging -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- testing -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+      <artifactId>camel-test-spring</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- allows the route to be ran via 'mvn camel:run' -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>camel-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.21.1</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/hello-world-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/camel-context.xml b/hello-world-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/camel-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd">
+  <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
+    <route>
+      <from uri="timer:hello?period=1000"/>
+      <log message="Hello, world !" />
+    </route>
+  </camelContext>
+</beans>
diff --git a/hello-world-spring/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/hello-world-spring/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
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+
+appender.out.type = Console
+appender.out.name = out
+appender.out.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.out.layout.pattern = [%30.30t] %-30.30c{1} %-5p %m%n
+rootLogger.level = INFO
+rootLogger.appenderRef.out.ref = out