[CAMEL-5651] Control Bus EIP

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.11.0
• Component/s: camel-core, eip
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Claus Ibsen
• Reporter: Claus Ibsen
• Created: 26/Sep/12 14:41
• Updated: 18/Jan/13 16:28
• Resolved: 18/Jan/13 16:28

Description

Control Bus EIP
http://www.eaipatterns.com/ControlBus.html

I think we should consider a control bus EIP (eg implemented as a component).

Then people can manage their Camel apps by sending messages to a control bus endpoint.

For example to

• start a route
• stop a route
• get statistics
• shutdown camel (???)

eg a bit like what you can do with JMX management, but over Camel endpoint.

To trick would be to find a message format the control bus can parse. For example should we use a header for the command.

But that also makes it easier for people to start|stop a route from a route. Now just send a message to an endpoint, for example using wire tap.

from x
  to y
  wire tap ("controlbus:action=start-route&param=route2")

Would need to give some more thought about the syntax and what to be supported by the control bus.