Messaging with Apache Camel on Springboot using ActiveMQ

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Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to use Apache Camel with Spring Boot to route messages from a producer to a consumer using an ActiveMQ broker running in a Docker container.

Spring Boot works very well with Apache Camel and provides a simple way to set up and run standalone Camel routes as a Spring Boot application.

This tutorial will use Camel version 3.x and Java version 11+.

Prerequisites

Before you can start using Apache Camel with Spring Boot, you need to have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Java Development Kit (JDK) version 11 or higher: You must install the JDK to compile and run Java applications.
• Apache Maven: You need to have Apache Maven installed to build the project and resolve dependencies.
• Docker: You must install Docker to run the ActiveMQ broker in a container.
• Active MQ: You must install ActiveMQ for local connectivity using Apache Camel. You can follow our ActiveMQ on the Docker blog post to set up and install using Docker.

Next, let’s set up our Spring boot application