Header

Since Camel 1.5

The Header Expression Language allows you to extract values of named headers.

Header Options

The Header language supports 1 options, which are listed below.

Name Default Java Type Description

trim

true

Boolean

Whether to trim the value to remove leading and trailing whitespaces and line breaks.

Example usage

The recipientList EIP can utilize a header:

<route>
  <from uri="direct:a" />
  <recipientList>
    <header>myHeader</header>
  </recipientList>
</route>

In this case, the list of recipients are contained in the header 'myHeader'.

And the same example in Java DSL:

from("direct:a").recipientList(header("myHeader"));

Dependencies

The Header language is part of camel-core.