The Camel route is the routing definition. It's a graph of processors. The routes (routing definition) are loaded in the Camel context. The execution and flow of the exchange in a route is performed by the routing engine. The routes are used to decouple clients from servers, and producers from consumers: an exchange consumer doesn't know where the exchange comes from, and on the other hand an exchange producer doesn't know the destination of the exchange. Thanks to that, it provides a flexible way to add extra processing or change the routing with limited impact on the logic.

Each route has a unique identifier that you can specify (or Camel will create one for you). This identifier is used to easily find the route, especially when you want to log, debug, monitor, or manage a route (start or stop).

A route has exactly one input source (the input endpoint). A route has a life cycle similar to the Camel context with the same states: started, stopped, and suspended. To Camel, a context...