Azure ServiceBus
Since Camel 3.12
Both producer and consumer are supported
The azure-servicebus component that integrates Azure ServiceBus. Azure ServiceBus is a fully managed enterprise integration message broker. Service Bus can decouple applications and services. Service Bus offers a reliable and secure platform for asynchronous transfer of data and state. Data is transferred between different applications and services using messages.
Prerequisites
You must have a valid Windows Azure Storage account. More information is available at Azure Documentation Portal.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-azure-servicebus</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
Configuring Options
Camel components are configured on two separate levels:
-
component level
-
endpoint level
Configuring Component Options
The component level is the highest level which holds general and common configurations that are inherited by the endpoints. For example a component may have security settings, credentials for authentication, urls for network connection and so forth.
Some components only have a few options, and others may have many. Because components typically have pre configured defaults that are commonly used, then you may often only need to configure a few options on a component; or none at all.
Configuring components can be done with the Component DSL, in a configuration file (application.properties|yaml), or directly with Java code.
Configuring Endpoint Options
Where you find yourself configuring the most is on endpoints, as endpoints often have many options, which allows you to configure what you need the endpoint to do. The options are also categorized into whether the endpoint is used as consumer (from) or as a producer (to), or used for both.
Configuring endpoints is most often done directly in the endpoint URI as path and query parameters. You can also use the Endpoint DSL as a type safe way of configuring endpoints.
A good practice when configuring options is to use Property Placeholders, which allows to not hardcode urls, port numbers, sensitive information, and other settings. In other words placeholders allows to externalize the configuration from your code, and gives more flexibility and reuse.
The following two sections lists all the options, firstly for the component followed by the endpoint.
Component Options
The Azure ServiceBus component supports 23 options, which are listed below.
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Sets the retry options for Service Bus clients. If not specified, the default retry options are used. |
AmqpRetryOptions |
||
Sets the transport type by which all the communication with Azure Service Bus occurs. Default value is AmqpTransportType#AMQP. Enum values:
|
AMQP |
AmqpTransportType |
|
Sets the ClientOptions to be sent from the client built from this builder, enabling customization of certain properties, as well as support the addition of custom header information. Refer to the ClientOptions documentation for more information. |
ClientOptions |
||
The component configurations. |
ServiceBusConfiguration |
||
Sets the proxy configuration to use for ServiceBusSenderAsyncClient. When a proxy is configured, AmqpTransportType#AMQP_WEB_SOCKETS must be used for the transport type. |
ProxyOptions |
||
Required The service bus type of connection to execute. Queue is for typical queue option and topic for subscription based model. Enum values:
|
queue |
ServiceBusType |
|
Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the desired operation to be used in the consumer. Enum values:
|
receiveMessages |
ServiceBusConsumerOperationDefinition |
|
Disables auto-complete and auto-abandon of received messages. By default, a successfully processed message is \{link ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#complete(ServiceBusReceivedMessage) completed}. If an error happens when the message is processed, it is \{link ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#abandon(ServiceBusReceivedMessage) abandoned}. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the amount of time to continue auto-renewing the lock. Setting Duration#ZERO or null disables auto-renewal. For \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#RECEIVE_AND_DELETE RECEIVE_AND_DELETE} mode, auto-renewal is disabled. |
5min |
Duration |
|
Set the max number of messages to be peeked during the peek operation. |
Integer |
||
Sets the prefetch count of the receiver. For both \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#PEEK_LOCK PEEK_LOCK} and \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#RECEIVE_AND_DELETE RECEIVE_AND_DELETE} modes the default value is 1. Prefetch speeds up the message flow by aiming to have a message readily available for local retrieval when and before the application asks for one using ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#receiveMessages(). Setting a non-zero value will prefetch that number of messages. Setting the value to zero turns prefetch off. |
0 |
int |
|
Autowired Sets the receiverAsyncClient in order to consume messages in the Consumer. |
ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient |
||
Sets the receive mode for the receiver. Enum values:
|
PEEK_LOCK |
ServiceBusReceiveMode |
|
Sets the type of the SubQueue to connect to. Enum values:
|
SubQueue |
||
Sets the name of the subscription in the topic to listen to. topicOrQueueName and serviceBusType=topic must also be set. |
String |
||
Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the desired operation to be used in the producer. Enum values:
|
sendMessages |
ServiceBusProducerOperationDefinition |
|
Sets OffsetDateTime at which the message should appear in the Service Bus queue or topic. |
OffsetDateTime |
||
Autowired Sets SenderAsyncClient to be used in the producer. |
ServiceBusSenderAsyncClient |
||
Represents transaction in service. This object just contains transaction id. |
ServiceBusTransactionContext |
||
Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc. |
true |
boolean |
|
Required Sets the connection string for a Service Bus namespace or a specific Service Bus resource. |
String |
Endpoint Options
The Azure ServiceBus endpoint is configured using URI syntax:
azure-servicebus:topicOrQueueName
with the following path and query parameters:
Query Parameters (23 parameters)
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Sets the retry options for Service Bus clients. If not specified, the default retry options are used. |
AmqpRetryOptions |
||
Sets the transport type by which all the communication with Azure Service Bus occurs. Default value is AmqpTransportType#AMQP. Enum values:
|
AMQP |
AmqpTransportType |
|
Sets the ClientOptions to be sent from the client built from this builder, enabling customization of certain properties, as well as support the addition of custom header information. Refer to the ClientOptions documentation for more information. |
ClientOptions |
||
Sets the proxy configuration to use for ServiceBusSenderAsyncClient. When a proxy is configured, AmqpTransportType#AMQP_WEB_SOCKETS must be used for the transport type. |
ProxyOptions |
||
Required The service bus type of connection to execute. Queue is for typical queue option and topic for subscription based model. Enum values:
|
queue |
ServiceBusType |
|
Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the desired operation to be used in the consumer. Enum values:
|
receiveMessages |
ServiceBusConsumerOperationDefinition |
|
Disables auto-complete and auto-abandon of received messages. By default, a successfully processed message is \{link ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#complete(ServiceBusReceivedMessage) completed}. If an error happens when the message is processed, it is \{link ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#abandon(ServiceBusReceivedMessage) abandoned}. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the amount of time to continue auto-renewing the lock. Setting Duration#ZERO or null disables auto-renewal. For \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#RECEIVE_AND_DELETE RECEIVE_AND_DELETE} mode, auto-renewal is disabled. |
5min |
Duration |
|
Set the max number of messages to be peeked during the peek operation. |
Integer |
||
Sets the prefetch count of the receiver. For both \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#PEEK_LOCK PEEK_LOCK} and \{link ServiceBusReceiveMode#RECEIVE_AND_DELETE RECEIVE_AND_DELETE} modes the default value is 1. Prefetch speeds up the message flow by aiming to have a message readily available for local retrieval when and before the application asks for one using ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient#receiveMessages(). Setting a non-zero value will prefetch that number of messages. Setting the value to zero turns prefetch off. |
0 |
int |
|
Autowired Sets the receiverAsyncClient in order to consume messages in the Consumer. |
ServiceBusReceiverAsyncClient |
||
Sets the receive mode for the receiver. Enum values:
|
PEEK_LOCK |
ServiceBusReceiveMode |
|
Sets the type of the SubQueue to connect to. Enum values:
|
SubQueue |
||
Sets the name of the subscription in the topic to listen to. topicOrQueueName and serviceBusType=topic must also be set. |
String |
||
To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
ExceptionHandler |
||
Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. Enum values:
|
ExchangePattern |
||
Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing. |
false |
boolean |
|
Sets the desired operation to be used in the producer. Enum values:
|
sendMessages |
ServiceBusProducerOperationDefinition |
|
Sets OffsetDateTime at which the message should appear in the Service Bus queue or topic. |
OffsetDateTime |
||
Autowired Sets SenderAsyncClient to be used in the producer. |
ServiceBusSenderAsyncClient |
||
Represents transaction in service. This object just contains transaction id. |
ServiceBusTransactionContext |
||
Required Sets the connection string for a Service Bus namespace or a specific Service Bus resource. |
String |
Async Consumer and Producer
This component implements the async Consumer and producer.
This allows camel route to consume and produce events asynchronously without blocking any threads.
Usage
Message headers evaluated by the component producer
Header | Variable Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Overrides the OffsetDateTime at which the message should appear in the Service Bus queue or topic. |
|
|
|
Overrides the transaction in service. This object just contains transaction id. |
|
|
|
Overrides the desired operation to be used in the producer. |
Message headers set by the component consumer
Header | Variable Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Gets the set of free-form {@link ServiceBusReceivedMessage} properties which may be used for passing metadata associated with the {@link ServiceBusReceivedMessage} during Service Bus operations. |
|
|
|
Gets the content type of the message. |
|
|
|
Gets the identifier for the message. |
|
|
|
Gets a correlation identifier. |
|
|
|
Gets the description for a message that has been dead-lettered. |
|
|
|
Gets the reason a message was dead-lettered. |
|
|
|
Gets the name of the queue or subscription that this message was enqueued on, before it was dead-lettered. |
|
|
|
Gets the number of the times this message was delivered to clients. |
|
|
|
Gets the scheduled enqueue time of this message. |
|
|
|
Gets the enqueued sequence number assigned to a message by Service Bus. |
|
|
|
Gets the datetime at which this message was enqueued in Azure Service Bus. |
|
|
|
Gets the datetime at which this message will expire. |
|
|
|
Gets the lock token for the current message. |
|
|
|
Gets the datetime at which the lock of this message expires. |
|
|
|
Gets the partition key for sending a message to a partitioned entity. |
|
|
|
The representation of message as defined by AMQP protocol. |
|
|
|
Gets the address of an entity to send replies to. |
|
|
|
Gets or sets a session identifier augmenting the {@link #getReplyTo() ReplyTo} address. |
|
|
|
Gets the unique number assigned to a message by Service Bus. |
|
|
|
Gets the session id of the message. |
|
|
|
Gets the subject for the message. |
|
|
|
Gets the duration before this message expires. |
|
|
|
Gets the "to" address. |
Message Body
In the producer, this component accepts message body of String
type or List<String>
to send batch messages.
In the consumer, the returned message body will be of type `String.
Azure ServiceBus Producer operations
Operation | Description |
---|---|
|
Sends a set of messages to a Service Bus queue or topic using a batched approach. |
|
Sends a scheduled message to the Azure Service Bus entity this sender is connected to. A scheduled message is enqueued and made available to receivers only at the scheduled enqueue time. |
Azure ServiceBus Consumer operations
Operation | Description |
---|---|
|
Receives an <b>infinite</b> stream of messages from the Service Bus entity. |
|
Reads the next batch of active messages without changing the state of the receiver or the message source. |
Examples
-
sendMessages
from("direct:start")
.process(exchange -> {
final List<Object> inputBatch = new LinkedList<>();
inputBatch.add("test batch 1");
inputBatch.add("test batch 2");
inputBatch.add("test batch 3");
inputBatch.add(123456);
exchange.getIn().setBody(inputBatch);
})
.to("azure-servicebus:test//?connectionString=test")
.to("mock:result");
-
scheduleMessages
from("direct:start")
.process(exchange -> {
final List<Object> inputBatch = new LinkedList<>();
inputBatch.add("test batch 1");
inputBatch.add("test batch 2");
inputBatch.add("test batch 3");
inputBatch.add(123456);
exchange.getIn().setHeader(ServiceBusConstants.SCHEDULED_ENQUEUE_TIME, OffsetDateTime.now());
exchange.getIn().setBody(inputBatch);
})
.to("azure-servicebus:test//?connectionString=test&producerOperation=scheduleMessages")
.to("mock:result");
-
receiveMessages
from("azure-servicebus:test//?connectionString=test")
.log("${body}")
.to("mock:result");
-
peekMessages
from("azure-servicebus:test//?connectionString=test&consumerOperation=peekMessages&peekNumMaxMessages=3")
.log("${body}")
.to("mock:result");
Spring Boot Auto-Configuration
When using azure-servicebus with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-azure-servicebus-starter</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
The component supports 24 options, which are listed below.