Correlating messages on two Camel Routes - apache-camel

Question

In my application I have a generic Camel Route such as the following
from("direct:something").to("direct:outgoing")
and then dynamically in my code I deploy another route:
from("direct:outgoing").process(processor)
When flowing from route 1 to route 2 a new Exchange will be created. Is there an idiomatic way to correlate both? Should I set EXCHANGE.Correlation_ID header on the first route before sending it out?

Answer 1

This should definitely all be processed on the one exchange. Run this test and you'll see the same camel Exchange, with the same properties, etc.
public class CamelExchangeTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
final Processor showExchangeIdProcessor = new Processor() {
#Override
public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
System.out.println(exchange.getExchangeId());
}
};
Main camelMain = new Main();
camelMain.addRouteBuilder(new RouteBuilder() {
#Override
public void configure() throws Exception {
from("timer:foo?period=1s&repeatCount=1")
.log("excgabge created!")
.process(showExchangeIdProcessor)
.to("direct:outgoing")
;
from("direct:outgoing")
.log("outgoing!")
.process(showExchangeIdProcessor)
;
}
});
camelMain.run();
}
}
Output:
ID-MYPC-55760-1411129552791-0-2
ID-MYPC-55760-1411129552791-0-2
So something else is going on. When you say "direct:outgoing", do you mean exactly that or is it something different - a different component perhaps?
When you say the route is created dynamically, how exactly is that done, and when (and why?)

Answer 2

From the Camel doc:
Some EIP patterns will spin off a sub message, and in those cases, Camel will add a correlation id on the Exchange as a property with they key Exchange.CORRELATION_ID, which links back to the source Exchange. For example the Splitter, Multicast, Recipient List, and Wire Tap EIP does this.
Thus, Exchange.CORRELATION_ID is set by Camel and should not be set by your application. But feel free to set a custom header or property if you need to such as:
exchange.getIn().setProperty("myProperty", myIdentifier);