XML RPC DataFormat

Available as of Camel version 2.11

As the XmlRpc message could be request or response, when you use the XmlRpcDataFormat, you need to specify the dataformat is for request or not.

<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">

    <!-- we define the xml rpc data formats to be used -->
    <dataFormats>
        <xmlrpc id="xmlrpcRequest" request="true"/>
        <xmlrpc id="xmlrpcResponse" request="false"/>
    </dataFormats>

    <route>
        <from uri="direct:request"/>
        <marshal ref="xmlrpcRequest"/>
        <unmarshal>
           <xmlrpc request="true"/>
        </unmarshal>
        <to uri="mock:request" />
    </route>

    <route>
        <from uri="direct:response"/>
        <marshal>
            <xmlrpc request="false"/>
        </marshal>
        <unmarshal ref="xmlrpcResponse"/>
        <to uri="mock:response" />
    </route>
</camelContext>

XmlRpc Dataformat Options

The XML RPC dataformat supports 2 options which are listed below.

Name Default Java Type Description

request

false

Boolean

Whether to marshal/unmarshal request or response Is by default false

contentTypeHeader

false

Boolean

Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc.