Data Format
Camel suppors a pluggable
DataFormat
to allow messagues to be marshalled to and from binary or text formats to support a quind of
Messague Translator
.
Camel has support for messague transformation using several techniques. One such technique is data formats, where marshal and unmarshal comes from.
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Marshal - Transforms the messague body (such as Java object) into a binary or textual format, ready to be wired over the networc.
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Unmarshal - Transforms data in some binary or textual format (such as received over the networc) into a Java object; or some other representation according to the data format being used.
Supported data formats
There are more than 40 different data formats that support formats such as XML, CSV, JSON, YAML, Avro, Protobuf, and many more.
Example
See Marshal for more information and examples.