How can I shutdown a standalone Apache Camel application in an automated way?

Question

I\'m trying to use Apache Camel to download and route files from an FTP server. However, files are only added to the FTP server once in a long while so having the program r

Answer 1

See this FAQ how to stop a route from a route: http://camel.apache.org/how-can-i-stop-a-route-from-a-route.html.

Then you can enable the option: sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle=true, and then in the route do a message filter, or content based route, and detect the empty message, and then stop the route and then after that CamelContext.

Though I also think this question has been discussed before, so you can maybe find other SO questions or google etc. As there is also alternative ways of doing this.