Replacement of Deprecated beanRef() in Camel v2.16.0

Question

We are upgrading from Camel v2.13 to v2.16 and discovered that beanRef() has been marked as deprecated. What is the replacement/alternative recommended by Apache Camel. I was unable to find anything useful on Camel v2.16.0 Documentation site. Even updated examples are not yet available.

beanRef() is syntax within Java DSL Bean Language of Camel.

Answer 1

I assume that you are talking about the ProcessorDefinition class.

The javadoc comments say to use the bean(...) methods as replacements for the beanRef(...) methods.

Source reference: https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/6dae060eeec8b49531df5d6828030f4ef037f6eb/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/model/ProcessorDefinition.java

Answer 2

from(...).to("bean:beanId?method=myMethod")

OR

from(...).bean("beanId", "myMethod")

Answer 3

Here is a list of depricated methods of beanRef in Camel 2.16.3

org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.beanRef(String)
use ProcessorDefinition.bean(Object)

org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.beanRef(String, boolean)
use ProcessorDefinition.bean(Object, String, boolean)

org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.beanRef(String, String)
use ProcessorDefinition.bean(Object, String)

org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.beanRef(String, String, boolean)
use ProcessorDefinition.bean(Object, String, boolean)

org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.beanRef(String, String, boolean, boolean)
The option multiParameterArray is deprecated.

Source Reference : http://static.javadoc.io/org.apache.camel/camel-core/2.16.3/deprecated-list.html