No endpoint could be found for: direct://DistributeOrderXML, please check your classpath contains the needed Camel component jar

Question

DistributeOrderXML.java

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

    ApplicationContext appContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("SpringRouteContext.xml");

    CamelContext camelContext = SpringCamelContext.springCamelContext(appContext, false);

    try {
        camelContext.start();
        ProducerTemplate orderProducerTemplate = camelContext.createProducerTemplate();
        InputStream orderInputStream = new FileInputStream(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("order.xml").getFile());
        orderProducerTemplate.sendBody("direct:DistributeOrderXML", orderInputStream);
    } finally {
        camelContext.stop();
    }

}

SpringRouteContext.xml

<camelContext
    xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
    <route>
        <from uri="direct:DistributeOrderXML" />
        <log message="Split by Distribute Order" />
        <split>
            <xpath>//order[@product = 'Oil']/items</xpath>
            <to uri="file:src/main/resources/order/" />
            <to uri="stream:out" />
        </split>
    </route>
</camelContext>

ERROR CONSOLE

Exception in thread "main" org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route route1: Route(route1)[From[direct:DistributeOrderXML] -> [To[stream:... because of No endpoint could be found for: direct://DistributeOrderXML, please check your classpath contains the needed Camel component jar. at org.apache.camel.reifier.RouteReifier.createRoute(RouteReifier.java:123) at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:353) at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:327) at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.doInit(AbstractCamelContext.java:2598) at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.init(BaseService.java:83) at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.init(AbstractCamelContext.java:2431) at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:111) at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.start(AbstractCamelContext.java:2448) at org.apache.camel.spring.SpringCamelContext.start(SpringCamelContext.java:121) at org.apache.camel.spring.CamelContextFactoryBean.start(CamelContextFactoryBean.java:373) at org.apache.camel.spring.CamelContextFactoryBean.onApplicationEvent(CamelContextFactoryBean.java:420) at org.apache.camel.spring.CamelContextFactoryBean.onApplicationEvent(CamelContextFactoryBean.java:94) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:403) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:360) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:897) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:553) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:144) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:85) at DistributeOrderXML.main(DistributeOrderXML.java:16)

Caused by: org.apache.camel.NoSuchEndpointException: No endpoint could be found for: direct://DistributeOrderXML, please check your classpath contains the needed Camel component jar. at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.doGetEndpoint(AbstractCamelContext.java:880) at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.getEndpoint(AbstractCamelContext.java:764) at org.apache.camel.support.CamelContextHelper.getMandatoryEndpoint(CamelContextHelper.java:57) at org.apache.camel.reifier.AbstractReifier.resolveEndpoint(AbstractReifier.java:166) at org.apache.camel.reifier.RouteReifier.doCreateRoute(RouteReifier.java:259) at org.apache.camel.reifier.RouteReifier.createRoute(RouteReifier.java:117) ... 21 more

Answer 1

Which version of Camel are you using? If it is later than Camel 3, you need to import camel-direct in your pom file as the direct component has been moved out of the camel-core module.

https://camel.apache.org/manual/latest/camel-3-migration-guide.html#_modularization_of_camel_core