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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter id="router">
<title>Router</title>
<section id="router-implementations">
<title>Router Implementations</title>
<para>
Since content-based routing often requires some domain-specific logic, most use-cases will require
Spring Integration's options for delegating to POJOs using the XML namespace support and/or Annotations.
Both of these are discussed below, but first we present a couple implementations that are available
out-of-the-box since they fulfill generic, but common, requirements.
</para>
<section id="router-implementations-payloadtyperouter">
<title>PayloadTypeRouter</title>
<para>
A <classname>PayloadTypeRouter</classname> will send Messages to the channel as defined by payload-type
mappings.
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<bean id="payloadTypeRouter" class="org.springframework.integration.router.PayloadTypeRouter">
<property name="payloadTypeChannelMap">
<map>
<entry key="java.lang.String" value-ref="stringChannel"/>
<entry key="java.lang.Integer" value-ref="integerChannel"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>]]></programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<section id="router-implementations-recipientlistrouter">
<title>RecipientListRouter</title>
<para>
A <classname>RecipientListRouter</classname> will send each received Message to a statically-defined
list of Message Channels:
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<bean id="recipientListRouter" class="org.springframework.integration.router.RecipientListRouter">
<property name="channels">
<list>
<ref bean="channel1"/>
<ref bean="channel2"/>
<ref bean="channel3"/>
</list>
</property>
</bean>]]></programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<note>
The router implementations share some common properties, such as "defaultOutputChannel" and "resolutionRequired".
If "resolutionRequired" is set to "true", and the router is unable to determine a target channel (e.g. there is
no matching payload for a PayloadTypeRouter and no "defaultOutputChannel" has been specified), then an Exception
will be thrown.
</note>
</section>
<section id="router-namespace">
<title>The &lt;router&gt; element</title>
<para>
The "router" element provides a simple way to connect a router to an input channel, and also accepts the
optional default output channel. The "ref" may provide the bean name to one of the implementations described
above:
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<router ref="payloadTypeRouter" input-channel="input1" default-output-channel="defaultOutput1"/>
<router ref="recipientListRouter" input-channel="input2" default-output-channel="defaultOutput2"/>]]></programlisting>
Alternatively, the "ref" may point to a simple Object that contains the @Router annotation (see below), or the
"ref" may be combined with an explicit "method" name. When specifying a "method", the same behavior applies as
described in the @Router annotation section below.
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<router input-channel="input" ref="somePojo" method="someMethod"/>]]></programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<section id="router-annotation">
<title>The @Router Annotation</title>
<para>
When using the <interfacename>@Router</interfacename> annotation, the annotated method can return either the
<interfacename>MessageChannel</interfacename> or <classname>String</classname> type. In the case of the latter,
the endpoint will resolve the channel name as it does for the default output. Additionally, the method can return
either a single value or a collection. When a collection is returned, the reply message will be sent to multiple
channels. To summarize, the following method signatures are all valid.
<programlisting language="java">@Router
public MessageChannel route(Message message) {...}
@Router
public List&lt;MessageChannel&gt; route(Message message) {...}
@Router
public String route(Foo payload) {...}
@Router
public List&lt;String&gt; route(Foo payload) {...}</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
In addition to payload-based routing, a common requirement is to route based on metadata available within the
message header as either a property or attribute. Rather than requiring use of the
<interfacename>Message</interfacename> type as the method parameter, the <interfacename>@Router</interfacename>
annotation may also use the same @Header parameter annotation that was introduced above.
<programlisting language="java">@Router
public List&lt;String&gt; route(@Header("orderStatus") OrderStatus status)</programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<note>
For routing of XML-based Messages, including XPath support, see <xref linkend="xml"/>.
</note>
</chapter>