Timer — generates message exchanges when a timer fires
The URI format for a Timer endpoint is:
timer:name
[?options
]
name
is the name of the Timer
object.
Table 48, “Timer options” lists the options for a Timer endpoint.
Table 48. Timer options
Name | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
time | Specifies the date when the first event should
be generated. If using the URI, the pattern expected is: yyyy-MM-dd
HH:mm:ss or yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss . | |
pattern | Allows you to specify a custom date pattern to use for setting the time option using URI syntax. | |
period | 1000 | Specifies the period, in milliseconds, at which events are generated. |
delay | 0 | Specifies the number of milliseconds to wait before the first event is
generated. This option should not be used in conjunction with the
time option. |
fixedRate | false | Specifies if events take place at approximately regular intervals separated by the specified period. |
daemon | true | Specifies whether or not the thread associated with the timer endpoint runs as a daemon. |
When the timer is fired, it adds the following information as properties to the
Exchange
:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
org.apache.camel.timer.name | String | The value of the name option. |
org.apache.camel.timer.time | Date | The value of the time option. |
org.apache.camel.timer.period | long | The value of the period option. |
org.apache.camel.timer.firedTime | Date | The time when the consumer fired. |