tutorial routes with split

In the previous tuturial we created a simple route. In this tutorial you learn how to create multiple routes with queues and a split.

Step 1: Create a route

• On the flows page click on "Actions" button and then "Create route".
• Give the flow the name: "ComplexRoute".

Step 2: Configure the inbound route

• On the first route step, create a "New route" (Blue button).
• Name the route "InboundXML".
• Add the following XML in the XML Editor:

<route>
    <from uri="sjms:TestQ1"/>
    <log message="Message received"/>
    <to uri="direct:split"/>
</route>

• Save the route.

• Choose "Add" --> "Connection"

• Select connection "EmbeddedBroker"

Note: The connection was created in an earlier tutorial. Check this tutorial on message queueing if the connection isn't selectable.

Step 3: Configure the split route

• Choose "Add" --> "Route" .
• On the new steps choose "New route" (Blue button).
• Name the route "SplitXML".
• Add the following XML in the XML Editor:

<route>
    <from uri="direct:split"/>
    <split>
        <xpath>//names/name</xpath>
        <to uri="direct:outbound"/>
    </split>
</route>

• Save the route.

Step 4: Configure the outbound route

• Choose "Add" --> "Route"
• On the new step create a "New route" (Blue button).
• Name the route "OutboundXML".
• Add the following XML in the XML Editor:

<route>
    <from uri="direct:outbound"/>
    <log message="Outbound XML"/>
    <to uri="sjms:TestQ2"/>
</route>

• Save the route.

• Choose "Add" --> "Connection"

• Select connection "EmbeddedBroker"

Note: The connection was created in an earlier tutorial. Check this tutorial on message queueing if the connection isn't selectable.

• Save the flow.

Step 4: Start flow and broker

• Make sure the broker is running (Go to Broker --> Manage to check if the broker is started).
• Start the flow "ComplexRoute" on the Flows manage page.

Note: Queues are automatically generated. However you can also go to the 'Broker --> Queues' page and create the queues manually.

Step 5: Test the flow

• Go to Broker --> Queues --> TestQ1 --> Send.
• Paste the following XML:

<names>
    <name>
       <firstname>John</firstname>
       <lastname>Doe</lastname>
    </name>
    <name>
       <firstname>Michael</firstname>
       <lastname>Kay</lastname>
    </name>
    <name>
       <firstname>Jane</firstname>
       <lastname>Smith</lastname>
    </name>
</names>

• Send the XML (Actions --> Send and Return).

Result are three files on TestQ2 (The Queues page is refreshed every 5 seconds). Browse the queue to see the individual messages.

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You can continue to the next tutorial to find out how to run flows in alternative ways (outside using the user interface which we done so far).