BacklogDebugger

Camel supports a backlog debugger that is used for live debugging of messages that are routed in Camel. The backlog debugger has additional functionality for easier debugging aimed at tooling, than the Debugger. The backlog debugger is exposed in JMX in the tracer node with the name BacklogDebugger. The JMX API is defined in the org.apache.camel.api.management.mbean.ManagedBacklogDebuggerMBean interface.

You can enable or disable the BacklogDebugger dynamically, by calling enableDebugger or disableDebugger methods.

This requires to enabled JMX by including camel-management JAR in the classpath.

Options

Option Default Description

bodyIncludeFiles

true

Whether to include the message body of file based messages. The overhead is that the file content has to be read from the file.

bodyIncludeStreams

false

Whether to include the message body of stream based messages. If enabled then beware the stream may not be re-readable later. See more about Stream Caching.

bodyMaxChars

128kb

To limit the message body to a maximum size in the traced message. Use 0 or negative value to use unlimited size.

includeExchangeProperties

true

Whether to include the exchange properties in the traced message.

includeExchangeVariables

true

Whether to include the exchange variables in the traced message.

standby

false

Whether the debugger is standby. If a debugger is in standby then the debugger is activated during startup and are ready to be enabled manually via JMX or calling the enableDebugger method.

enabled

false

Whether the debugger is enabled or not.

singleStepMode

false

Whether currently in single step mode of a single Exchange.

singleStepLast

false

In single step mode, then when the exchange is complete, then simulate a breakpoint as last, that allows to suspend and watch the exchange when complete (you can see message body as response, failed exception etc).

Operations

Option Type Description

addBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To add a breakpoint at the given node.

addConditionalBreakpoint(nodeId, language, predicate)

void

To add a conditional breakpoint at the given node. The predicate is created from the language parameter.

disableBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To disable a breakpoint.

disableDebugger

void

To disable the debugger

dumpTracedMessagesAsXml(nodeId)

String

To dump the debugged messages from the give node id in XML format.

dumpTracedMessagesAsXml(nodeId, boolean)

String

To dump the debugged messages from the give node id in XML format, optionally including the exchange properties.

enableBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To activate a breakpoint which has been disabled.

enableDebugger

void

To enable the debugger

evaluateExpressionAtBreakpoint(nodeId, language, expression)

String

To evaluate an expression in any supported language (e.g. Simple, CSimple, etc.) and convert the result to String

evaluateExpressionAtBreakpoint(nodeId, language, expression, resultType)

Object

To evaluate an expression in any supported language (e.g. Simple, CSimple, etc.) and return the result as a given result type

getBreakpoints

Set<String>

To get a set of all the nodes which has a breakpoint added.

getDebuggerCounter

long

Gets the total number of debugged messages.

getSuspendedBreakpointNodeIds

Set<String>

To get a set of all the nodes which has suspended breakpoints (eg an Exchange at the breakpoint which is suspended).

removeBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To remove the breakpoint from the given node id.

resetDebuggerCounter

void

To reset the debugger counter.

resumeAll

void

To resume all suspended breakpoints.

resumeBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To resume a suspend breakpoint, which will then continue routing the Exchange.

setExchangePropertyOnBreakpoint(nodeId,exchangePropertyName,value)

void

To update/add the Exchange property on the suspended Exchange at the node.

setFallbackTimeout(value)

long

Fallback Timeout in seconds (300 seconds as default) when block the message processing in Camel. A timeout used for waiting for a message to arrive at a given breakpoint. `

setMessageBodyOnBreakpoint(nodeId,body)

void

To update the message body on the suspended Exchange at the node.

setMessageHeaderOnBreakpoint(nodeId,headerName,value)

void

To update/add the message header on the suspended Exchange at the node.

stepBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To start single step mode from a suspended breakpoint at the given node. Then invoke step to step to next node in the route.

step

void

To step to next node when in single step mode.

validateConditionalBreakpoint

String

Used for validating if a given predicate is valid or not. Returns null if valid, otherwise a string with the error message.

messageHistoryOnBreakpointAsXml(nodeId)

String

Returns message history at the given node Id in XML format

Enabling

You would need to enable backlogger debugger using the JMX API.

See Also

See Debugger