Apache camel 3.20.4 Release

New and Noteworthy

This release is the new Camel 3.20.4 LTS patch release.

Supported Java version

This version supports Java 11 and 17.

Getting the Binaries using Maven

To use this release in your Apache Maven pom.xml, import the Camel Bill of Materials (BOM) and then include the camel-core and any other components needed without specifying the version.

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
      <artifactId>camel-bom</artifactId>
      <version>3.20.4</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-COMPONENT</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

To use this release in a Spring Boot application, use Spring Boot spring-boot-dependencies and Camel camel-spring-boot-bom Bill of Materials (BOM):

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
      <version> SPRING BOOT VERSION HERE </version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
      <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-bom</artifactId>
      <version>3.20.4</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-COMPONENT-starter</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Apache Camel

Download Signature and checksum
apache-camel-3.20.4-src.zip (Sources) PGP Signature, SHA512 Checksum

Git tag checkout

Release is tagged with camel-3.20.4 in the Git, to fetch it use:

git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/camel.git
cd camel
git checkout camel-3.20.4

Resolved issues

Here is a list of all the issues that have been resolved for this release

Bug (11)

CAMEL-19267
camel-jbang - Export to Quarkus with custom java processor may export to wrong folder
CAMEL-19259
camel-maven-plugin - Use configured main-class instead of KameletMain
CAMEL-19257
camel-jslt: Exception when using camel-jslt in Tomcat Servlet
CAMEL-19256
camel-jdbc: leaks the statement in doCreateAndExecuteSqlStatement
CAMEL-19255
Jbang: jbang is not copying custom kamelets to /kametets
CAMEL-19250
Classes generated by camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin are not added to jar
CAMEL-19249
camel-salesforce: Creating blob data is broken
CAMEL-19224
camel-azure - BlobConsumer does not use prefix
CAMEL-19199
Unable to start PLC4X route in camel-plc4x
CAMEL-19198
Dynamic Router EIP component does not evaluate filters by order of priority attribute
CAMEL-19162
camel-ehcache - llegalStateException: Close not supported from UNINITIALIZED. When context.addRouteDefinition() called multiple times in route with Ehcache consumer

Dependency upgrade (6)

CAMEL-19288
camel-jsonpath - Upgrade to 2.8
CAMEL-19282
camel-aws - Upgrade to 2.20.17
CAMEL-19278
camel-xslt-saxon - Upgrade to Saxon-HE 11.5
CAMEL-19275
camel-spring-boot- Upgrade to 2.7.11
CAMEL-19265
camel-jbang - Upgrade to Picoli 4.7.2
CAMEL-19261
camel-jbang - Upgrade gradle wrapper to 8.x

Improvement (7)

CAMEL-19276
camel-jq: Include jackson-jq extras module
CAMEL-19231
Default REST DSL type in camel-jbang generator
CAMEL-19227
camel-jbang - export should also add <pluginRepository> with repos
CAMEL-19226
camel-jbang - Add repos option to export
CAMEL-19187
camel-jbang - dependency list should use user configured version
CAMEL-19160
return null for CxfPayloadConverter fallback converter so that other fallback coverter can get a chance to try
CAMEL-19108
camel-jbang - Export with local JAR should include the JAR in lib folder and add as dependency

New Feature (1)

CAMEL-18904
camel-core - Add functions to simple language to create empty map/list/string/json

Task (3)

CAMEL-19248
Suspicious ignoring of a variable in CouchbaseConsumer
CAMEL-19201
Unused assignment in AdviceWithBuilder::maxDeep()
CAMEL-19200
Unused assignment in RouteControllerAction::getLast(Row r)

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