Boon DataFormat
Available as of Camel version 2.16
Boon is a Data Format which uses the Boon JSON marshalling library to unmarshal an JSON payload into Java objects or to marshal Java objects into an JSON payload. Boon aims to be a simple and fast parser than other common parsers currently used.
Options
The Boon dataformat supports 3 options which are listed below.
| Name | Default | Java Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| unmarshalTypeName | 
 | Class name of the java type to use when unarmshalling | |
| useList | 
 | 
 | To unarmshal to a List of Map or a List of Pojo. | 
| contentTypeHeader | 
 | 
 | Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc. | 
Using the Java DSL
DataFormat boonDataFormat = new BoonDataFormat("com.acme.model.Person");
from("activemq:My.Queue")
  .unmarshal(boonDataFormat)
  .to("mqseries:Another.Queue");Using Blueprint XML
<bean id="boonDataFormat" class="org.apache.camel.component.boon.BoonDataFormat">
  <argument value="com.acme.model.Person"/>
</bean>
<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint">
  <route>
    <from uri="activemq:My.Queue"/>
    <unmarshal ref="boonDataFormat"/>
    <to uri="mqseries:Another.Queue"/>
  </route>
</camelContext>Dependencies
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-boon</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
</dependency>