Transforming inline with XQuery

Camel supports the use of Camel's XQuery Expression Language along with the transform statement as a quick and easy way to transform an XML message within a route.

This recipe will show you how to use an XQuery Expression to do in-route XML transformation.

Getting ready

The Java code for this recipe is located in the org.camelcookbook.transformation.xquery package. Spring XML files are located under src/main/resources/META-INF/spring and prefixed with xquery.

To use the XQuery Expression Language, you need to add a dependency element for the camel-saxon library, which provides the implementation for the XQuery Expression Language.

Add the following to the dependencies section of your Maven POM:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-saxon</artifactId>
  <version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>

How to do it...

In the Camel route, specify a transform statement followed by the XQuery...