JT/400 Component

Table of Contents

URI format
JT400 options
Usage
Connection pool
Example
See Also

The jt400 component allows you to exchanges messages with an AS/400 system using data queues.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-jt400</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

jt400://user:password@system/QSYS.LIB/LIBRARY.LIB/QUEUE.DTAQ[?options]

To call remote program (Camel 2.7)

jt400://user:password@system/QSYS.LIB/LIBRARY.LIB/program.PGM[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&…​

JT400 options

The JT400 component supports 1 options which are listed below.

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NameJava TypeDescription

connectionPool

AS400ConnectionPool

Returns the default connection pool used by this component.

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The JT400 component supports 34 endpoint options which are listed below:

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NameGroupDefaultJava TypeDescription

userID

common

 

String

Required Returns the ID of the AS/400 user.

password

common

 

String

Required Returns the password of the AS/400 user.

systemName

common

 

String

Required Returns the name of the AS/400 system.

objectPath

common

 

String

Required Returns the fully qualified integrated file system path name of the target object of this endpoint.

type

common

 

Jt400Type

Required Whether to work with data queues or remote program call

ccsid

common

 

int

Sets the CCSID to use for the connection with the AS/400 system.

format

common

text

Format

Sets the data format for sending messages.

guiAvailable

common

false

boolean

Sets whether AS/400 prompting is enabled in the environment running Camel.

keyed

common

false

boolean

Whether to use keyed or non-keyed data queues.

outputFieldsIdxArray

common

 

Integer[]

Specifies which fields (program parameters) are output parameters.

outputFieldsLengthArray

common

 

Integer[]

Specifies the fields (program parameters) length as in the AS/400 program definition.

searchKey

common

 

String

Search key for keyed data queues.

searchType

common

EQ

SearchType

Search type such as EQ for equal etc.

secured

common

false

boolean

Whether connections to AS/400 are secured with SSL.

bridgeErrorHandler

consumer

false

boolean

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages or the likes will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions that will be logged at WARN/ERROR level and ignored.

readTimeout

consumer

30000

int

Timeout in millis the consumer will wait while trying to read a new message of the data queue.

sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle

consumer

false

boolean

If the polling consumer did not poll any files you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead.

exceptionHandler

consumer (advanced)

 

ExceptionHandler

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this options is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions that will be logged at WARN/ERROR level and ignored.

exchangePattern

consumer (advanced)

 

ExchangePattern

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.

pollStrategy

consumer (advanced)

 

PollingConsumerPollStrategy

A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel.

synchronous

advanced

false

boolean

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

backoffErrorThreshold

scheduler

 

int

The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

backoffIdleThreshold

scheduler

 

int

The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

backoffMultiplier

scheduler

 

int

To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured.

delay

scheduler

500

long

Milliseconds before the next poll. You can also specify time values using units such as 60s (60 seconds) 5m30s (5 minutes and 30 seconds) and 1h (1 hour).

greedy

scheduler

false

boolean

If greedy is enabled then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.

initialDelay

scheduler

1000

long

Milliseconds before the first poll starts. You can also specify time values using units such as 60s (60 seconds) 5m30s (5 minutes and 30 seconds) and 1h (1 hour).

runLoggingLevel

scheduler

TRACE

LoggingLevel

The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that.

scheduledExecutorService

scheduler

 

ScheduledExecutorService

Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool.

scheduler

scheduler

none

ScheduledPollConsumerScheduler

To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz2 component

schedulerProperties

scheduler

 

Map

To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz2 Spring based scheduler.

startScheduler

scheduler

true

boolean

Whether the scheduler should be auto started.

timeUnit

scheduler

MILLISECONDS

TimeUnit

Time unit for initialDelay and delay options.

useFixedDelay

scheduler

true

boolean

Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.

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Usage

When configured as a consumer endpoint, the endpoint will poll a data queue on a remote system. For every entry on the data queue, a new Exchange is sent with the entry’s data in the In message’s body, formatted either as a String or a byte[], depending on the format. For a provider endpoint, the In message body contents will be put on the data queue as either raw bytes or text.

Connection pool

Available as of Camel 2.10

Connection pooling is in use from Camel 2.10 onwards. You can explicit configure a connection pool on the Jt400Component, or as an uri option on the endpoint.

Remote program call (Camel 2.7)

This endpoint expects the input to be either a String array or byte[] array (depending on format) and handles all the CCSID handling through the native jt400 library mechanisms. A parameter can be omitted by passing null as the value in its position (the remote program has to support it). After the program execution the endpoint returns either a String array or byte[] array with the values as they were returned by the program (the input only parameters will contain the same data as the beginning of the invocation). This endpoint does not implement a provider endpoint!

Example

In the snippet below, the data for an exchange sent to the direct:george endpoint will be put in the data queue PENNYLANE in library BEATLES on a system named LIVERPOOL. Another user connects to the same data queue to receive the information from the data queue and forward it to the mock:ringo endpoint.

public class Jt400RouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {
    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
       from("direct:george").to("jt400://GEORGE:EGROEG@LIVERPOOL/QSYS.LIB/BEATLES.LIB/PENNYLANE.DTAQ");
       from("jt400://RINGO:OGNIR@LIVERPOOL/QSYS.LIB/BEATLES.LIB/PENNYLANE.DTAQ").to("mock:ringo");
    }
}

Remote program call example (Camel 2.7)

In the snippet below, the data Exchange sent to the direct:work endpoint will contain three string that will be used as the arguments for the program “compute” in the library “assets”. This program will write the output values in the 2nd and 3rd parameters. All the parameters will be sent to the direct:play endpoint.

public class Jt400RouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {
    @Override
    public void configure() throws Exception {
       from("direct:work").to("jt400://GRUPO:ATWORK@server/QSYS.LIB/assets.LIB/compute.PGM?fieldsLength=10,10,512&ouputFieldsIdx=2,3").to(“direct:play”);
    }
}

Writing to keyed data queues

from("jms:queue:input")
.to("jt400://username:password@system/lib.lib/MSGINDQ.DTAQ?keyed=true");

Reading from keyed data queues

from("jt400://username:password@system/lib.lib/MSGOUTDQ.DTAQ?keyed=true&searchKey=MYKEY&searchType=GE")
.to("jms:queue:output");

See Also