Endpoints can be placed at any point along a route. A route must start with an endpoint and typically ends with one.

Dropping a Generic component on a Route container in the route editor opens the Select component wizard. By default, the wizard shows only the connector components available in the Palette. To see all supported Camel connector components, clear the Show only palette components check box.

Select a component from the list, enter an Id for it in the Id field, and then click Finish.

The tooling adds the newly defined connector endpoint to the Route container in Design view and populates the Properties editor with the component’s properties for you to edit. In Source view, you can see that it also updated the routing context file, adding the connector endpoint to the <camelContext> element.

With the new connector endpoint selected on the canvas, click the Documentation tab on the left side of the Properties editor pane to access detailed information on how to configure it.