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+## Aggregate EIP
+
+*This applies for Camel version 2.3 or newer. If you use an older
+version then use this link:aggregator.html[Aggregator] link instead.*
+
+The
+http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/Aggregator.html[Aggregator]
+from the link:enterprise-integration-patterns.html[EIP patterns] allows
+you to combine a number of messages together into a single message.
+
+image:http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/img/Aggregator.gif[image]
+
+A correlation link:expression.html[Expression] is used to determine the
+messages which should be aggregated together. If you want to aggregate
+all messages into a single message, just use a constant expression. An
+AggregationStrategy is used to combine all the message exchanges for a
+single correlation key into a single message exchange.
+
+### Aggregator options
+
+// eip options: START
+The Aggregate EIP supports 25 options which are listed below:
+
+{% raw %}
+[width="100%",cols="3,1m,6",options="header"]
+|=======================================================================
+| Name | Java Type | Description
+| correlationExpression | NamespaceAwareExpression | *Required* The expression 
used to calculate the correlation key to use for aggregation. The Exchange 
which has the same correlation key is aggregated together. If the correlation 
key could not be evaluated an Exception is thrown. You can disable this by 
using the ignoreBadCorrelationKeys option.
+| completionPredicate | NamespaceAwareExpression | TODO: document Note: this 
is experimental and subject to changes in future releases.
+| completionTimeout | NamespaceAwareExpression | Time in millis that an 
aggregated exchange should be inactive before its complete (timeout). This 
option can be set as either a fixed value or using an Expression which allows 
you to evaluate a timeout dynamically - will use Long as result. If both are 
set Camel will fallback to use the fixed value if the Expression result was 
null or 0. You cannot use this option together with completionInterval only one 
of the two can be used.
+| completionSize | NamespaceAwareExpression | Number of messages aggregated 
before the aggregation is complete. This option can be set as either a fixed 
value or using an Expression which allows you to evaluate a size dynamically - 
will use Integer as result. If both are set Camel will fallback to use the 
fixed value if the Expression result was null or 0.
+| optimisticLockRetryPolicy | OptimisticLockRetryPolicyDefinition | Allows to 
configure retry settings when using optimistic locking.
+| parallelProcessing | Boolean | When aggregated are completed they are being 
send out of the aggregator. This option indicates whether or not Camel should 
use a thread pool with multiple threads for concurrency. If no custom thread 
pool has been specified then Camel creates a default pool with 10 concurrent 
threads.
+| optimisticLocking | Boolean | Turns on using optimistic locking which 
requires the aggregationRepository being used is supporting this by 
implementing org.apache.camel.spi.OptimisticLockingAggregationRepository.
+| executorServiceRef | String | If using parallelProcessing you can specify a 
custom thread pool to be used. In fact also if you are not using 
parallelProcessing this custom thread pool is used to send out aggregated 
exchanges as well.
+| timeoutCheckerExecutorServiceRef | String | If using either of the 
completionTimeout completionTimeoutExpression or completionInterval options a 
background thread is created to check for the completion for every aggregator. 
Set this option to provide a custom thread pool to be used rather than creating 
a new thread for every aggregator.
+| aggregationRepositoryRef | String | Sets the custom aggregate repository to 
use Will by default use 
org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.MemoryAggregationRepository
+| strategyRef | String | A reference to lookup the AggregationStrategy in the 
Registry. Configuring an AggregationStrategy is required and is used to merge 
the incoming Exchange with the existing already merged exchanges. At first call 
the oldExchange parameter is null. On subsequent invocations the oldExchange 
contains the merged exchanges and newExchange is of course the new incoming 
Exchange.
+| strategyMethodName | String | This option can be used to explicit declare 
the method name to use when using POJOs as the AggregationStrategy.
+| strategyMethodAllowNull | Boolean | If this option is false then the 
aggregate method is not used for the very first aggregation. If this option is 
true then null values is used as the oldExchange (at the very first 
aggregation) when using POJOs as the AggregationStrategy.
+| completionSize | Integer | Number of messages aggregated before the 
aggregation is complete. This option can be set as either a fixed value or 
using an Expression which allows you to evaluate a size dynamically - will use 
Integer as result. If both are set Camel will fallback to use the fixed value 
if the Expression result was null or 0.
+| completionInterval | Long | A repeating period in millis by which the 
aggregator will complete all current aggregated exchanges. Camel has a 
background task which is triggered every period. You cannot use this option 
together with completionTimeout only one of them can be used.
+| completionTimeout | Long | Time in millis that an aggregated exchange should 
be inactive before its complete (timeout). This option can be set as either a 
fixed value or using an Expression which allows you to evaluate a timeout 
dynamically - will use Long as result. If both are set Camel will fallback to 
use the fixed value if the Expression result was null or 0. You cannot use this 
option together with completionInterval only one of the two can be used.
+| completionFromBatchConsumer | Boolean | Enables the batch completion mode 
where we aggregate from a org.apache.camel.BatchConsumer and aggregate the 
total number of exchanges the org.apache.camel.BatchConsumer has reported as 
total by checking the exchange property link 
org.apache.camel.ExchangeBATCH_COMPLETE when its complete.
+| groupExchanges | Boolean | Enables grouped exchanges so the aggregator will 
group all aggregated exchanges into a single combined Exchange holding all the 
aggregated exchanges in a java.util.List.
+| eagerCheckCompletion | Boolean | Use eager completion checking which means 
that the completionPredicate will use the incoming Exchange. As opposed to 
without eager completion checking the completionPredicate will use the 
aggregated Exchange.
+| ignoreInvalidCorrelationKeys | Boolean | If a correlation key cannot be 
successfully evaluated it will be ignored by logging a DEBUG and then just 
ignore the incoming Exchange.
+| closeCorrelationKeyOnCompletion | Integer | Closes a correlation key when 
its complete. Any late received exchanges which has a correlation key that has 
been closed it will be defined and a ClosedCorrelationKeyException is thrown.
+| discardOnCompletionTimeout | Boolean | Discards the aggregated message on 
completion timeout. This means on timeout the aggregated message is dropped and 
not sent out of the aggregator.
+| forceCompletionOnStop | Boolean | Indicates to complete all current 
aggregated exchanges when the context is stopped
+| completeAllOnStop | Boolean | Indicates to wait to complete all current and 
partial (pending) aggregated exchanges when the context is stopped. This also 
means that we will wait for all pending exchanges which are stored in the 
aggregation repository to complete so the repository is empty before we can 
stop. You may want to enable this when using the memory based aggregation 
repository that is memory based only and do not store data on disk. When this 
option is enabled then the aggregator is waiting to complete all those 
exchanges before its stopped when stopping CamelContext or the route using it.
+| aggregateControllerRef | String | To use a 
org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.AggregateController to allow external 
sources to control this aggregator.
+|=======================================================================
+{% endraw %}
+// eip options: END
+
+### About AggregationStrategy
+
+The `AggregationStrategy` is used for aggregating the old (lookup by its
+correlation id) and the new exchanges together into a single exchange.
+Possible implementations include performing some kind of combining or
+delta processing, such as adding line items together into an invoice or
+just using the newest exchange and removing old exchanges such as for
+state tracking or market data prices; where old values are of little
+use.
+
+Notice the aggregation strategy is a mandatory option and must be
+provided to the aggregator.
+
+Here are a few example AggregationStrategy implementations that should
+help you create your own custom strategy.
+
+[source,java]
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//simply combines Exchange String body values using '+' as a delimiter
+class StringAggregationStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {
+
+    public Exchange aggregate(Exchange oldExchange, Exchange newExchange) {
+        if (oldExchange == null) {
+            return newExchange;
+        }
+
+        String oldBody = oldExchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
+        String newBody = newExchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
+        oldExchange.getIn().setBody(oldBody + "+" + newBody);
+        return oldExchange;
+    }
+}
+
+//simply combines Exchange body values into an ArrayList<Object>
+class ArrayListAggregationStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {
+
+    public Exchange aggregate(Exchange oldExchange, Exchange newExchange) {
+        Object newBody = newExchange.getIn().getBody();
+        ArrayList<Object> list = null;
+        if (oldExchange == null) {
+            list = new ArrayList<Object>();
+            list.add(newBody);
+            newExchange.getIn().setBody(list);
+            return newExchange;
+        } else {
+            list = oldExchange.getIn().getBody(ArrayList.class);
+            list.add(newBody);
+            return oldExchange;
+        }
+    }
+}
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### About completion
+
+When aggregation link:exchange.html[Exchange]s at some point you need to
+indicate that the aggregated exchanges is complete, so they can be send
+out of the aggregator. Camel allows you to indicate completion in
+various ways as follows:
+
+* completionTimeout - Is an inactivity timeout in which is triggered if
+no new exchanges have been aggregated for that particular correlation
+key within the period.
+* completionInterval - Once every X period all the current aggregated
+exchanges are completed.
+* completionSize - Is a number indicating that after X aggregated
+exchanges it's complete.
+* completionPredicate - Runs a link:predicate.html[Predicate] when a new
+exchange is aggregated to determine if we are complete or not. Staring
+in *Camel 2.15*, the configured aggregationStrategy can implement the
+Predicate interface and will be used as the completionPredicate if no
+completionPredicate is configured. From *Camel 2.16*, the configured
+aggregationStrategy can
+implement `PreCompletionAwareAggregationStrategy` and will be used as
+the completionPredicate in pre-complete check mode. See further below
+for more details.
+* completionFromBatchConsumer - Special option for
+link:batch-consumer.html[Batch Consumer] which allows you to complete
+when all the messages from the batch has been aggregated.
+* forceCompletionOnStop - *Camel 2.9* Indicates to complete all current
+aggregated exchanges when the context is stopped
+* Using a `AggregateController` - *Camel 2.16* which allows to use an
+external source to complete groups or all groups. This can be done using
+Java or JMX API.
+
+Notice that all the completion ways are per correlation key. And you can
+combine them in any way you like. It's basically the first which
+triggers that wins. So you can use a completion size together with a
+completion timeout. Only completionTimeout and completionInterval cannot
+be used at the same time.
+
+Notice the completion is a mandatory option and must be provided to the
+aggregator. If not provided Camel will thrown an Exception on startup.
+
+### Pre-completion mode
+
+*available as of Camel 2.16*
+
+There can be use-cases where you want the incoming
+link:exchange.html[Exchange] to determine if the correlation group
+should pre-complete, and then the incoming
+link:exchange.html[Exchange] is starting a new group from scratch. To
+determine this the `AggregationStrategy` can
+implement `PreCompletionAwareAggregationStrategy` which has
+a `preComplete` method:
+
+[source,java]
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Determines if the aggregation should complete the current group, and 
start a new group, or the aggregation
+     * should continue using the current group.
+     *
+     * @param oldExchange the oldest exchange (is <tt>null</tt> on first 
aggregation as we only have the new exchange)
+     * @param newExchange the newest exchange (can be <tt>null</tt> if there 
was no data possible to acquire)
+     * @return <tt>true</tt> to complete current group and start a new group, 
or <tt>false</tt> to keep using current
+     */
+    boolean preComplete(Exchange oldExchange, Exchange newExchange);
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+If the preComplete method returns true, then the existing groups is
+completed (without aggregating the incoming exchange (newExchange). And
+then the newExchange is used to start the correlation group from scratch
+so the group would contain only that new incoming exchange. This is
+known as pre-completion mode. And when the aggregation is in
+pre-completion mode, then only the following completions are in use
+
+* aggregationStrategy must
+implement `PreCompletionAwareAggregationStrategy` xxx
+* completionTimeout or completionInterval can also be used as fallback
+completions
+* any other completion are not used (such as by size, from batch
+consumer etc)
+* eagerCheckCompletion is implied as true, but the option has no effect
+
+### Persistent AggregationRepository
+
+The aggregator provides a pluggable repository which you can implement
+your own `org.apache.camel.spi.AggregationRepository`. +
+ If you need persistent repository then you can use either Camel
+link:hawtdb.html[HawtDB], link:leveldb.html[LevelDB], or
+link:sql-component.html[SQL Component] components.
+
+### Using TimeoutAwareAggregationStrategy
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.9.2*
+
+If your aggregation strategy implements
+`TimeoutAwareAggregationStrategy`, then Camel will invoke the `timeout`
+method when the timeout occurs. Notice that the values for index and
+total parameters will be -1, and the timeout parameter will be provided
+only if configured as a fixed value. You must *not* throw any exceptions
+from the `timeout` method.
+
+### Using CompletionAwareAggregationStrategy
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.9.3*
+
+If your aggregation strategy implements
+`CompletionAwareAggregationStrategy`, then Camel will invoke the
+`onComplete` method when the aggregated Exchange is completed. This
+allows you to do any last minute custom logic such as to cleanup some
+resources, or additional work on the exchange as it's now completed. +
+ You must *not* throw any exceptions from the `onCompletion` method.
+
+### Completing current group decided from the AggregationStrategy
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.15*
+
+The `AggregationStrategy` can now included a property on the
+returned `Exchange` that contains a boolean to indicate if the current
+group should be completed. This allows to overrule any existing
+completion predicates / sizes / timeouts etc, and complete the group.
+
+For example the following logic (from an unit test) will complete the
+group if the message body size is larger than 5. This is done by setting
+the property Exchange.AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP to true.
+
+[source,java]
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public final class MyCompletionStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {
+        @Override
+        public Exchange aggregate(Exchange oldExchange, Exchange newExchange) {
+            if (oldExchange == null) {
+                return newExchange;
+            }
+            String body = oldExchange.getIn().getBody(String.class) + "+" 
+                + newExchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
+            oldExchange.getIn().setBody(body);
+            if (body.length() >= 5) {
+                
oldExchange.setProperty(Exchange.AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP, true);
+            }
+            return oldExchange;
+        }
+    }
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 
+### Manually Force the Completion of All Aggregated Exchanges Immediately
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.9* +
+ You can manually trigger completion of all current aggregated exchanges
+by sending a message containing the header
+Exchange.AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS set to true. The message is
+considered a signal message only, the message headers/contents will not
+be processed otherwise.
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.11* +
+ You can alternatively set the header
+Exchange.AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS_INCLUSIVE to true to trigger
+completion of all groups after processing the current message.
+
+### Using a List<V> in AggregationStrategy
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.11*
+
+If you want to aggregate some value from the messages <V> into a List<V>
+then we have added a
+`org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.AbstractListAggregationStrategy`
+abstract class in *Camel 2.11* that makes this easier. The completed
+Exchange that is sent out of the aggregator will contain the List<V> in
+the message body.
+
+For example to aggregate a List<Integer> you can extend this class as
+shown below, and implement the `getValue` method:
+
+### Using AggregateController
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.16*
+
+The `org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.AggregateController` allows
+you to control the aggregate at runtime using Java or JMX API. This can
+be used to force completing groups of exchanges, or query its current
+runtime statistics.
+
+The aggregator provides a default implementation if no custom have been
+configured, which can be accessed
+using `getAggregateController()` method. Though it may be easier to
+configure a controller in the route using aggregateController as shown
+below:
+
+[source,java]
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+private AggregateController controller = new DefaultAggregateController();
+ 
+from("direct:start")
+   .aggregate(header("id"), new 
MyAggregationStrategy()).completionSize(10).id("myAggregator")
+      .aggregateController(controller)
+      .to("mock:aggregated");
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Then there is API on AggregateController to force completion. For
+example to complete a group with key foo
+
+[source,java]
+------------------------------------------------------
+int groups = controller.forceCompletionOfGroup("foo");
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+The number return would be the number of groups completed. In this case
+it would be 1 if the foo group existed and was completed. If foo does
+not exists then 0 is returned.
+
+There is also an api to complete all groups
+
+[source,java]
+-----------------------------------------------------
+int groups = controller.forceCompletionOfAllGroups();
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+ 
+
+To configure this from XML DSL
+
+[source,java]
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+<bean id="myController" 
class="org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.DefaultAggregateController"/>
+ 
+  <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+        <route>
+            <from uri="direct:start"/>
+            <aggregate strategyRef="myAppender" completionSize="10" 
aggregateControllerRef="myController">
+                <correlationExpression>
+                    <header>id</header>
+                </correlationExpression>
+                <to uri="mock:result"/>
+            </aggregate>
+        </route>
+    </camelContext>
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 
+
+There is also JMX API on the aggregator which is available under the
+processors node in the Camel JMX tree.
+
+### Using GroupedExchanges
+
+In the route below we group all the exchanges together using
+`groupExchanges()`:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                from("direct:start")
+                    // aggregate all using same expression
+                    .aggregate(constant(true))
+                    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+                    .completionTimeout(500L)
+                    // group the exchanges so we get one single exchange 
containing all the others
+                    .groupExchanges()
+                    .to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+As a result we have one outgoing link:exchange.html[Exchange] being
+routed the the "mock:result" endpoint. The exchange is a holder
+containing all the incoming Exchanges. +
+ To get access to these exchanges you need to access them from a
+property on the outgoing exchange as shown:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+List<Exchange> grouped = out.getProperty(Exchange.GROUPED_EXCHANGE, 
List.class);
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+From *Camel 2.13* onwards this behavior has changed to store these
+exchanges directly on the message body which is more intuitive:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+List<Exchange> grouped = exchange.getIn().getBody(List.class);
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Using POJOs as AggregationStrategy
+
+*Available as of Camel 2.12*
+
+To use the `AggregationStrategy` you had to implement the
+`org.apache.camel.processor.aggregate.AggregationStrategy` interface,
+which means your logic would be tied to the Camel API. From *Camel 2.12*
+onwards you can use a POJO for the logic and let Camel adapt to your
+POJO. To use a POJO a convention must be followed:
+
+* there must be a public method to use
+* the method must not be void
+* the method can be static or non-static
+* the method must have 2 or more parameters
+* the parameters is paired so the first 50% is applied to the
+`oldExchange` and the reminder 50% is for the `newExchange`
+* .. meaning that there must be an equal number of parameters, eg 2, 4,
+6 etc.
+
+The paired methods is expected to be ordered as follows:
+
+* the first parameter is the message body
+* the 2nd parameter is a Map of the headers
+* the 3rd parameter is a Map of the Exchange properties
+
+This convention is best explained with some examples.
+
+In the method below, we have only 2 parameters, so the 1st parameter is
+the body of the `oldExchange`, and the 2nd is paired to the body of the
+`newExchange`:
+
+[source,java]
+----------------------------------------------------
+public String append(String existing, String next) {
+  return existing + next;
+}
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+In the method below, we have only 4 parameters, so the 1st parameter is
+the body of the `oldExchange`, and the 2nd is the Map of the
+`oldExchange} headers, and the 3rd is paired to the body of the {{newExchange`,
+and the 4th parameter is the Map of the `newExchange` headers:
+
+[source,java]
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+public String append(String existing, Map existingHeaders, String next, Map 
nextHeaders) {
+  return existing + next;
+}
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+And finally if we have 6 parameters the we also have the properties of
+the link:exchange.html[Exchange]s:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+public String append(String existing, Map existingHeaders, Map 
existingProperties, String next, Map nextHeaders, Map nextProperties) {
+  return existing + next;
+}
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+To use this with the link:aggregator2.html[Aggregate] EIP we can use a
+POJO with the aggregate logic as follows:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+public class MyBodyAppender {
+
+    public String append(String existing, String next) {
+        return next + existing;
+    }
+
+}
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+And then in the Camel route we create an instance of our bean, and then
+refer to the bean in the route using `bean` method from
+`org.apache.camel.util.toolbox.AggregationStrategies` as shown:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    private MyBodyAppender appender = new MyBodyAppender();
+
+    public void configure() throws Exception {
+        from("direct:start")
+            .aggregate(constant(true), AggregationStrategies.bean(appender, 
"append"))
+                .completionSize(3)
+                .to("mock:result");
+    }
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+We can also provide the bean type directly:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void configure() throws Exception {
+        from("direct:start")
+            .aggregate(constant(true), 
AggregationStrategies.bean(MyBodyAppender.class, "append"))
+                .completionSize(3)
+                .to("mock:result");
+    }
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+And if the bean has only one method we do not need to specify the name
+of the method:
+
+[source,java]
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void configure() throws Exception {
+        from("direct:start")
+            .aggregate(constant(true), 
AggregationStrategies.bean(MyBodyAppender.class))
+                .completionSize(3)
+                .to("mock:result");
+    }
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+And the `append` method could be static:
+
+[source,java]
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+public class MyBodyAppender {
+
+    public static String append(String existing, String next) {
+        return next + existing;
+    }
+
+}
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+If you are using XML DSL then we need to declare a <bean> with the POJO:
+
+[source,xml]
+----------------------------------------------------------
+    <bean id="myAppender" class="com.foo.MyBodyAppender"/>
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+And in the Camel route we use `strategyRef` to refer to the bean by its
+id, and the `strategyMethodName` can be used to define the method name
+to call:
+
+[source,xml]
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+        <route>
+            <from uri="direct:start"/>
+            <aggregate strategyRef="myAppender" strategyMethodName="append" 
completionSize="3">
+                <correlationExpression>
+                    <constant>true</constant>
+                </correlationExpression>
+                <to uri="mock:result"/>
+            </aggregate>
+        </route>
+    </camelContext>
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+When using XML DSL you must define the POJO as a <bean>.
+
+### Aggregating when no data
+
+By default when using POJOs as AggregationStrategy, then the method is
+*only* invoked when there is data to be aggregated (by default). You can
+use the option `strategyMethodAllowNull` to configure this. Where as
+without using POJOs then you may have `null` as `oldExchange` or
+`newExchange` parameters. For example the
+link:aggregator2.html[Aggregate] EIP will invoke the
+`AggregationStrategy` with `oldExchange` as null, for the first
+link:exchange.html[Exchange] incoming to the aggregator. And then for
+subsequent link:exchange.html[Exchange]s then `oldExchange` and
+`newExchange` parameters are both not null.
+
+Example with link:content-enricher.html[Content Enricher] and no data
+
+Though with POJOs as AggregationStrategy we made this simpler and only
+call the method when `oldExchange` and `newExchange` is not null, as
+that would be the most common use-case. If you need to allow
+`oldExchange` or `newExchange` to be null, then you can configure this
+with the POJO using the `AggregationStrategyBeanAdapter` as shown below.
+On the bean adapter we call `setAllowNullNewExchange` to allow the new
+exchange to be null.
+
+[source,java]
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void configure() throws Exception {
+        AggregationStrategyBeanAdapter myStrategy = new 
AggregationStrategyBeanAdapter(appender, "append");
+        myStrategy.setAllowNullOldExchange(true);
+        myStrategy.setAllowNullNewExchange(true);
+
+        from("direct:start")
+            .pollEnrich("seda:foo", 1000, myStrategy)
+                .to("mock:result");
+    }
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This can be configured a bit easier using the `beanAllowNull` method
+from `AggregationStrategies` as shown:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void configure() throws Exception {
+        from("direct:start")
+            .pollEnrich("seda:foo", 1000, 
AggregationStrategies.beanAllowNull(appender, "append"))
+                .to("mock:result");
+    }
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Then the `append` method in the POJO would need to deal with the
+situation that `newExchange` can be null:
+
+[source,java]
+------------------------------------------------------------
+    public class MyBodyAppender {
+
+        public String append(String existing, String next) {
+            if (next == null) {
+                return "NewWasNull" + existing;
+            } else {
+                return existing + next;
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+In the example above we use the link:content-enricher.html[Content
+Enricher] EIP using `pollEnrich`. The `newExchange` will be null in the
+situation we could not get any data from the "seda:foo" endpoint, and
+therefore the timeout was hit after 1 second. So if we need to do some
+special merge logic we would need to set `setAllowNullNewExchange=true`,
+so the `append` method will be invoked. If we do not do that then when
+the timeout was hit, then the append method would normally not be
+invoked, meaning the link:content-enricher.html[Content Enricher] did
+not merge/change the message.
+
+In XML DSL you would configure the `strategyMethodAllowNull` option and
+set it to true as shown below:
+
+[source,xml]
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+        <route>
+            <from uri="direct:start"/>
+            <aggregate strategyRef="myAppender" strategyMethodName="append" 
strategyMethodAllowNull="true" completionSize="3">
+                <correlationExpression>
+                    <constant>true</constant>
+                </correlationExpression>
+                <to uri="mock:result"/>
+            </aggregate>
+        </route>
+    </camelContext>
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Different body types
+
+When for example using `strategyMethodAllowNull` as true, then the
+parameter types of the message bodies does not have to be the same. For
+example suppose we want to aggregate from a `com.foo.User` type to a
+`List<String>` that contains the user name. We could code a POJO doing
+this as follows:
+
+[source,java]
+-----------------------------------------------------
+    public static final class MyUserAppender {
+
+        public List addUsers(List names, User user) {
+            if (names == null) {
+                names = new ArrayList();
+            }
+            names.add(user.getName());
+            return names;
+        }
+    }
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Notice that the return type is a List which we want to contain the user
+names. The 1st parameter is the list of names, and then notice the 2nd
+parameter is the incoming `com.foo.User` type.
+
+### See also
+
+* The link:loan-broker-example.html[Loan Broker Example] which uses an
+aggregator
+*
+http://tmielke.blogspot.com/2009/01/using-camel-aggregator-correctly.html[Blog
+post by Torsten Mielke] about using the aggregator correctly.
+* The old link:aggregator.html[Aggregator]
+* link:hawtdb.html[HawtDB], link:leveldb.html[LevelDB] or
+link:sql-component.html[SQL Component] for persistence support
+* link:aggregate-example.html[Aggregate Example] for an example
+application
+=======
+## Aggregator
+*This applies for Camel version 2.3 or newer. If you use an older version then 
use this link:./aggregate-old-eip.adoc[Aggregator] link instead.*
+
+The Aggregator from the EIP patterns allows you to combine a number of 
messages together into a single message.
+
+image:http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/img/Aggregator.gif[image]
+
+A correlation 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression] is used to 
determine the messages which should be aggregated together. If you want to 
aggregate all messages into a single message, just use a constant expression. 
An AggregationStrategy is used to combine all the message exchanges for a 
single correlation key into a single message exchange. The default strategy 
just chooses the latest message; so its ideal for throttling messages.
+
+For example, imagine a stock market data system; you are receiving 30,000 
messages per second; you may want to throttle down the updates as, say, a GUI 
cannot cope with such massive update rates. So you may want to aggregate these 
messages together so that within a window (defined by a maximum number of 
messages or a timeout), messages for the same stock are aggregated together; by 
just choosing the latest message and discarding the older prices. (You could 
apply a delta processing algorithm if you prefer to capture some of the 
history).
+
+Using the aggregator correctly::
+Torsten Mielke wrote a nice 
link:http://tmielke.blogspot.com/2009/01/using-camel-aggregator-correctly.html[blog
 entry] with his thoughts and experience on using the aggregator. Its a well 
worth read.
+
+[NOTE]
+.AggregationStrategy changed in Camel 2.0
+====
+In Camel 2.0 the `AggregationStrategy` callback have been changed to also be 
invoked on the very first Exchange.
+
+On the first invocation of the `aggregate` method the `oldExchange` parameter 
is `null`. The reason is that we have not aggregated anything yet.
+So its only the `newExchange` that has a value. Usually you just return the 
newExchange in this situation. But you still have the power to decide what to 
do, for example you can do some alternation on the exchange or remove some 
headers. And a more common use case is for instance to count some values from 
the body payload. That could be to sum up a total amount etc.
+====
+
+[IMPORTANT]
+.BatchTimeout and CompletionPredicate
+====
+You cannot use both batchTimeout and completionPredicate to trigger a 
completion based on either on reaching its goal first. The batch timeout will 
always trigger first, at that given interval.
+====
+
+### Using the Fluent Builders
+The following example shows how to aggregate messages so that only the latest 
message for a specific value of the cheese header is sent:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// in this route we aggregate all from direct:state based on the header id 
cheese
+from("direct:start").aggregate(header("cheese")).to("mock:result");
+
+from("seda:header").setHeader("visited", 
constant(true)).aggregate(header("cheese")).to("mock:result");
+
+// in this sample we aggregate using our own strategy with a completion 
predicate
+// stating that the aggregated header is equal to 5.
+from("direct:predicate").aggregate(header("cheese"), new 
MyAggregationStrategy()).
+        
completionPredicate(header("aggregated").isEqualTo(5)).to("mock:result");
+
+// this sample is similar to the one above but it also illustrates the use of 
outBatchSize
+// to send exchanges to mock:endpoint in batches of 10.
+from("direct:outBatchPredicate").aggregate(header("cheese"), new 
MyAggregationStrategy()).
+        
completionPredicate(header("aggregated").isEqualTo(5)).outBatchSize(10).to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+If you were using JMS then you may wish to use the JMSDestination header as 
the correlation key; or some custom header for the stock symbol (using the 
above stock market example):
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+from("activemq:someReallyFastTopic").aggregator(header("JMSDestination")).to("activemq:someSlowTopicForGuis");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+You can of course use many different 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression] languages 
such as XPath, XQuery, SQL or various Scripting Languages.
+Here is an example using *XPath*:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+//aggregate based on the message content using an XPath expression
+//example assumes an XML document starting with <stockQuote symbol='...'>
+//aggregate messages based on their symbol attribute within the <stockQuote> 
element
+from("seda:start").aggregate().xpath("/stockQuote/@symbol", 
String.class).batchSize(5).to("mock:result");
+
+//this example will aggregate all messages starting with <stockQuote 
symbol='APACHE'> into
+//one exchange and all the other messages (different symbol or different root 
element) into another exchange.
+from("seda:start").aggregate().xpath("name(/stockQuote[@symbol=&#39;APACHE&#39;])",
 String.class).batchSize(5).to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+For further examples of this pattern in use you could look at the junit test 
case.
+
+### Using the Spring XML Extensions
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+The correlationExpression element is in Camel 2.0. For earlier versions of 
Camel you will need to specify your expression without the enclosing 
correlationExpression element.
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<aggregator>
+  <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+  <to uri="mock:result"/>
+</aggregator>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+====
+
+The following example shows how to create a simple aggregator using the XML 
notation; using an 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression] for the 
correlation value used to aggregate messages together:
+
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:start"/>
+    <aggregate>
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+
+  <route>
+    <from uri="seda:header"/>
+    <process ref="setHeaderProcessor"/>
+    <to uri="direct:temp"/>
+  </route>
+
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:temp"/>
+    <aggregate>
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:predicate"/>
+    <aggregate strategyRef="myAggregatorStrategy">
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+      <completionPredicate>
+        <method bean="myAggregatorStrategy" method="isCompleted"/>
+      </completionPredicate>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:outBatchPredicate"/>
+    <aggregate strategyRef="myAggregatorStrategy" outBatchSize="10">
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+      <completionPredicate>
+        <method bean="myAggregatorStrategy" method="isCompleted"/>
+      </completionPredicate>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+
+  <!--  This route turns off in batching by setting batchSize to 1 to run unit 
test for out batching.
+        Normal use cases may not want to disable in batching
+  -->
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:outBatchNoInBatching"/>
+    <aggregate strategyRef="myAggregatorStrategy" batchSize="1" 
outBatchSize="10">
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+      <completionPredicate>
+        <method bean="myAggregatorStrategy" method="isCompleted"/>
+      </completionPredicate>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+</camelContext>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+You can specify your own AggregationStrategy if you prefer as shown in the 
following example:
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:start"/>
+    <aggregate strategyRef="aggregatorStrategy">
+      <correlationExpression>
+        <simple>header.cheese</simple>
+      </correlationExpression>
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+</camelContext>
+
+<bean id="aggregatorStrategy" 
class="org.apache.camel.spring.processor.MyAggregator"/>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Notice how the `strategyRef` attribute is used on the `<aggregator>` element 
to refer to the custom strategy in Spring.
+
+### Exchange Properties
+The following properties is set on each Exchange that are aggregated:
+
+[width="100%",cols="3,1,6",options="header"]
+|=======================================================================
+| Header | Type | Description
+| `org.apache.camel.Exchange.AggregatedCount` | int | Camel 1.x: The total 
number of Exchanges aggregated in this combined Exchange.
+| `CamelAggregatedSize` | int | Camel 2.0: The total number of Exchanges 
aggregated into this combined Exchange.
+| `CamelAggregatedIndex` | int | Camel 2.0: The current index of this Exchange 
in the batch.
+|=======================================================================
+
+
+[width="100%",cols="3,1,6",options="header"]
+|=======================================================================
+| Option | Default | Description
+| batchSize | 100 | The `in` batch size. This is the number of incoming 
exchanges that is processed by the aggregator and when this threshold is 
reached the batch is completed and send. *Camel 1.6.2/2.0*: You can disable the 
batch size so the Aggregator is only triggered by timeout by setting the 
`batchSize` to 0 (or negative). In *Camel 1.6.1* or older you can set the 
`batchSize` to a very large number to archive the same.
+| outBatchSize | 0 | *Camel 1.5*: The `out` batch size. This is the number of 
exchanges currently aggregated in the `AggregationCollection`. When this 
threshold is reached the batch is completed and send. By default this option is 
disabled. The difference to the `batchSize` options is that this is for 
outgoing, so setting this size to e.g. 50 ensures that this batch will at 
maximum contain 50 exchanges when its sent.
+| batchTimeout | 1000L | Timeout in millis. How long should the aggregator 
wait before its completed and sends whatever it has currently aggregated.
+| groupExchanges | false | *Camel 2.0*: If enabled then Camel will group all 
aggregated Exchanges into a single combined 
`org.apache.camel.impl.GroupedExchange` holder class that holds all the 
aggregated Exchanges. And as a result only one Exchange is being sent out from 
the aggregator. Can be used to combine many incoming Exchanges into a single 
output Exchange without coding a custom AggregationStrategy yourself.
+| batchConsumer | false | *Camel 2.0*: This option is if the exchanges are 
coming from a Batch Consumer. Then when enabled the Aggregator will use the 
batch size determined by the Batch Consumer in the message header 
`CamelBatchSize`. See more details at Batch Consumer. This can be used to 
aggregate all files consumed from a File endpoint in that given poll.
+| completionPredicate | null | Allows you to use a Predicate to signal when an 
aggregation is complete. See *warning* in top of this page.
+|=======================================================================
+
+### AggregationCollection and AggregationStrategy
+This aggregator uses an AggregationCollection to store the exchanges that are 
currently aggregated. The AggregationCollection uses a correlation 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression] and an 
AggregationStrategy:
+
+* The correlation 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression] is used to 
correlate the incoming exchanges. The default implementation will group 
messages based on the correlation expression. Other implementations could for 
instance just add all exchanges as a batch.
+* The strategy is used for aggregate the old (lookup by its correlation id) 
and the new exchanges together into a single exchange. Possible implementations 
include performing some kind of combining or delta processing, such as adding 
line items together into an invoice or just using the newest exchange and 
removing old exchanges such as for state tracking or market data prices; where 
old values are of little use.
+
+Camel provides these implementations:
+
+* `DefaultAggregationCollection`
+* `PredicateAggregationCollection`
+* `UseLatestAggregationStrategy`
+
+### Examples
+#### Default example
+By default Camel uses `DefaultAggregationCollection` and 
`UseLatestAggregationStrategy`, so this simple example will just keep the 
latest received exchange for the given correlation 
link:../../../../../docs/user-manual/en/expression.adoc[Expression]:
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// our route is aggregating from the direct queue and sending the response to 
the mock
+from("direct:start")
+    // aggregated by header id
+    // as we have not configured more on the aggregator it will default to 
aggregate the
+    // latest exchange only
+    .aggregate().header("id")
+    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+    .batchTimeout(500L)
+    .to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+#### Using PredicateAggregationCollection
+The `PredicateAggregationCollection` is an extension to 
`DefaultAggregationCollection` that uses a Predicate as well to determine the 
completion. For instance the Predicate can test for a special header value, a 
number of maximum aggregated so far etc. To use this the routing is a bit more 
complex as we need to create our `AggregationCollection` object as follows:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// create the aggregation collection we will use.
+// - we will correlate the received message based on the id header
+// - as we will just keep the latest message we use the latest strategy
+// - and finally we stop aggregate if we receive 2 or more messages
+AggregationCollection ag = new PredicateAggregationCollection(header("id"),
+    new UseLatestAggregationStrategy(),
+    property(Exchange.AGGREGATED_SIZE).isEqualTo(3));
+
+// our route is aggregating from the direct queue and sending the response to 
the mock
+from("direct:start")
+    // we use the collection based aggregator we already have configured
+    .aggregate(ag)
+    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+    .batchTimeout(500L)
+    .to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+In this sample we use the predicate that we want at most 3 exchanges 
aggregated by the same correlation id, this is defined as:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+header(Exchange.AGGREGATED_COUNT).isEqualTo(3)
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Using this the aggregator will complete if we receive 3 exchanges with the 
same correlation id or when the specified timeout of 500 msecs has elapsed 
(whichever criteria is met first).
+
+#### Using custom aggregation strategy
+In this example we will aggregate incoming bids and want to aggregate the 
highest bid. So we provide our own strategy where we implement the code logic:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+private static class MyAggregationStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {
+
+    public Exchange aggregate(Exchange oldExchange, Exchange newExchange) {
+        if (oldExchange == null) {
+            // the first time we only have the new exchange so it wins the 
first round
+            return newExchange;
+        }
+        int oldPrice = oldExchange.getIn().getBody(Integer.class);
+        int newPrice = newExchange.getIn().getBody(Integer.class);
+        // return the "winner" that has the highest price
+        return newPrice > oldPrice ? newExchange : oldExchange;
+    }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Then we setup the routing as follows:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// our route is aggregating from the direct queue and sending the response to 
the mock
+from("direct:start")
+    // aggregated by header id and use our own strategy how to aggregate
+    .aggregate(new MyAggregationStrategy()).header("id")
+    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+    .batchTimeout(500L)
+    .to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+And since this is based on an unit test we show the test code that send the 
bids and what is expected as the *winners*:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+MockEndpoint result = getMockEndpoint("mock:result");
+
+// we expect to find the two winners with the highest bid
+result.expectedMessageCount(2);
+result.expectedBodiesReceived("200", "150");
+
+// then we sent all the message at once
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "100", "id", "1");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "150", "id", "2");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "130", "id", "2");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "200", "id", "1");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "190", "id", "1");
+
+assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+#### Using custom aggregation collection
+In this example we will aggregate incoming bids and want to aggregate the bids 
in reverse order (this is just an example). So we provide our own collection 
where we implement the code logic:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+class MyReverseAggregationCollection extends AbstractCollection<Exchange> 
implements AggregationCollection {
+
+    private List<Exchange> collection = new ArrayList<Exchange>();
+    private Expression correlation;
+    private AggregationStrategy strategy;
+
+    public Expression getCorrelationExpression() {
+        return correlation;
+    }
+
+    public void setCorrelationExpression(Expression correlationExpression) {
+        this.correlation = correlationExpression;
+    }
+
+    public AggregationStrategy getAggregationStrategy() {
+        return strategy;
+    }
+
+    public void setAggregationStrategy(AggregationStrategy 
aggregationStrategy) {
+        this.strategy = aggregationStrategy;
+    }
+
+    public boolean add(Exchange exchange) {
+        return collection.add(exchange);
+    }
+
+    public Iterator<Exchange> iterator() {
+        // demonstrate the we can do something with this collection, so we 
reverse it
+        Collections.reverse(collection);
+
+        return collection.iterator();
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return collection.size();
+    }
+
+    public void clear() {
+        collection.clear();
+    }
+
+    public void onAggregation(Object correlationKey, Exchange newExchange) {
+        add(newExchange);
+    }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Then we setup the routing as follows:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// our route is aggregating from the direct queue and sending the response to 
the mock
+from("direct:start")
+    // use our own collection for aggregation
+    .aggregate(new MyReverseAggregationCollection())
+    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+    .batchTimeout(500L)
+    .to("mock:result");
+And since this is based on an unit test we show the test code that send the 
bids and what is expected as the expected reverse order:
+MockEndpoint result = getMockEndpoint("mock:result");
+
+// we expect 5 messages since our custom aggregation collection just gets it 
all
+// but returns them in reverse order
+result.expectedMessageCount(5);
+result.expectedBodiesReceived("190", "200", "130", "150", "100");
+
+// then we sent all the message at once
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "100", "id", "1");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "150", "id", "2");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "130", "id", "2");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "200", "id", "1");
+template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:start", "190", "id", "1");
+
+assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+*Custom aggregation collection in Spring DSL*
+You can also specify a custom aggregation collection in the Spring DSL. Here 
is an example for Camel 2.0
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:start"/>
+    <aggregate batchTimeout="500" collectionRef="aggregatorCollection">
+      <to uri="mock:result"/>
+    </aggregate>
+  </route>
+</camelContext>
+
+<bean id="aggregatorCollection" 
class="org.apache.camel.processor.aggregator.MyReverseAggregationCollection"/>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+In Camel 1.5.1 you will need to specify the aggregator as
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<aggregator batchTimeout="500" collectionRef="aggregatorCollection">
+  <expression/>
+  <to uri="mock:result"/>
+</aggregator>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#### Using Grouped Exchanges
+*Available as of Camel 2.0*
+You can enable grouped exchanges to combine all aggregated exchanges into a 
single `org.apache.camel.impl.GroupedExchange` holder class that contains all 
the individual aggregated exchanges. This allows you to process a single 
Exchange containing all the aggregated exchange. Lets start with how to 
configure this in the router:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+// our route is aggregating from the direct queue and sending the response to 
the mock
+from("direct:start")
+    // aggregate all using same expression
+    .aggregate().constant(true)
+    // wait for 0.5 seconds to aggregate
+    .batchTimeout(500L)
+    // group the exchanges so we get one single exchange containing all the 
others
+    .groupExchanges()
+    .to("mock:result");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+And the next part is part of an unit code that demonstrates this feature as we 
send in 5 exchanges each with a different value in the body.
+And we will only get 1 exchange out of the aggregator, but we can access all 
the individual aggregated exchanges from the List which we can extract as a 
property from the Exchange using the key `Exchange.GROUPED_EXCHANGE`.
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+MockEndpoint result = getMockEndpoint("mock:result");
+
+// we expect 1 messages since we group all we get in using the same 
correlation key
+result.expectedMessageCount(1);
+
+// then we sent all the message at once
+template.sendBody("direct:start", "100");
+template.sendBody("direct:start", "150");
+template.sendBody("direct:start", "130");
+template.sendBody("direct:start", "200");
+template.sendBody("direct:start", "190");
+
+assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
+
+Exchange out = result.getExchanges().get(0);
+List<Exchange> grouped = out.getProperty(Exchange.GROUPED_EXCHANGE, 
List.class);
+
+assertEquals(5, grouped.size());
+
+assertEquals("100", grouped.get(0).getIn().getBody(String.class));
+assertEquals("150", grouped.get(1).getIn().getBody(String.class));
+assertEquals("130", grouped.get(2).getIn().getBody(String.class));
+assertEquals("200", grouped.get(3).getIn().getBody(String.class));
+assertEquals("190", grouped.get(4).getIn().getBody(String.class));
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+#### Using Batch Consumer
+*Available as of Camel 2.0*
+The Aggregator can work together with the Batch Consumer to aggregate the 
total number of messages that the Batch Consumer have reported. This allows you 
for instance to aggregate all files polled using the File consumer.
+For example:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+from("file://inbox")
+   .aggregate(xpath("//order/@customerId"), new 
AggregateCustomerOrderStrategy()).batchConsumer().batchTimeout(60000).to("bean:processOrder");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+When using `batchConsumer` Camel will automatic adjust the batchSize according 
to reported by the Batch Consumer in this case the file consumer.
+So if we poll in 7 files then the aggregator will aggregate all 7 files before 
it completes. As the timeout is still in play we set it to 60 seconds.
+
+#### Using This Pattern
+If you would like to use this EIP Pattern then please read the Getting 
Started, you may also find the Architecture useful particularly the description 
of Endpoint and URIs. Then you could try out some of the Examples first before 
trying this pattern out.
+
+### See also
+
+* The Loan Broker Example which uses an aggregator
+* 
link:http://tmielke.blogspot.com/2009/01/using-camel-aggregator-correctly.html[Blog
 post by Torsten Mielke] about using the aggregator correctly.
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+## Circuit Breaker EIP
+The Circuit Breaker load balancer is a stateful pattern that monitors all 
calls for certain exceptions. Initially the Circuit Breaker is in closed state 
and passes all messages. If there are failures and the threshold is reached, it 
moves to open state and rejects all calls until halfOpenAfter timeout is 
reached. After this timeout is reached, if there is a new call, it will pass 
and if the result is success the Circuit Breaker will move to closed state, or 
to open state if there was an error.
+When the circuit breaker is closed, it will throw a 
`java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException`. This can then be caught to 
provide an alternate path for processing exchanges.
+
+// eip options: START
+The Circuit Breaker EIP supports 3 options which are listed below:
+
+{% raw %}
+[width="100%",cols="3,1m,6",options="header"]
+|=======================================================================
+| Name | Java Type | Description
+| exception | List | A list of class names for specific exceptions to monitor. 
If no exceptions is configured then all exceptions is monitored
+| halfOpenAfter | Long | The timeout in millis to use as threshold to move 
state from closed to half-open or open state
+| threshold | Integer | Number of previous failed messages to use as threshold 
to move state from closed to half-open or open state
+|=======================================================================
+{% endraw %}
+// eip options: END
+
+
+An example using Java DSL:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+from("direct:start")
+    .onException(RejectedExecutionException.class)
+        .handled(true)
+        .to("mock:serviceUnavailable")
+    .end()
+    .loadBalance()
+        .circuitBreaker(2, 1000L, MyCustomException.class)
+        .to("mock:service")
+    .end();
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+And the same example using Spring XML:
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<camelContext id="camel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+    <route>
+        <from uri="direct:start"/>
+        <onException>
+            
<exception>java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException</exception>
+            <handled><constant>true</constant></handled>
+            <to uri="mock:serviceUnavailable"/>
+        </onException>
+        <loadBalance>
+            <circuitBreaker threshold="2" halfOpenAfter="1000">
+                <exception>MyCustomException</exception>
+            </circuitBreaker>
+            <to uri="mock:service"/>
+        </loadBalance>
+    </route>
+</camelContext>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Using This Pattern
+
+If you would like to use this EIP Pattern then please read the Getting 
Started, you may also find the Architecture useful particularly the description 
of Endpoint and URIs. Then you could try out some of the Examples first before 
trying this pattern out.

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+[[ContentBasedRouter-ContentBasedRouter]]
+Content Based Router
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The
+http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/ContentBasedRouter.html[Content
+Based Router] from the link:enterprise-integration-patterns.html[EIP
+patterns] allows you to route messages to the correct destination based
+on the contents of the message exchanges.
+
+image:http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/img/ContentBasedRouter.gif[image]
+
+The following example shows how to route a request from an input
+*seda:a* endpoint to either *seda:b*, *seda:c* or *seda:d* depending on
+the evaluation of various link:predicate.html[Predicate] expressions
+
+*Using the link:fluent-builders.html[Fluent Builders]*
+
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+RouteBuilder builder = new RouteBuilder() {
+    public void configure() {
+        errorHandler(deadLetterChannel("mock:error"));
+ 
+        from("direct:a")
+            .choice()
+                .when(header("foo").isEqualTo("bar"))
+                    .to("direct:b")
+                .when(header("foo").isEqualTo("cheese"))
+                    .to("direct:c")
+                .otherwise()
+                    .to("direct:d");
+    }
+};
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+TIP: See 
link:why-can-i-not-use-when-or-otherwise-in-a-java-camel-route.html[Why
+can I not use when or otherwise in a Java Camel route] if you have
+problems with the Java DSL, accepting using `when` or `otherwise`.
+
+
+*Using the link:spring-xml-extensions.html[Spring XML Extensions]*
+
+[source,xml]
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+<camelContext errorHandlerRef="errorHandler" 
xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+    <route>
+        <from uri="direct:a"/>
+        <choice>
+            <when>
+                <xpath>$foo = 'bar'</xpath>
+                <to uri="direct:b"/>
+            </when>
+            <when>
+                <xpath>$foo = 'cheese'</xpath>
+                <to uri="direct:c"/>
+            </when>
+            <otherwise>
+                <to uri="direct:d"/>
+            </otherwise>
+        </choice>
+    </route>
+</camelContext>
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+For further examples of this pattern in use you could look at the
+http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/processor/ChoiceTest.java?view=markup[junit
+test case]
+
+[[ContentBasedRouter-UsingThisPattern]]
+Using This Pattern
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+If you would like to use this EIP Pattern then please read the
+link:getting-started.html[Getting Started], you may also find the
+link:architecture.html[Architecture] useful particularly the description
+of link:endpoint.html[Endpoint] and link:uris.html[URIs]. Then you could
+try out some of the link:examples.html[Examples] first before trying
+this pattern out.

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+[[CorrelationIdentifier-CorrelationIdentifier]]
+Correlation Identifier
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Camel supports the
+http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/CorrelationIdentifier.html[Correlation
+Identifier] from the link:enterprise-integration-patterns.html[EIP
+patterns] by getting or setting a header on a
+link:message.html[Message].
+
+When working with the link:activemq.html[ActiveMQ] or link:jms.html[JMS]
+components the correlation identifier header is called
+*JMSCorrelationID*. You can add your own correlation identifier to any
+message exchange to help correlate messages together to a single
+conversation (or business process).
+
+image:http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/img/CorrelationIdentifierSolution.gif[image]
+
+The use of a Correlation Identifier is key to working with the
+link:bam.html[Camel Business Activity Monitoring Framework] and can also
+be highly useful when testing with simulation or canned data such as
+with the link:mock.html[Mock testing framework]
+
+Some link:eip.html[EIP] patterns will spin off a sub message, and in
+those cases, Camel will add a correlation id on the
+link:exchange.html[Exchange] as a property with they key
+`Exchange.CORRELATION_ID`, which links back to the source
+link:exchange.html[Exchange]. For example the
+link:splitter.html[Splitter], link:multicast.html[Multicast],
+link:recipient-list.html[Recipient List], and link:wire-tap.html[Wire
+Tap] EIP does this.
+
+The following example demonstrates using the Camel JMSMessageID as the
+Correlation Identifier within a request/reply pattern in
+the link:jms.html[JMS] component
+
+*Using the link:fluent-builders.html[Fluent Builders]*
+
+[source,java]
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from("direct:start")
+    .to(ExchangePattern.InOut,"jms:queue:foo?useMessageIDAsCorrelationID=true")
+    .to("mock:result");
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 
+
+**Using the link:spring-xml-extensions.html[Spring XML Extensions]**
+
+[source,xml]
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+<route>
+    <from uri="direct:start"/>
+    <to uri="jms:queue:foo?useMessageIDAsCorrelationID=true" pattern="InOut"/>
+    <to uri="mock:result"/>
+</route>
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[[CorrelationIdentifier-SeeAlso]]
+See Also
+++++++++
+
+* link:bam.html[BAM]
+

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+## Custom Load Balancer EIP
+You can use a custom load balancer (eg your own implementation) also.
+
+
+// eip options: START
+The Custom Load Balancer EIP supports 1 options which are listed below:
+
+{% raw %}
+[width="100%",cols="3,1m,6",options="header"]
+|=======================================================================
+| Name | Java Type | Description
+| ref | String | *Required* Refers to the custom load balancer to lookup from 
the registry
+|=======================================================================
+{% endraw %}
+// eip options: END
+
+
+An example using Java DSL:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+from("direct:start")
+    // using our custom load balancer
+    .loadBalance(new MyLoadBalancer())
+    .to("mock:x", "mock:y", "mock:z");
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+And the same example using XML DSL:
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<!-- this is the implementation of our custom load balancer -->
+<bean id="myBalancer" 
class="org.apache.camel.processor.CustomLoadBalanceTest$MyLoadBalancer"/>
+
+<camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring";>
+  <route>
+    <from uri="direct:start"/>
+    <loadBalance>
+      <!-- refer to my custom load balancer -->
+      <custom ref="myBalancer"/>
+      <!-- these are the endpoints to balancer -->
+      <to uri="mock:x"/>
+      <to uri="mock:y"/>
+      <to uri="mock:z"/>
+    </loadBalance>
+  </route>
+</camelContext>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Notice in the XML DSL above we use <custom> which is only available in *Camel 
2.8* onwards. In older releases you would have to do as follows instead:
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+<loadBalance ref="myBalancer">
+  <!-- these are the endpoints to balancer -->
+  <to uri="mock:x"/>
+  <to uri="mock:y"/>
+  <to uri="mock:z"/>
+</loadBalance>
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+To implement a custom load balancer you can extend some support classes such 
as `LoadBalancerSupport` and `SimpleLoadBalancerSupport`.
+The former supports the asynchronous routing engine, and the latter does not. 
Here is an example of a custom load balancer implementation:
+[source,java]
+--------------------------------------------------------
+public static class MyLoadBalancer extends LoadBalancerSupport {
+
+    public boolean process(Exchange exchange, AsyncCallback callback) {
+        String body = exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
+        try {
+            if ("x".equals(body)) {
+                getProcessors().get(0).process(exchange);
+            } else if ("y".equals(body)) {
+                getProcessors().get(1).process(exchange);
+            } else {
+                getProcessors().get(2).process(exchange);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            exchange.setException(e);
+        }
+        callback.done(true);
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------------

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