BacklogDebugger

Camel supports a backlog debugger that is used for live debugging of messages that are routed in Camel. The backlog debugger has additional functionality for easier debugging aimed at tooling, than the Debugger. The backlog debugger is exposed in JMX in the tracer node with the name BacklogDebugger. The JMX API is defined in the org.apache.camel.api.management.mbean.ManagedBacklogDebuggerMBean interface.

You can enable or disable the BacklogDebugger dynamically, by calling enableDebugger or disableDebugger methods.

This requires to enabled JMX by including camel-management JAR in the classpath.

Options

Option Default Description

Option	Default	Description
`enabled`	`false`	Whether the debugger is enabled or not.
`singleStepMode`	`false`	Whether currently in single step mode of a single Exchange.
`bodyMaxChars`	`128kb`	To limit the message body to a maximum size in the traced message. Use 0 or negative value to use unlimited size.
`bodyIncludeStreams`	`false`	Whether to include the message body of stream based messages. If enabled then beware the stream may not be re-readable later. See more about Stream Caching.
`bodyIncludeFiles`	`true`	Whether to include the message body of file based messages. The overhead is that the file content has to be read from the file.

enabled

false

Whether the debugger is enabled or not.

singleStepMode

false

Whether currently in single step mode of a single Exchange.

bodyMaxChars

128kb

To limit the message body to a maximum size in the traced message. Use 0 or negative value to use unlimited size.

bodyIncludeStreams

false

Whether to include the message body of stream based messages. If enabled then beware the stream may not be re-readable later. See more about Stream Caching.

bodyIncludeFiles

true

Whether to include the message body of file based messages. The overhead is that the file content has to be read from the file.

Operations

Option Type Description

Option	Type	Description
`enableDebugger`	`void`	To enable the debugger
`disableDebugger`	`void`	To disable the debugger
`getDebuggerCounter`	`long`	Gets the total number of debugged messages.
`resetDebuggerCounter`	`void`	To reset the debugger counter.
`dumpTracedMessagesAsXml(nodeId)`	`String`	To dump the debugged messages from the give node id in XML format.
`addBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To add a breakpoint at the given node.
`addConditionalBreakpoint(nodeId, language, predicate)`	`void`	To add a conditional breakpoint at the given node. The predicate is created from the language parameter.
`removeBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To remove the breakpoint from the given node id.
`resumeBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To resume a suspend breakpoint, which will then continue routing the Exchange.
`resumeAll`	`void`	To resume all suspended breakpoints.
`getSuspendedBreakpointNodeIds`	`Set<String>`	To get a set of all the nodes which has suspended breakpoints (eg an Exchange at the breakpoint which is suspended).
`stepBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To start single step mode from a suspended breakpoint at the given node. Then invoke `step` to step to next node in the route.
`step`	`void`	To step to next node when in single step mode.
`getBreakpoints`	`Set<String>`	To get a set of all the nodes which has a breakpoint added.
`enableBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To active a breakpoint which has been temporary disabled.
`disableBreakpoint(nodeId)`	`void`	To disable a breakpoint temporary.
`setMessageBodyOnBreakpoint(nodeId,body)`	`void`	To update the message body on the suspended Exchange at the node.
`setMessageHeaderOnBreakpoint(nodeId,headerName,value)`	`void`	To update/add the message header on the suspended Exchange at the node.
`setFallbackTimeout(value)`	`long`	Fallback Timeout in seconds (300 seconds as default) when block the message processing in Camel. A timeout used for waiting for a message to arrive at a given breakpoint. `

enableDebugger

void

To enable the debugger

disableDebugger

void

To disable the debugger

getDebuggerCounter

long

Gets the total number of debugged messages.

resetDebuggerCounter

void

To reset the debugger counter.

dumpTracedMessagesAsXml(nodeId)

String

To dump the debugged messages from the give node id in XML format.

addBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To add a breakpoint at the given node.

addConditionalBreakpoint(nodeId, language, predicate)

void

To add a conditional breakpoint at the given node. The predicate is created from the language parameter.

removeBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To remove the breakpoint from the given node id.

resumeBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To resume a suspend breakpoint, which will then continue routing the Exchange.

resumeAll

void

To resume all suspended breakpoints.

getSuspendedBreakpointNodeIds

Set<String>

To get a set of all the nodes which has suspended breakpoints (eg an Exchange at the breakpoint which is suspended).

stepBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To start single step mode from a suspended breakpoint at the given node. Then invoke step to step to next node in the route.

step

void

To step to next node when in single step mode.

getBreakpoints

Set<String>

To get a set of all the nodes which has a breakpoint added.

enableBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To active a breakpoint which has been temporary disabled.

disableBreakpoint(nodeId)

void

To disable a breakpoint temporary.

setMessageBodyOnBreakpoint(nodeId,body)

void

To update the message body on the suspended Exchange at the node.

setMessageHeaderOnBreakpoint(nodeId,headerName,value)

void

To update/add the message header on the suspended Exchange at the node.

setFallbackTimeout(value)

long

Fallback Timeout in seconds (300 seconds as default) when block the message processing in Camel. A timeout used for waiting for a message to arrive at a given breakpoint. `

Enabling

You would need to enable this using the JMX API.