Routes consist of a sequence of connected patterns, referred to as nodes once they are placed on the canvas inside a Route container node. To add a pattern to a route you drag it from the Palette and drop it into a Route container on the canvas.
When patterns are dropped into a Route container on the canvas, they take on a color that indicates the type of node they are:
Blue—Route containers, which correspond to
routeelements in the context file, and other container nodes, such as when and otherwise EIPs that contain other EIPs that complete their logicGreen—Consumer endpoints that input data entering routes
Orange—EIPs that route, transform, process, or control the flow of data transiting routes
Purple—Producer endpoints that output the data exiting routes
To drag a pattern onto a route:
In the Palette, locate the pattern you want to add to the route.
Select and drag the pattern to the canvas, and drop it on the target Route container.
The new pattern appears on the canvas in the Route container and becomes the selected node. The Properties editor displays a list of the new node's properties for you to edit and configure.
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Once you drop a pattern inside a Route container, you cannot drag the node to rearrange the layout. When you connect one node to another, the tooling updates the layout according to the route editor's layout preference. The default is . To access the route editor 's layout preference:
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