Redundant from() in Camel Java DSL

[pzl_mz]

Is it possible to get rid of the from("switchyard://SomeSerivice") in a Camel Java DSL? I think this feature existed in the inline route( implementation.camel )  but since inline routes are not allowed anymore I can't find a solution to remove this redundancy.

[kcbabo]

It is not possible to get rid of the from() endpoint in Camel routes.  Funny enough, we used to allow that to go unspecified but got feedback that it was too funky/different from how Camel routes are traditionally specified.  Be that as it may, the switchyard endpoint does have some utility:

1) We allow multiple route definitions in a Java or XML DSL definition pointed to by implementation.camel.  Having a from("switchyard://") endpoint clearly identifies which route is the "entry point" for the service.

2) Internal dispatch to a Camel route is done via a SwitchYard camel component, so the endpoint needs to be there one way or the other.  Doing it in the background on deployment is possible, but as I mentioned above that seems to create more problems than it solves.