Custom Type Converter isn't loaded

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Hello

I'm following the Get Started page[1] to create a Fuse application based

on the Camel Content Based Router example.

So, I started working on the pipeline and the need for a custom type

converter arose.

Following the 45.2 of Camel's developers guide[2], I created a class with

a static method for the conversion, both annotated with @Converter.

package typeconverters;

import java.util.List;
import org.apache.camel.Converter;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import dto.LineItem;

@Converter
public final class LineItemConverter {
    private LineItemConverter() {}

    @Converter
    public static LineItem fromListOfStrings(List<String> from, Exchange ex) {
        return new LineItem(); /* TODO: implement */
    }
}

Then, I created a file named TypeConverter under the directory

`src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel`. The file contains just

one line reading `typeconverters`.

Finally, I deploy to the server and start it, as documented in [1]. I put some

files in the input folder and bam! an exception is thrown:

org.apache.camel.InvalidPayloadException: No body available of type: dto.LineItem but has value: [...]
  at org.apache.camel.impl.MessageSupport.getMandatoryBody(MessageSupport.java:107)[232:org.apache.camel.camel-core:2.17.0.redhat-630187]
...
Caused by: org.apache.camel.NoTypeConversionAvailableException: No type converter available to convert from type: java.util.ArrayList to the required type: dto.LineItem with value...

The developer guide said something about putting the JAR containing the converter

in the classpath. But I don't really want to separate the converter from the fuse app.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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[1] JBoss Fuse - Get Started | Red Hat Developers

[2] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-jboss-fuse/6.3/paged/apache-camel-development-guide/chapter-45-type-c…

Versions:

  * JBoss Fuse: 6.3.0.redhat-187

  * JBoss Developer Studio: 10.0.0.GA-standalone-installer

  * Apache Camel: 2.17.0.redhat-630187