Greetings,

Trying to figure out how does the direct component work. Reading the documentation it gives this example:

from("activemq:queue:order.in")

    .to("bean:orderServer?method=validate")

    .to("direct:processOrder");

from("direct:processOrder")

    .to("bean:orderService?method=process")

    .to("activemq:queue:order.out");

Based on the understanding I get from this example, I would expect that the following works as well:

      from("file:{{product.file.inbox}}").to("direct:products-variants");

      from("file:{{variant.file.inbox}}").to("direct:products-variants");

      from("direct:product-variants").log("### We received: $(body)");

What I would expect is to log the content of the files. Or even:

      from("file:{{product.file.inbox}}").to("direct:products-variants");

      from("file:{{variant.file.inbox}}").to("direct:products-variants");

      from("direct:product-variants").to("file:{{product.variant.file.outbox}}?fileExist=Append");

to append the files. But none of previous routes work. Is that expected or am I doing an error ?

Many thanks in advance,

Nicolas