[[message-eip]]
= Message

Camel supports the
http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/Message.html[Message] from
the xref:enterprise-integration-patterns.adoc[EIP patterns] using the
https://www.javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.camel/camel-api/current/org/apache/camel/Message.html[Message]
interface.

image::eip/MessageSolution.gif[image]

To support various message xref:manual:ROOT:exchange-pattern.adoc[exchange patterns]
like one way xref:event-message.adoc[Event Message] and
xref:requestReply-eip.adoc[Request Reply] messages Camel uses an
xref:manual:ROOT:exchange.adoc[Exchange] interface which has a *pattern* property
which can be set to *InOnly* for an xref:event-message.adoc[Event
Message] which has a single inbound Message, or *InOut* for a
xref:requestReply-eip.adoc[Request Reply] where there is an inbound and
outbound message.

Here is a basic example of sending a Message to a route in *InOnly* and
*InOut* modes using a `ProducerTemplate`

[source,java]
----
//InOnly
getContext().createProducerTemplate().sendBody("direct:startInOnly", "Hello World");

//InOut
Object result = getContext().createProducerTemplate().requestBody("direct:startInOut", "Hello World");
----

And an example with routes:

[source,java]
----
from("direct:startInOnly")
  .inOnly("bean:process");

from("direct:startInOut")
  .inOut("bean:process");
----

See xref:to-eip.adoc[to-eip with pattern]
