[[fop-component]]
== FOP Component

*Available as of Camel version 2.10*

The FOP component allows you to render a message into different output
formats using http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/index.html[Apache FOP].

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their `pom.xml`
for this component:

[source,xml]
------------------------------------------------------------
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-fop</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
------------------------------------------------------------

### URI format

[source,java]
----------------------------
fop://outputFormat?[options]
----------------------------

### Output Formats

The primary output format is PDF but other output
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/output.html[formats] are also
supported:

[width="100%",cols="10%,10%,80%",options="header",]
|=======================================================================
|name |outputFormat |description

|PDF |application/pdf |Portable Document Format

|PS |application/postscript |Adobe Postscript

|PCL |application/x-pcl |Printer Control Language

|PNG |image/png |PNG images

|JPEG |image/jpeg |JPEG images

|SVG |image/svg+xml |Scalable Vector Graphics

|XML |application/X-fop-areatree |Area tree representation

|MIF |application/mif |FrameMaker's MIF

|RTF |application/rtf |Rich Text Format

|TXT |text/plain |Text
|=======================================================================

The complete list of valid output formats can be found
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/commons/trunk/src/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/util/MimeConstants.java[here]

### Endpoint Options

// component options: START
The FOP component supports 2 options, which are listed below.



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|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *resolveProperty Placeholders* (advanced) | Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. | true | boolean
| *basicPropertyBinding* (advanced) | Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities | false | boolean
|===
// component options: END



// endpoint options: START
The FOP endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

----
fop:outputType
----

with the following path and query parameters:

==== Path Parameters (1 parameters):


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|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *outputType* | *Required* The primary output format is PDF but other output formats are also supported. |  | FopOutputType
|===


==== Query Parameters (4 parameters):


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|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *fopFactory* (producer) | Allows to use a custom configured or implementation of org.apache.fop.apps.FopFactory. |  | FopFactory
| *userConfigURL* (producer) | The location of a configuration file which can be loaded from classpath or file system. |  | String
| *basicPropertyBinding* (advanced) | Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities | false | boolean
| *synchronous* (advanced) | Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported). | false | boolean
|===
// endpoint options: END
// spring-boot-auto-configure options: START
=== Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

[source,xml]
----
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-fop-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
----


The component supports 3 options, which are listed below.



[width="100%",cols="2,5,^1,2",options="header"]
|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *camel.component.fop.basic-property-binding* | Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities | false | Boolean
| *camel.component.fop.enabled* | Enable fop component | true | Boolean
| *camel.component.fop.resolve-property-placeholders* | Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. | true | Boolean
|===
// spring-boot-auto-configure options: END



The location of a configuration file with the following
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/configuration.html[structure].
From *Camel 2.12* onwards the file is loaded from the classpath by
default. You can use `file:`, or `classpath:` as prefix to load the
resource from file or classpath. In previous releases the file is always
loaded from file system.

fopFactory

 

Allows to use a custom configured or implementation of
`org.apache.fop.apps.FopFactory`.

### Message Operations

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|=======================================================================
|name |default value |description

|CamelFop.Output.Format |  | Overrides the output format for that message

|CamelFop.Encrypt.userPassword |  | PDF user password

|CamelFop.Encrypt.ownerPassword |  | PDF owner passoword

|CamelFop.Encrypt.allowPrint | true |Allows printing the PDF

|CamelFop.Encrypt.allowCopyContent |true |Allows copying content of the PDF

|CamelFop.Encrypt.allowEditContent |true |Allows editing content of the PDF

|CamelFop.Encrypt.allowEditAnnotations |true |Allows editing annotation of the PDF

|CamelFop.Render.producer |Apache FOP |Metadata element for the system/software that produces the document

|CamelFop.Render.creator |  | Metadata element for the user that created the document

|CamelFop.Render.creationDate |  | Creation Date

|CamelFop.Render.author |  | Author of the content of the document

|CamelFop.Render.title |  | Title of the document

|CamelFop.Render.subject |  | Subject of the document

|CamelFop.Render.keywords |  | Set of keywords applicable to this document
|=======================================================================

### Example

Below is an example route that renders PDFs from xml data and xslt
template and saves the PDF files in target folder:

[source,java]
---------------------------------
from("file:source/data/xml")
    .to("xslt:xslt/template.xsl")
    .to("fop:application/pdf")
    .to("file:target/data");
---------------------------------

For more information, see these resources...

### See Also

* Configuring Camel
* Component
* Endpoint
* Getting Started
