[[ical-dataformat]]
= iCal DataFormat
:docTitle: iCal
:artifactId: camel-ical
:description: Marshal and unmarshal iCal (.ics) documents to/from model objects provided by the iCal4j library.
:since: 2.12
:supportLevel: Stable

*Since Camel {since}*

The ICal dataformat is used for working with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar[iCalendar] messages.

A typical iCalendar message looks like:

[source,java]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Events Calendar//iCal4j 1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20130324T180000Z
DTSTART:20130401T170000
DTEND:20130401T210000
SUMMARY:Progress Meeting
TZID:America/New_York
UID:00000000
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CN=Developer 1:mailto:dev1@mycompany.com
ATTENDEE;ROLE=OPT-PARTICIPANT;CN=Developer 2:mailto:dev2@mycompany.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------

== Options

// dataformat options: START
The iCal dataformat supports 2 options, which are listed below.



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|===
| Name | Default | Java Type | Description
| validating | false | Boolean | Whether to validate.
| contentTypeHeader | false | Boolean | Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc.
|===
// dataformat options: END
ND

== Basic Usage

To unmarshal and marshal the message shown above, your route will look
like the following:

[source,java]
-----------------------------
from("direct:ical-unmarshal")
  .unmarshal("ical")
  .to("mock:unmarshaled")
  .marshal("ical")
  .to("mock:marshaled");
-----------------------------

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-ical</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
------------------------------------------------------------


include::camel-spring-boot::page$ical-starter.adoc[]
