title: What are the advantages and disadvantages of defining Camel routes in spring xml?
body: <p>Currently I try to get deeper into Apache Camel. As you know there are at least two ways to describe the routes: the Java DSL and the XML-configuration.</p>
  
  <p>The developers of Camel recommend to use the Java DSL because i.e. it has the benefit that it better integrates into the IDE. Another benefit is, that you can enrich the Java DSL with your own code without writing complex class structures. This seems necessary if XML-configuration is taken.</p>
  
  <p>What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of routes defined in an xml-file? When to use xml-files for definition of routes and when to use Java DSL?</p>