EX421 - Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development exam

The Red Hat® Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development exam (EX421) tests candidates' abilities to create and maintain enterprise integration services using Red Hat JBoss® Fuse. An enterprise application developer who earns the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development has demonstrated the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to create and maintain enterprise integration services based on the Red Hat JBoss Fuse framework and application programming interfaces (APIs) for Apache Camel.

Audience

The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development:

• Enterprise Java developers who are familiar with service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles and are responsible for integrating enterprise applications.
• Enterprise SOA architects with some Java development experience and knowledge of enterprise integration.
  
  

Study points for the exam 

To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development should be able to:

Create and maintain Camel routes

• Use the Java™ language
• Use the CamelContext XML

Exchange messages

• Body
• In/out
• Headers
• Attachments

Consume and produce files

• CSV format
• XML format

Work with databases and the Camel JPA component

Understand transactional routes

Use EIPs

• Content-based routing
• Wire Tap
• Splitter
• Aggregator
• RecipientList

Use Camel components

• File2
• FTP
• JPA2
• JMS
• Direct

Use Camel Test

• Mock endpoints
• JUnit 4 integration and CamelTest APIs

Dynamically route messages

• Use conditional routes
• Use data-driven routes

Handle exceptions

• Catch and handle exceptions
• Use the dead-letter queue
  
  

Scores and reporting

Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. Exam results are reported as section scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request.

Prerequisites

Red Hat recommends that candidates for this exam earn EX225 - Red Hat Certified JBoss Developer (RHCJD) before attempting this exam, but it is not required. Exam candidates should:

• Have taken the Camel Development with Red Hat JBoss Fuse (RH421) course or have extensive work experience in enterprise integration using Apache Camel
• Have familiarity working in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux® environment
• Review the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Camel Development exam (EX421) objectives
  
  

Recommended courses 

JB421 - Camel Development with Red Hat JBoss Fuse
JB225 - Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Development I
EX225 - Red Hat Certified JBoss Developer (RHCJD)