Camel URL Ampersand Issue
Recently I encountered a problem when I was using the Exec component to run multiple Windows batch files at one go.
All my parameters were put in an XML file, so I had something like:
<exec executable="cmd" argument="/c c:/batch1.bat;c:/batch2.bat"/>
However, with these settings, only the first batch file was executed.
After some search, I changed the configuration to
<exec executable="cmd" argument="/c c:/batch1.bat;&c:/batch2.bat"/>
This time Camel complained it did not recognize some parameters (c:/batch2.bat). This was because Camel treats '&' as URL delimiter.
Use RAW to Escape Ampersand
I managed to solve it by using the syntax RAW:<exec executable="cmd" argument="RAW(/c c:/batch1.bat;&c:/batch2.bat)"/>
What I want to mention is that RAW must be used to enclose the whole value of a parameter, not a part. So the following does not work:
<exec executable="cmd" argument="/c RAW(c:/batch1.bat;&c:/batch2.bat)"/>
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