<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-cdi</artifactId> <version>3.11.1</version> </dependency> import javax.inject.Named; import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder; import org.apache.camel.cdi.ContextName; @Named @ContextName("myContext") public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder { @Override public void configure() throws Exception { from("timer:myTimer?period=5000") .setBody() .constant("Hello from Camel!") .to("log:myLogger"); } } <beans xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_2_0.xsd" bean-discovery-mode="all"> </beans> import org.apache.camel.cdi.CdiCamelExtension; import javax.enterprise.inject.se.SeContainerInitializer; public class MyApp { public static void main(String[] args) { try (SeContainer seContainer = SeContainerInitializer.newInstance().initialize()) { CdiCamelExtension.getCamelContext(seContainer.getBeanManager(), "myContext").setAutoStartup(true); } } }