How does the Camel Jetty component work in Akka?

Question

In the following example (taken from Akka Camel doc), the Jetty HTTP component is used to receive HTTP messages. Does it mean that the actor start a new Jetty server?

import akka.camel.{ CamelMessage, Consumer }

class MyEndpoint extends Consumer {
  def endpointUri = "jetty:http://localhost:8877/example"

  def receive = {
    case msg: CamelMessage => { /* ... */ }
    case _                 => { /* ... */ }
  }
}

Answer 1

Correct, jetty consumer will start an embedded Jetty server and bind it to the specified port.

Here's a quote from the official documentation:

The jetty component provides HTTP-based endpoints for consuming and producing HTTP requests. That is, the Jetty component behaves as a simple Web server.