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As you read in chapter 1, an endpoint is an abstraction that models the end of a message channel through which a system can send or receive messages. In this section, we’re going to explain how you can use URIs to configure Camel to communicate over FTP and JMS. Let’s first look at FTP.
One of the things that make Camel easy to use is the endpoint URI. By specifying a URI, you can identify the component you want to use and how that component is configured. You can then decide to either send messages to the component configured by this URI, or to consume messages from it.