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+# camel-k: language=yaml
+
+# Write your routes here, for example:
+- from:
+    uri: "timer:yaml"
+    parameters:
+      period: "1000"
+    steps:
+      - setBody:
+          constant: "Hello Camel K from yaml"
+      - to: "log:info"
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