## Name

Policy — Defines a policy the route will use

## Usage

The Policy pattern allows you to specify a policy, such as a security policy, to which all nodes that follow it must adhere. The policy is configured as a Spring bean.

The Policy pattern can appear anywhere in the body of a route.

## Properties

Table 100 describes the properties you can specify using the properties editor.

Table 100. Policy Properties

Name | Description
--- | ---
Ref | Specifies a reference to the Spring bean configuring the policy to be enforced.
Inherit Error Handler | Specifies whether the node should use the error handler configured for the route. The default is `Disabled`.
Id | Specifies a unique identifier for the endpoint. The Id can be used to refer to the endpoint in the Camel XML file.
Description | Specifies a text description for the node. This description is included in the generated XML file, but it is informational only. It is not used by Apache Camel.

## Related topics

Adding beans and configuration