## Name

Intercept — Intercepts a message at each step in the route

## Usage

The Intercept pattern specifies a series of processing steps that are applied to a message between each step in a route.

The Intercept pattern must be the first step in the route traversed by the intercepted messages.

## Properties

Table 35 describes the properties you can specify using the properties editor.

Table 35. Intercept Properties

Name | Description
--- | ---
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.