Mule in Action

Summary

Mule in Action, Second Edition is a totally-revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data.

About the Technology

An enterprise service bus is a way to integrate enterprise applications using a bus-like infrastructure. Mule is the leading open source Java ESB. It borrows from the Hohpe/Woolf patterns, is lightweight, can publish REST and SOAP services, integrates well with Spring, is customizable, scales well, and is cloud-ready.

About the Book

Mule in Action, Second Edition is a totally revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data. You''ll get a close look at Mule''s standard components and how to roll out custom ones. You''ll also pick up techniques for testing, performance tuning, and BPM orchestration, and explore cloud API integration for SaaS applications.

Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

What''s Inside

• Full coverage of Mule 3
• Integration with cloud services
• Common transports, routers, and transformers
• Security, routing, orchestration, and transactions

About the Authors

David Dossot is a software architect and has created numerous modules and transports for Mule. John D''Emic is a principal solutions architect and Victor Romero a solutions architect, both at MuleSoft, Inc.

Table of Contents

PART 1 CORE MULE

1. Discovering Mule
2. Processing messages with Mule
3. Working with connectors
4. Transforming data with Mule
5. Routing data with Mule
6. Working with components and patterns

PART 2 RUNNING MULE

7. Integration architecture with Mule
8. Deploying Mule
9. Exception handling and transaction management with Mule
10. Securing Mule
11. Tuning Mule

PART 3 TRAVELING FURTHER WITH MULE

12. Developing with Mule
13. Writing custom cloud connectors and processors
14. Augmenting Mule with orthogonal technologies