Modules Reference

Modules are similar to transports in that they provide pluggable functionality, configured via dedicated schema, but they differ in that there is no underlying transport to send or receive data. Following is a list of the default Mule ESB modules.

Module	Description
Atom Module	Support for consuming and creating Atom feeds.
BPM	Mule’s support for BPM allows you to send/receive messages to/from a running process. A message from Mule can start or advance a process, the message can be stored as a process variable, and a running process can send messages to any endpoint in your Mule application.
CXF Module	Mule 3.0 architectural changes bring much better support for CXF, meaning it can be used just like another pipe/filter element.
Client Module	MuleClient and the remote dispatcher, giving simple access to the Mule server.
JAAS Module	Security via JAAS.
JBoss Transaction Manager	JBoss transaction support.
jBPM Module	JBoss jBPM is a best-of-breed open source BPMS and is well-integrated with Mule. One advantage of jBPM is that it is embedded directly in the Mule runtime, allowing for faster performance.
Jersey Module	Support for RESTful web services built using Jersey.
JSON Module	JSON data and binding support.
Management Module	Mule agents for server management using JMX.
OGNL Module	Provides a filter using OGNL expressions. For details, see Using OGNL Expressions.
PGP Module	Security via PGP.
SAML Module Enterprise Edition	Provides authentication and authorization capabilities to Mule based on the SAML standard. (As of Mule enterprise edition 2.2.3)
RSS Module	Support for consuming RSS feeds
Scripting Module	Interface between Mule and scripting languages (currently Groovy).
Spring Extras Module	Extensions for using the Spring framework with Mule.
SXC Module	A very fast streaming XPath router and filter.
XML Module	XML based utilities (mainly filters and routers).

Module

Description

Atom Module

Support for consuming and creating Atom feeds.

BPM

Mule’s support for BPM allows you to send/receive messages to/from a running process. A message from Mule can start or advance a process, the message can be stored as a process variable, and a running process can send messages to any endpoint in your Mule application.

CXF Module

Mule 3.0 architectural changes bring much better support for CXF, meaning it can be used just like another pipe/filter element.

Client Module

MuleClient and the remote dispatcher, giving simple access to the Mule server.

JAAS Module

Security via JAAS.

JBoss Transaction Manager

JBoss transaction support.

jBPM Module

JBoss jBPM is a best-of-breed open source BPMS and is well-integrated with Mule. One advantage of jBPM is that it is embedded directly in the Mule runtime, allowing for faster performance.

Jersey Module

Support for RESTful web services built using Jersey.

JSON Module

JSON data and binding support.

Management Module

Mule agents for server management using JMX.

OGNL Module

Provides a filter using OGNL expressions. For details, see Using OGNL Expressions.

PGP Module

Security via PGP.

SAML Module *Enterprise Edition*

Provides authentication and authorization capabilities to Mule based on the SAML standard. (As of Mule enterprise edition 2.2.3)