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Mule Components

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componentComponents are message processors which execute business logic on messages. They enable you to perform specific actions without writing any Mule-specific code. You can drop a component – a POJO, Spring bean, Java bean, or script – into a flow to perform almost any customized task within your Mule application. For example, you can use a component to verify that items on an invoice are in stock in a warehouse, or to update a database with a customer’s order history.

Scripting Components

Mule includes several scripting components that you can use in flows to execute custom business logic. These components enable you to drop a chunk of custom-written logic into your flow to act upon messages.

scripting_components

The example below illustrates the use of a Groovy script component. The script uses the value of state to determine which of four sales regions to assign a lead.

Web Service Components

Also included are two components to facilitate exposing, consuming, and proxying Web services. The CXF component leverages the CXF framework Mule uses to support SOAP Web services; the REST component works with Jersey to support RESTful Web services; both are bound to HTTP.

rest cxf
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HTTP Component

Further, Mule provides an HTTP component to facilitate working with calls over HTTP. Use the HTTP Static Resource Handler to easily serve up static content when called.

http_components

Other Components

Finally, Mule includes several other components designed to meet rather specific needs.

misc_components

  • Use a Logger component to log activities in the flow as they occur.

  • Use an Expression component to evaluate a particular expression upon a message in a flow.

  • Use an Invoke component to invoke the method of an object specified with a Mule expression.

  • Use an Echo component to return the payload of a message as a call response.

  • Use a Flow Ref component to access another flow from within a flow.

  • Use a Batch Execute component to kick off processing of a batch job.

Examples

Groovy Script Component Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mule xmlns:scripting="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/scripting"
...
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/scripting http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/scripting/current/mule-scripting.xsd">

...

    <flow name="LookUpSalesRegionFlow" doc:name="LookUpSalesRegionFlow" doc:description="The script uses data in the state field to add a region to the payload according to location.">
        <scripting:component doc:name="Groovy">
            <scripting:script engine="Groovy">def region = "UNKNOWN"
def state = payload['state']
if (state != null) {
 state = state.toUpperCase()
}
println "State to lookup is: " + state
switch (state) {
        case ["CT","ME","MA","NH","VT","RI","NY","NJ","DE","DC","MD","NH"]:
            region = "North East"
            break
        case ["AL","AR","FL", "GA","LA" ,"SC","NC","TN","TX"]:
            region = "South East"
            break
        case ["ID","IL", "IA","KS","MT", "WY","ND","SD","OH" ]:
            region = "Mid West"
            break
        case ["AZ","CO","OK","NM", "NV"]:
            region = "South West"
            break
        case ["CA","HI","WA","OR", "AK"]:
            region = "West Coast"
            break
    }
return ["region":region]</scripting:script>
        </scripting:component>
        <logger message="Region is : #[payload.region]" level="INFO" doc:name="Logger"/>
    </flow>

</mule>

REST Component Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mule xmlns:jersey="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/jersey" xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http" xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core" xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation" xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-current.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/jersey http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/jersey/current/mule-jersey.xsd">
<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_Configuration"
  host="localhost" port="8081" doc:name="HTTP Listener Configuration"/>
    <flow name="rest_exampleFlow1" doc:name="rest_exampleFlow1">
        <http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration"
          path="/" doc:name="HTTP"/>
        <jersey:resources doc:name="REST">
            <component class="example.RestExampleResource"/>
        </jersey:resources>
    </flow>
</mule>

example.RestExampleResource

package example;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;


@Path("/example1")
public class RestExampleResource {

    @GET
    @Produces("text/plain")

    public String getExampleMsg(){
        return "REST and be well.";
        //return Response.status(Status.OK).entity("Rest and be well.").build();

    }

}

Echo, Logger, and HTTP Components Examples

HTTP Listen and Choose

36MuleCompExFlow

In the following example, you can try different values from this URL:

http://localhost:8081/?choice=<value>;

If you enter choice=mules, the flow succeeds and returns a status of 200 (okay); otherwise any other value returns a choice of null and a status code of 400 (bad request).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mule xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
    xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core" xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
    xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-current.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd">
<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" host="localhost" port="8081" doc:name="HTTP Listener Configuration"/>

    <flow name="ListenAndChoose">
      <http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" path="/" doc:name="HTTP"/>
      <choice doc:name="Choice">
          <when expression="#[message.inboundProperties.'http.query.params'.choice == 'mules']">
              <set-variable variableName="status" value="200" doc:name="Variable"/>
          </when>
          <otherwise>
              <set-variable variableName="status" value="400" doc:name="Variable"/>
          </otherwise>
       </choice>
       <set-payload value="Debug: Choice = #[message.inboundProperties.'http.query.params'.choice], Status value is #[flowVars.status]" doc:name="Debug Message"/>
       <echo-component doc:name="Echo"/>
       <logger message="#[payload]" level="INFO" doc:name="Logger"/>
    </flow>
 </mule>

HTTP Static Resource Handler

36HTTPStatResHdlr 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mule xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http" xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core" xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation" xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-current.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd">
<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" host="localhost" port="8081" doc:name="HTTP Listener Configuration"/>
    <flow name="static-handlerFlow1" doc:name="statice-handlerFlow1">
        <http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" path="/" doc:name="HTTP"/>
        <http:static-resource-handler resourceBase="src/main/resources/index.html" doc:name="HTTP Static Resource Handler"/>
    </flow>
</mule>

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