After I have passed mule Integration Professional exam I got a lot of questions from the community. What materials did I use? What are the main points to learn. What to expect on the exam. I have decided to share some of my experience with the certification. In this blog’s post you can find all materials that I have used.
Reuse driven by DataType
Raml 1.0 introduces new concept called DataType. This fragment is used to declare type in a separate yaml file. This is not just a simplification of JSON schema to conform raml/yaml. It also brings simple improvements and syntax sugar that allows to write types in more concise form. And therefore more readable. In this article we will look at how to define own data types and reuse them in API and its implementation
DataWeave – Tip #5
In the 3rd tip I have described nuisance with casting to integer value. This time we will look at really large numbers and their formatting. In addition I will mention scientific notation. All these topic are around number format used by DataWeave engine. So let’s see what the problem looks like. Problem This problem may…
Error Handling simplified – Try Scope
Errors occurs all the time. All you can do is to implement error handling. In this article I will describe how to use introduced layer of abstraction in exceptions area. Prior to Mule 4, developer only could access raw Java exception as Mule is a Java based ESB. This lead to situation where you, as a developer, needed analyse documentation to find exact exception that you would like to handle. Now an Error concept was introduced.
Routing SOAP messages in Mule CE
Anyone who has designed RESTfull API appreciate API Kit Router available in Mule. It not only generates flows based on API definition but also route and validate messages. Our flows looks more concise and easy to read. This feature is available for both Community and Enterprise editions. For SOAP Web Services SOAP Router is available. However this time this utility works only for Enterprise Edition. Some time ago I developed a couple of services on Mule Community Edition. All services have WSDL contracts and I must say that when I now think about the implementation I would appreciate such router. So I have decided to write something similar that would work for Mule CE.
DataWeave – Tip #4
There are time when you need to get one particular element from an array, but not based on the index. This item needs to fulfill some requirements like equality and so on. In order to perform that task selector ? was introduced. This is applicable for both DataWeave 1.0 and 2.0.
DataWeave – Tip #3
I have already presented how to call Java code using messages processors with the newest Java Module for Mule 4.x. For earlier mule’s version Entry Point Resolvers were used to invoke custom Java code. However for scenarios when we would like to use custom code in DataWeave, for transformations, another approach is needed. Approach presented in this article will be more concise comparing to using message processors. It was highly extended comparing to possibilities of Mule 3.x version. Mule 3 allowed to invoke static methods. In contract Mule 4 not only permits to call static methods but also instantiate classes and access its instance attributes.
Is my service healthy? How to for Mule 4 Runtime.
It is a good practice to monitor your service and check whether it is available and/or is performing as expected. In order to do this, we need to specify what service’s health term means. In this article, I will present two different definitions. However keep in mind that you can have your own, project’s specific definition….
DataWeave – Tip #2
Tip number 2 is about converting decimal number into integer one. This may seem tricky at first. You may say that we do not need to do anything special and DataWeave engine will handle it underneath. However there is a nuance that you should be aware of. In transformation to XML this may not actually works. This tip is primary dedicated to DataWeave 1.0 as in DataWeave 2.0 this does not occur.
Mule 4 new Java Module
In one of my previous posts I described Java Component and entry point resolvers as a way to invoke Java Code in Mule 3.x. In this article I will focus on completely new approach in Mule 4. Mule presents brand new Java Module capable of creating new instances, invoking methods on those instances and invoking static methods. Although you can invoke Java using DataWeave 2.0 and Groovy scripting you are losing additional metadata (DataSense). So lets walk through some sample application.