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 Saa S 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 e Book in PDF, Kindle, and e Pub formats from Manning Publications.What’s Inside Full coverage of Mule 3Integration 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 Mule Soft, Inc.Table of Contents PART 1 CORE MULEDiscovering Mule Processing messages with Mule Working with connectors Transforming data with Mule Routing data with Mule Working with components and patterns PART 2 RUNNING MULEIntegration architecture with Mule Deploying Mule Exception handling and transaction management with Mule Securing Mule Tuning Mule PART 3 TRAVELING FURTHER WITH MULEDeveloping with Mule Writing custom cloud connectors and processors Augmenting Mule with orthogonal technologies