Chapter 4. Creating a Mule Application

In the previous chapter we explored a case study and learned how to model it in Mule. In this chapter we'll look at how to go about implementing and testing your model. For those of you who have already downloaded and installed Mule, you may want to skip the next section and go directly to "The Mule IDE."

Core Tools and Components

To start with you'll need to have the following, at minimum:

  • A Java platform: Anything that runs JDK 1.5 or higher available from http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp.

  • A Mule distribution: Get the latest one from http://mule.mulesource.org/display/MULE/Download.

  • An IDE: Eclipse or IntelliJ are two popular choices.

Note

All references to an IDE in this book refer to the Eclipse ...

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