Skip to Content
Mule in Action, Second Edition
book

Mule in Action, Second Edition

by Victor Romero, John D'Emic, David Dossot
February 2014
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
14h 52m
English
Manning Publications
Content preview from Mule in Action, Second Edition

Appendix D. A sample Mule application

This appendix presents an example of a Mule application. It demonstrates a legacy modernization use case faced by Prancing Donkey, and integration with a partner. Prancing Donkey has recently partnered with Balin’s Stuff, Inc., a provider of accessories to facilitate and enhance the consumption of beer.

In order to sell Balin’s products, Prancing Donkey must periodically pull an XML file from an FTP site. The XML file contains the inventory of Balin’s products and their associated prices, shipping information, and so on.

To facilitate this, Prancing Donkey has developed a Mule application that does the following:

  • Polls an FTP site periodically for product information
  • Splits and transforms each product ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Mule in Action

Mule in Action

John D'Emic, David Dossot
Mule 2: A Developer's Guide

Mule 2: A Developer's Guide

Peter Delia, Antoine Borg, Ricston Ltd.
Navigating the Metaverse

Navigating the Metaverse

Cathy Hackl, Dirk Lueth, Tommaso Di Bartolo, John Arkontaky, Yat Siu

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781617290824Publisher SupportPublisher WebsiteErrata Page