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 SaaS applications. Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs. What's Inside Full coverage of Mule 3 Integration with cloud services Common transports, routers, and transformers Security, routing, orchestration, and transactions About the Reader Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs. 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 MuleSoft, Inc. Quotes Captures the essence of pragmatism that is the founding principle of Mule. - From the Foreword by Ross Mason, Creator of Mule A new, in-depth perspective. - Dan Barber, Penn Mutual Excellent topic coverage and code examples. - Davide Piazza, Thread Solutions srl, MuleSoft Partner This edition has grown, with more real-world examples and a thorough grounding in messaging. - Keith McAlister, CGI

Mule in Action covers Mule fundamentals and best practices. It is a comprehensive tutorial that starts with a quick ESB overview and then gets Mule to work. It dives into core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data. Next, it gives you a close look at Mule's standard components and how to roll out custom ones. You'll pick up techniques for testing, performance tuning, BPM orchestration, and even a touch of Groovy scripting. About the Technology Mule is a widely used open source enterprise service bus. It is standards based, provides easy integration with Spring and JBoss, and fully supports the enterprise messaging patterns collected by Hohpe and Woolf. You can readily customize Mule without writing a lot of new code. About the Book Mule in Action covers Mule fundamentals and best practices. It is a comprehensive tutorial that starts with a quick ESB overview and then gets Mule to work. It dives into core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data. Next, it gives you a close look at Mule's standard components and how to roll out custom ones. You'll pick up techniques for testing, performance tuning, BPM orchestration, and even a touch of Groovy scripting. What's Inside Mule deployment, logging, and monitoring Common transports, routers, and transformers Security, routing, orchestration, and transactions About the Reader Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, the book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs. About the Authors Both authors are Java EE architects. David Dossot is the project "despot" of the JCR Transport and has worked with Mule since 2005. John D'Emic is Chief Integration Architect at OpSource Inc., where he has used Mule since 2006. Quotes A deep, anatomical view of Mule ESB. - Ara Abrahamian, Arachitect, Coauthor of Java Open Source Programming A top-to-bottom example-driven guide I haven't found anywhere else. - Ben Hall, Technical Lead, IBBS Outstanding examples show how to use Mule. - Doug Warren, Software Architect, Java Web Services These guys know what they are talking about! - Fabrice Dewasmes, Java & Open Source Department Director, Pragma Consult Works better than a carrot to get the Mule going. Useful even for experts. - Jeroen Benckhuijsen, Software Architect, Atos Origin