This document discusses the Mule RMI transport in MuleSoft. It provides details on: - What RMI is and how it allows objects in one JVM to invoke methods of objects in another JVM. - How the Mule RMI transport uses RMI (JRMP) to send and receive Mule events between JVMs, with a dispatcher that invokes RMI methods and a polling receiver. - The configuration options for the Mule RMI transport connector in the general, advanced, reconnection, and transformers tabs when configuring it in Mule.

1. MULE RMI TRANSPORT
BY – ANKUSH SHARMA

2. WHAT IS RMI?
RMI is the object oriented equivalent to RPC
(Remote procedure call). The Java Remote
Method Invocation (RMI) system allows an object
running in one Java Virtual Machine (VM) to
invoke methods of an object running in another
Java VM.

3. MULE RMI TRANSPORT
The RMI transport can be used to send and receive Mule events
over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRMP[JRMP]. This transport has
a dispatcher that invokes an RMI method and a polling receiver
that repeatedly does the same.

4. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (GENERAL TAB) (CONT.)

5. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (GENERAL TAB)
• Following are the options on general tab –
• Display Name – The name to be displayed in the Mule flow.
• Exchange Pattern – Exchange pattern to be used for this transport
connector.
• Host – Host for this transport component.
• Port – Port for this transport component.
• Object – Object of the class that will be invoked by RMI.
• Method – The name of the method to be invoked.
• Method Argument Types – Comma separated arguments for the method
that will be invoked.
• Connector Configuration – Reference to the global connector

6. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (ADVANCED TAB) (CONT.)

7. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (ADVANCED TAB)
• Following are the options on advanced tab –
• Address – The address to this transport.
• Response Timeout – Response timeout time in milliseconds.
• Encoding – Encoding standard to be applied on message data.
• MIME Type – MIME type of the message data.
• Connector Endpoint – Reference to the global connector endpoint.

8. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (RECONNECTION TAB) (CONT.)

9. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (RECONNECTION TAB)
• Following are the properties in reconnection tab –
• Do not use a Reconnection Strategy – This is the default radio button which specifies
do not try to reconnect if there is error connecting to the web address URL.
• Following are properties on reconnection tab –
• Standard Reconnection – Use this radio button to enable a standard reconnection
strategy.
• Frequency (ms) – The frequency time in milliseconds after which the File connector will try
to access the web address URL.
• Reconnect Attempts – This tells how many times the File connector will try to connect to
web address URL.
• Reconnector Forever – Check this box if there is need to make File connector connect to web
address URL until there is a successful connection with it.
• Custom Reconnection – Use this radio button to create a custom Reconnection
strategy.

10. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (TRANSFORMERS TAB) (CONT.)

11. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (TRANSFORMERS TAB)
• Following are properties on Transformers tab –
• Global transformers – Enter a list of synchronous transformers that are
applied to the request before it is sent to the RMI connector.
• Transformers to be applied - Enter a list of synchronous transformers
that are applied to the response before it is dispatched from the RMI
connector.

12. MULE RMI TRANSPORT – NOTES AND
META-DATA TABS
• Notes tab - This tab is used to add special notes for the Mule
RMI connector.
• Metadata tab – This tab is used to add any metadata entry for
Mule RMI connector.

13. THANK YOU!