A simple transport for Mule VM Transport.

1. MULE VM TRANSPORT
BY – ANKUSH SHARMA

2. WHAT IS VM?
IN COMPUTING, A VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) IS AN EMULATION OF A GIVEN
COMPUTER SYSTEM. VIRTUAL MACHINES OPERATE BASED ON THE COMPUTER
ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF A REAL OR HYPOTHETICAL COMPUTER, AND
THEIR IMPLEMENTATIONS MAY INVOLVE SPECIALIZED HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR
A COMBINATION.

3. MULE VM TRANSPORT
• USER CAN USE THE JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) TRANSPORT FOR INTRA-JVM
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MULE FLOWS. THIS TRANSPORT BY DEFAULT USES
IN-MEMORY QUEUES BUT CAN OPTIONALLY BE CONFIGURED TO USE PERSISTENT
QUEUES.

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

5. MULE VM TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (GENERAL TAB) (CONT.)
• FOLLOWING ARE THE OPTIONS ON GENERAL TAB –
• DISPLAY NAME – DISPLAY NAME TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE MULE FLOW.
• EXCHANGE PATTERN – EXCHANGE PATTERN TO BE USED WITH THIS TRANSPORT.
• QUEUE PATH – THE QUEUE PATH USED TO CREATE ADDRESS TO BE ACCESSED.
• CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION – REFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL CONNECTOR
CONFIGURATION.
• TYPE – TYPE OF TRANSACTION TO BE DONE.
• ACTION – ACTION TO BE PERFORMED IN TRANSACTION.
• TIME OUT – TIMEOUT IN MILLISECONDS FOR TRANSACTION.

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

7. MULE VM TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (ADVANCED TAB)
• FOLLOWING ARE THE OPTIONS ON ADVANCED TAB –
• ADDRESS – ADDRESS FOR THIS TRANSPORT.
• RESPONSE TIMEOUT – TIMEOUT FOR REQUEST RESPONSE.
• ENCODING – ENCODING STANDARD APPLIED ON MESSAGE DATA.
• MIME TYPE – MIME TYPE OF THE MESSAGE DATA E.G. APPLICATION/JSON
• CONNECTOR ENDPOINT – REFERENCE TO GLOBAL CONNECTOR ENDPOINT.

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

9. MULE VM 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.
• 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.
• CLASS – THE JAVA CLASS WHICH WILL COME IN ACTION AFTER A FAILED CONNECTION ATTEMPT.
• RUN THE CONNECTION IN A SEPARATED THREAD – CHECK THIS BOX IF THERE IS NEED TO USE

10. MULE VM TRANSPORT – CONFIGURATION
WIZARD (TRANSFORMERS TAB)

11. MULE VM 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 VM TRANSPORT.
• TRANSFORMERS TO BE APPLIED - ENTER A LIST OF SYNCHRONOUS TRANSFORMERS
THAT ARE APPLIED TO THE RESPONSE BEFORE IT IS DISPATCHED FROM THE VM
TRANSPORT.

12. MULE VM CONNECTOR – NOTES AND META-
DATA TABS
• NOTES TAB - THIS TAB IS USED TO ADD SPECIAL NOTES FOR THE MULE VM
CONNECTOR.
• METADATA TAB – THIS TAB IS USED TO ADD ANY METADATA ENTRY FOR MULE
VM CONNECTOR.

13. THANK YOU!