Mule in Action, Second Edition

Chapter 12. Developing with Mule

This chapter covers

• The Mule context in depth
• How to interact with Mule from code
• Mule’s internal API
• Testing tools and practices
• Debugging tools and practices

The previous 11 chapters of this book should’ve convinced you that there’s a lot that can be achieved with Mule with minimal coding, or at least without writing any Mule-specific code. For example, you’ve seen that Mule goes to great lengths to let you reuse your existing business logic as-is. This is great news because no one wants to write code that’s coupled to a particular framework, as it creates a potential implementation lock-in and weakens the code by making it sensitive to API changes.

But there are times when it’s worth considering the ...