MuleSoft-Integration-Architect-I Reviews Questions

Explanation

In this scenario, both A & C will work, but A is better as it does not require repackage to the domain project at all.

Correct answer is Package the HTTPS Listener configuration in a Mule DOMAIN project, referencing it from all Mule applications that need to expose an HTTPS endpoint. Store the server-side certificate in a shared filesystem location in the Mule runtime’s classpath, OUTSIDE the Mule DOMAIN or any Mule APPLICATION.

What is Mule Domain Project?

* A Mule Domain Project is implemented to configure the resources that are shared among different projects. These resources can be used by all the projects associated with this domain. Mule applications can be associated with only one domain, but a domain can be associated with multiple projects. Shared resources allow multiple development teams to work in parallel using the same set of reusable connectors. Defining these connectors as shared resources at the domain level allows the team to: - Expose multiple services within the domain through the same port. - Share the connection to persistent storage. - Share services between apps through a well-defined interface. - Ensure consistency between apps upon any changes because the configuration is only set in one place.

* Use domains Project to share the same host and port among multiple projects. You can declare the http connector within a domain project and associate the domain project with other projects. Doing this also allows to control thread settings, keystore configurations, time outs for all the requests made within multiple applications. You may think that one can also achieve this by duplicating the http connector configuration across all the applications. But, doing this may pose a nightmare if you have to make a change and redeploy all the applications.

* If you use connector configuration in the domain and let all the applications use the new domain instead of a default domain, you will maintain only one copy of the http connector configuration. Any changes will require only the domain to the redeployed instead of all the applications.

You can start using domains in only three steps:

1) Create a Mule Domain project

2) Create the global connector configurations which needs to be shared across the applications inside the Mule Domain project

3) Modify the value of domain in mule-deploy.properties file of the applications

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Use a certificate defined in already deployed Mule domain Configure the certificate in the domain so that the API proxy HTTPS Listener references it, and then deploy the secure API proxy to the target Runtime Fabric, or on-premises target. (CloudHub is not supported with this approach because it does not support Mule domains.)

Explanation

An SLA for the upstream API CANNOT be provided.

To ensure that the Java Invoke static connector in a Mule 4 application can access a static method in a dependency jar file, you need to make the dependency visible to the connector's class loader. Here are the two effective methods to achieve this:

Using Maven Command:

Include Dependency via Maven: Add the dependency jar file using Maven when packaging the Mule application. This ensures that the jar file is included in the application’s build and is available at runtime.

Add the dependency to your pom.xml file:

com.example <artifactId>example-library</artifactId> 1.0.0

Use the Maven package command to build the application and include the dependency:

mvn clean package

Configuring Dependency as a Shared Library:

Shared Library Configuration: Configure the dependency as a shared library in the project POM. This makes the jar available to all components within the Mule application.

Define the shared library in pom.xml:

xml

com.example <artifactId>example-library</artifactId> 1.0.0 provided

Steps for Java Invoke Configuration:

Ensure the static method in the dependency jar file is accessible via the Java Invoke connector by correctly configuring the connector with the class and method details.

Benefits:

Maven Integration: Using Maven ensures that the dependency management is streamlined and integrated with the build lifecycle of the Mule application.

Shared Library: Configuring as a shared library ensures that the dependency is managed centrally and is easily accessible by various parts of the Mule application.

MuleSoft Documentation on Java Module

Maven Documentation on Dependency Management