options offered by the Mule framework

• Easy implementation of new transports, data transformers, etc.
• Automatic message queuing.
• Automatic creation and support of component pools, which allows parallel message processing.
• Many configuration options, most applicable to the whole environment, particular transports or specific end points.
• Advanced message routing options:
  • Creating flows, connecting end points into a logical chain.
  • Sending one received message to many end points.
  • Dividing a message into constituents and routing each of them to a particular location.
  • Automatic rejection of duplicate messages.
  • Grouping many incoming messages into one.
  • Collecting and aggregating messages from many end points.
• Extensive message filtering, based on:
  • metadata, such as message type or size,
  • data specific to the transport used to receive the message (e.g. HTTP headers),
  • message content (regexp),
  • XPATH/JXPATH/OGNL statements.
• Logical filters (and/or/not), for building complex filter phrases.