Use XML to Configure a Connector

Although you can manually code a Mule app in XML, it is more efficient to use Anypoint Studio:

If you manually code a Mule runtime engine (Mule) app in XML, either from the Anypoint Studio XML editor or from a text editor, you can access the connector from your app by adding reference statements to both your XML Mule flow and the Apache Maven pom.xml file.
If you add the connector in Studio, Studio automatically populates the XML code with the connector’s namespace and schema location and it also adds a dependency to the pom.xml file.

Add a Namespace for a Connector

To add a namespace for a connector, paste the following code inside the <mule> tag of the header of your configuration XML, where <connector> is the connector name specified in the XML and Maven Support topic of the connector’s User Guide:

http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/<connector>
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/<connector>/current/mule-<connector>.xsd

This example shows how the namespace statements are placed in the <mule> XML block:

<mule xmlns:<connector>="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/<connector>"
	xmlns:ee="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core"
	xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
	xmlns:file="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file"
	xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
	xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file/current/mule-file.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core/current/mule-ee.xsd
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/<connector>
	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/<connector>/current/mule-<connector>.xsd">

Add a POM File Dependency

The Apache Maven pom.xml file generated by Anypoint Studio contains dependencies for a Mule app. If you code a Mule app manually, include this XML snippet in your pom.xml file to enable access to this connector:

<dependency>
  <groupId>GROUP_ID_FROM_EXCHANGE</groupId>
  <artifactId>ARTIFACT_ID_FROM_EXCHANGE</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <classifier>mule-plugin</classifier>
</dependency>

Replace GROUP_ID_FROM_EXCHANGE and ARTIFACT_ID_FROM_EXCHANGE with correct information from Exchange.

Replace x.x.x with the version that corresponds to the connector you are using.

To obtain the most up-to-date pom.xml file information:

Go to Anypoint Exchange.
In Exchange, click Login and supply your Anypoint Platform username and password.
In Exchange, search for <connector-name>.
Select the connector.
Click Dependency Snippets near the upper right of the screen.

Use XML to Configure a Connector

Add a Namespace for a Connector

Add a POM File Dependency

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