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Obtaining the Config and Connection in a Message Source

Obtaining the Config Object

Just like operations, a source might reference a configuration to obtain parameters about its behavior. To obtain such a configuration, a field must be annotated with the @Config annotation (the same used in operation arguments):

public class HttpListener extends Source<InputStream, HttpRequestAttributes> {

  @Config
  private HttpListenerConfig config;
}

Obtaining a Connection

If the source requires a connection (and 99% of connectors do unless you are implementing a Scheduler), you need to obtain a connection. As with operations, the @Connection annotation is used but with two major differences:

  • It is used in a field instead of a method argument.

  • Instead of the connection object, a ConnectionProvider is injected.

public class HttpListener extends Source<InputStream, HttpRequestAttributes> {

    @Config
    private HttpListenerConfig config;

    @Connection
    private ConnectionProvider<HttpServer> serverProvider;

    @Parameter
    @Optional(defaultValue = "/")
    private String path;

    private HttpServer httpServer;

    @Override
    public void onStart(SourceCallback<InputStream, HttpRequestAttributes> sourceCallback) throws MuleException {
        httpServer = serverProvider.connect(); (1)

        httpServer.listen(path).onRequest(request -> { (2)
            processRequest(request, sourceCallback); (3)
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void onStop() {
        if (httpServer != null) { (4)
            serverProvider.disconnect(httpServer); (5)
        }
    }
}
1 The example uses the ConnectionProvider to obtain an HttpServer. The typical connection provider has already configured the server with the proper host and port.
2 HTTP requests are pushed into the server by the remote clients, and the HttpServer component notifies the source of every request. The source then uses the SourceCallback to push the message into the flow.
3 The source should define the processRequest method to transform the HTTP request into a message that can be pushed to the flow. The documentation will show how to do that later, but to keep the example simple, you can assume that this works.
4 The onStop() method releases resources, in this case, the HttpServer. It checks for null in case the onStart() method fails before the server is created.
5 The example uses the disconnect() method of the ConnectionProvider to release the server.
The example above is pseudocode. It oversimplifies the real HTTP connector to keep the example clear and concise.