MULE - Forwarding Catch All Strategy

Mule Version: 2.2.X

This catch-all strategy helps you to forward the message to an endpoint when none of the outbound routers match.

        <service name="StdioService">

            <inbound>

                <stdio:inbound-endpoint system="IN"

                    connector-ref="stdioInConnector" />

            </inbound>

            <outbound>

                <pass-through-router>

                    <vm:outbound-endpoint path="processInputIN" />

                </pass-through-router>

            </outbound>

        </service>

        <service name="ProcessInput">

            <inbound>

                <vm:inbound-endpoint path="processInputIN" />

            </inbound>

            <component class="org.mybusiness.components.ProcessInputComponent" />

            <outbound>

                <!-- Do not use pass through router while using catch-all-strategy, 

                       because that router will always work

                       as we don't have any criteria to match the endpoints.

                 -->

                <filtering-router>

                    <vm:outbound-endpoint path="computeLengthIN" />

                    <payload-type-filter

                        expectedType="java.lang.String" />

                </filtering-router>

                <!--

                    In your project you will be defining more specific

                    exceptions to be handled by different end-points

                -->

                <forwarding-catch-all-strategy>

                    <vm:outbound-endpoint path="processExceptionIN">

                        <exception-type-filter

                            expectedType="java.lang.Exception" />

                    </vm:outbound-endpoint>

                </forwarding-catch-all-strategy>

            </outbound>

        </service>

        <service name="ComputeLength">

            <inbound>

                <vm:inbound-endpoint path="computeLengthIN" />

            </inbound>

            <component

                class="org.mybusiness.components.ComputeLengthComponent" />

        </service>

        <service name="ProcessException">

            <inbound>

                <vm:inbound-endpoint path="processExceptionIN" />

            </inbound>

            <component

                class="org.mybusiness.components.ExceptionHandlerComponent" />

        </service>