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Custom policies and policy packaging
Build Mule 4 policy artifacts, trace their source and operation boundaries, and distinguish runtime implementation from configurable policy metadata.
Build custom API policies.
~6 min read · 13 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Place policy logic, configuration and packaging metadata in the right artifacts.
- Trace source and operation policies through normal and error paths.
- Distinguish message propagation, variable scope and dependency visibility.
- Publish and apply custom policies through the appropriate workflow.
A template contains executable Mule configuration; a policy definition describes configurable behaviour; source and operation blocks intercept different boundaries; execute-next continues processing; Handlebars substitutes policy inputs. This lesson uses the Mule 4 policy model present in the February 2024 primary sources (Baseline reference, Baseline publication).
Key facts
Runtime logic
- Detail
- Policy processors live in
template.xml.
Continuation
- Detail
execute-nextcontinues the intercepted processing chain.
Variables
- Detail
- Policy-local values stay within that policy's blocks.
Propagation
- Detail
- Source input message changes need explicit forwarding when required.
Blocked response
- Detail
- Set Response supplies the complete response when execution stops.
Java metadata
- Detail
supportedJavaVersionsdeclares supported Java versions.
Exchange lifecycle
- Detail
- Stabilize the definition asset before attaching implementation files.
UI input range
- Detail
- Integer input bounds use
minimumValueandmaximumValue.
- Why does declaring a policy input as an integer leave a range-design decision?
- When a policy input must permit multiple values, which metadata attribute controls that capability?
- Must a team's policy category match one of the reference's example names?
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