Describe the components and benefits of Anypoint Platform for system integration18% of the exam
Anypoint Exchange asset types and sharing
What Anypoint Exchange catalogs (APIs, spec fragments, connectors, templates, examples, DataWeave libraries, policies, rulesets and more), how to tell similar asset types apart, and who can see an asset: your organization, your business group, everyone (Provided by MuleSoft) or an Exchange public portal.
Describe and classify the types of reusable assets in Anypoint Exchange that form the building blocks of integration solutions.
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What the exam expects
- Classify a reusable building block as the right Exchange asset type.
- Tell apart look-alike types: template vs example, API spec fragment vs API group, DataWeave library vs connector.
- Name governance and management assets that live in Exchange, such as policies and rulesets.
- State who can see an asset: your organization, a business group, all customers or the public.
Key terms:
- Anypoint Exchange: a curated catalog of reusable assets that you publish, share, discover and reuse.
- Template: a packaged integration pattern built on best practices that you complete and customize.
- Example: an application ready to run in Anypoint Studio that demonstrates a use case.
- API spec fragment: a part of an API specification reused to build a complete one.
- Exchange public portal: a portal that gives developers outside your organization access to selected assets.
Key facts
Template
- Detail
- Packaged integration pattern you complete and customize
Example
- Detail
- App ready to run in Anypoint Studio
REST API spec formats
- Detail
- RAML or OAS 2.0, 3.0, 3.1
AsyncAPI versions
- Detail
- 2.0 and 2.6
Ruleset asset
- Detail
- YAML files that describe a ruleset
Mule Applications
- Detail
- Published by API, not shown in the Exchange UI
Provided by MuleSoft
- Detail
- Publicly available to all customers
Your organization's assets
- Detail
- Private, not visible outside it
Business group assets
- Detail
- Automatically provided to that group's developers
Public portal access
- Detail
- Viewable without logging in
- Which three ways of working with assets does a private Exchange grant internal developers?
- Why can't you find a Mule Applications asset by browsing the Exchange UI?
- When you cannot find an asset in the current business group, what should you do?
- What did Exchange public portals replace?
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