Mule is a lightweight java-based enterprise service bus and integration platform – allows to integrate with JMS, Web Service, JDBC, HTTP etc.

Deployment: 

Access the directory and folder in which downloaded Mule. For example, type:

cd /Users/myname/Downloads/mule-standalone-3.8.0/

Start Mule. For example, type: ./bin/mule

Clustering: 

Create a file named mule-cluster.properties inside the node’s $MULE_HOME/.mule directory.

mule.cluster.nodes=192.168.10.21,192.168.10.22,192.168.10.23
mule.cluster.multicastenabled=false
mule.clusterId=<Cluster_ID>
mule.clusterNodeId=<Cluster_Node_ID>

Thread:

Ways to create a thread: 


1. Implements Runnable interface

class MyThread implements Runnable
{
 public void run()
 {
  System.out.println("concurrent thread started running..");
 }
}

class MyThreadDemo
{
 public static void main( String args[] )
 {
  MyThread mt = new MyThread();
  Thread t = new Thread(mt);
  t.start(); //have to call start method, otherwise, it will not create a new Thread
 }
} 

2. Extending Thread Class

class MyThread extends Thread
{
 public void run()
 {
  System.out.println("concurrent thread started running..");
 }
}

classMyThreadDemo
{
 public static void main( String args[] )
 {
  MyThread mt = new  MyThread();
  mt.start();
 }
}

2. Synchronisation:

ConcurrentHashMap vs HashTable: ConcurrentHashMap allows concurrent reading, but not writing.

3. ThreadPool

public class SimpleThreadPool {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5);
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
       Runnable worker = new WorkerThread("" + i);
       executor.execute(worker);
    }
    executor.shutdown();
    while (!executor.isTerminated()) {
    }
    System.out.println("Finished all threads");
 }
}