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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
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+
+<document>
+    <properties>
+        <title>Apache Synapse - Deployment Guide</title>
+    </properties>
+    <body>
+        <section name="Contents">
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Platform_requirements">Platform requirements</a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a 
href="#Overview_of_available_deployment_options">Overview of available 
deployment options</a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Stand-alone_deployment">Stand-alone 
deployment</a>
+                    <ul>
+                        <li>
+                            <a 
href="#Using_the_standard_binary_distribution">Using the standard binary 
distribution</a>
+                        </li>
+                        <li>
+                            <a 
href="#Using_Maven_to_build_a_custom_distribution">Using Maven to build a 
custom distribution</a>
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#WAR_deployment">WAR deployment</a>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </section>
+        <section name="Platform requirements" id="Platform_requirements">
+
+            <p>
+                Synapse requires Java 1.5 or higher and has been tested on 
Java runtime environments
+                from Sun, IBM and Apple. Note that the recommended Java 
version is 1.6. Synapse is
+                used on various operation systems, including Linux, Mac OS X, 
Solaris, Windows and AIX,
+                as well as mainframe environments. The recommended operation 
system for production use
+                is Linux since it offers a wider range of options to tune the 
TCP/IP stack. This is
+                important to optimize the performance of the NIO HTTP 
transport.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                When selecting the environment for deployment, the following 
known issues should be taken into account:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    The <tt>synapse.bat</tt> and <tt>synapse.sh</tt> scripts 
included in the binary
+                    distribution use the <tt>-server</tt> option which is not 
supported by IBM's JRE.
+                    This problem can be easily solved by manually editing 
these scripts to
+                    remove the unsupported <tt>-server</tt> option. See
+                    <a class="externalLink" 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNAPSE-454";>SYNAPSE-454</a>
+                    .
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    In the past several issues related to subtle concurrency 
problems have been reported
+                    with the non-blocking HTTP transport (which is the 
recommended HTTP implementation
+                    for Synapse) when used on more &quot;exotic&quot; 
platforms. While this has been
+                    improved it is recommended to thoroughly test the HTTP 
transport before deploying
+                    Synapse in a production environment based on these 
platforms. Please don't hesitate
+                    to report any issues using JIRA or by posting a message on 
the mailing list.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Overview of available deployment options" 
id="Overview_of_available_deployment_options">
+
+            <p>Synapse can be deployed in two different ways:</p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>Stand-alone, i.e. as an independently managed Java 
process.</li>
+                <li>
+                    As a J2EE application (WAR) deployed into a simple servlet 
container (e.g. Tomcat)
+                    or a full-featured J2EE application server.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+                Since Synapse doesn't rely on any container API, the features 
offered are the same in
+                both deployment scenarios, with very few exceptions:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    There is a minor issue that prevents classpath resources 
from being used in a
+                    WAR deployment. See <a class="externalLink" 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNAPSE-207";>SYNAPSE-207</a>
+                    .
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    When deployed as a WAR file, Synapse can be configured 
with the standard Axis2
+                    servlet based HTTP transport: while the recommended HTTP 
implementation for Synapse
+                    is the NIO HTTP transport, there might be situations where 
it is preferable or
+                    mandatory to use the HTTP protocol implementation of the 
application server.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+                In some scenarios Synapse is used to proxy services that are 
deployed themselves on
+                an application server. In these cases it would be interesting 
to deploy Synapse on
+                the same application server and use an in-VM transport instead 
of HTTP to communicate
+                with these services. Note that for the moment no 
production-grade implementation of
+                this type of transport exists yet for Axis2, but this might 
change in the future.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                Since the features offered are almost the same, the 
differences between the two
+                deployment options are mainly related to packaging and 
operational considerations:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    Many IT departments prefer deploying J2EE applications 
than managing stand-alone
+                    Java processes, because this allows them to leverage the 
management and monitoring
+                    facilities offered by the application server.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    If the use case relies on JNDI resources such as JMS 
connection factories,
+                    JDBC data source and transactions it might be easier to 
set up and configure these
+                    resources when Synapse is deployed directly on the 
application
+                    server that hosts these resources.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Stand-alone deployment" id="Stand-alone_deployment">
+            <subsection name="Using the standard binary distribution" 
id="Using_the_standard_binary_distribution">
+                <p>
+                    The easiest way to get started with a stand-alone 
deployment is using the standard
+                    binary distribution ZIP or tarball (see <a 
href="download.html">download.html</a>).
+                    It already contains everything that is needed to run 
Synapse stand-alone and you
+                    only need to customize it according to your requirements:
+                </p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        Place your mediation configuration in 
<tt>repository/conf/synapse-config</tt>
+                        directory.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Place any additional files such as WSDL files, 
endpoint definitions, etc.
+                        referenced by your configuration in the 
<tt>repository</tt> directory.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Customize <tt>repository/conf/axis2.xml</tt>
+                        to enable and disable transports according to your 
needs.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Add any additional libraries required by your 
mediation to the
+                        <tt>lib</tt>directory. Alternatively modify 
<tt>repository/conf/wrapper.conf</tt>
+                        to add directories and JAR files to the classpath.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Add any required modules to 
<tt>repository/modules</tt>.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        If necessary, modify <tt>lib/log4j.properties</tt> to 
configure logging.
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+                <p>
+                    Since the standard binary distribution also contains 
samples and documentation,
+                    you might want to remove the following folders:
+                </p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>docs</tt>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>repository/conf/sample</tt>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>samples</tt>
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+                <p>
+                    The <tt>bin</tt> directory contains Unix and Windows 
scripts to run Synapse:
+                </p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>synapse.sh</tt> and <tt>synapse.bat</tt> allow to 
run Synapse in non
+                        daemon mode.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>synapse-daemon.sh</tt> is a Sys V init script that 
can be used on Unix
+                        systems to start and stop Synapse in daemon mode.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        <tt>install-synapse-service.bat</tt> and 
<tt>uninstall-synapse-service.bat</tt>
+                        can be used on Windows to install Synapse as an NT 
service.
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+            </subsection>
+            <subsection name="Using Maven to build a custom distribution" 
id="Using_Maven_to_build_a_custom_distribution">
+                <p>
+                    Building a custom Synapse package based on the standard 
binary distribution is a
+                    manual process and this has some drawbacks:
+                </p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        The JAR files required to run Synapse must be selected 
manually and it is not easy to identify unused JARs
+                        that could be safely removed.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        The process is not suitable if there is a requirement 
for strict configuration management. In particular:
+                        <ul>
+                            <li>
+                                Because of the large number of JAR files, 
managing the artifacts using
+                                a source control repository is not practical.
+                            </li>
+                            <li>
+                                The process is not repeatable and there is no 
way to go back to a
+                                previous version of the artifacts.
+                            </li>
+                        </ul>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        When upgrading to a newer version of Synapse (or when 
working with snapshot
+                        versions), it is necessary either to manually replace 
the JARs in the current
+                        package or to start again from a new version of the 
standard binary
+                        distribution.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        If Synapse needs to be deployed with slightly 
different configurations in
+                        multiple environments (e.g. test and production), the 
corresponding packages
+                        need to be prepared manually.
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+                <p>
+                    Note that these problems not only arise in the development 
and maintenance phases
+                    of a project, but also when doing proof of concepts that 
you want to keep in a safe
+                    place for later reuse. One approach to overcome these 
difficulties is to use Maven
+                    to assemble a custom package. When used correctly, this 
approach solves all of the
+                    issues identified above. In particular Maven's dependency 
management together with
+                    the excellent <a class="externalLink" 
href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/";>assembly 
plugin</a>
+                    can be used to automatically select the relevant JARs to 
include and pull them
+                    from Maven repositories. The remaining artifacts required 
to assemble the package
+                    can then be easily stored in a source control repository.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                    Synapse provides a Maven archetype that allows to set up 
this kind of project in
+                    only a few simple steps. To begin with, change to the 
directory where you want to
+                    create the project and issue the following command:
+                </p>
+                <div class="command">mvn archetype:generate 
-DarchetypeCatalog=http://synapse.apache.org</div>
+                <p>
+                    In case of problems, you can try to use the latest version 
of the archetype catalog:
+                </p>
+                <div class="command">mvn archetype:generate 
-DarchetypeCatalog=http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/synapse/trunk/java/src/site/resources</div>
+                <p>
+                    Finally, if you have build Synapse from sources, you don't 
need to specify a
+                    catalog at all: the archetype is added automatically to 
the local catalog during
+                    the build.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                    In any case, when prompted by Maven, select 
<tt>synapse-package-archetype</tt>
+                    for the Synapse version you want to use. In the next step 
enter the values for
+                    <tt>groupId</tt>, <tt>artifactId</tt> and <tt>version</tt> 
for your project. You
+                    will also be prompted for a package name. Since the 
archetype doesn't contain any source
+                    code, this value is irrelevant and you can continue with 
the default value.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                    At this stage a Maven project has been created in a 
sub-directory with the same
+                    name as the <tt>artifactId</tt> specified previously. You 
should now customize this
+                    projects according to your needs:
+                </p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        Add your mediation configuration to 
<tt>repository/conf/synapse-config</tt>
+                        directory.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Customize the dependencies in <tt>pom.xml</tt>. In 
particular if additional
+                        transports such as JMS are needed, add the required 
dependencies here. Additional
+                        Axis2 modules should also be added here.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Enable and configure additional transports in 
<tt>repository/conf/axis2.xml</tt>.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Place any other files referenced by mediation 
configuration into the
+                        <tt>repository</tt> directory.
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+                <p>
+                    The project is built as usual with the following command:
+                </p>
+                <div class="command">mvn package</div>
+                <p>
+                    This will create a ZIP file (in the <tt>target</tt> 
directory) containing
+                    everything that is needed to run your custom Synapse 
configuration. You only
+                    need to extract it and use the appropriate script in the 
<tt>bin</tt>
+                    directory to start Synapse.
+                </p>
+            </subsection>
+        </section>
+        <section name="WAR deployment" id="WAR_deployment">
+            <p>
+                Synapse provides a standard WAR file that can be used to 
deploy mediation on a servlet
+                container or on a J2EE application server. Note that this WAR 
file is not part of the
+                downloadable distributions. It can be retrieved from the 
following location:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <a class="externalLink" 
href="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/synapse/synapse-war/";>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/synapse/synapse-war/</a>
+                    for released versions.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a class="externalLink" 
href="http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/Synapse%20-%20Trunk/org.apache.synapse$synapse-war/";>http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/Synapse%20-%20Trunk/org.apache.synapse$synapse-war/
+                    </a>
+                    for snapshot versions.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+                Customization of the Web application is similar to the 
stand-alone option, but the
+                default directory structure is different:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <tt>synapse.xml</tt> and <tt>axis2.xml</tt> are placed 
into the <tt>WEB-INF/conf</tt>
+                    directory. All other files referenced by your mediation 
should go to the
+                    <tt>WEB-INF/repository</tt>
+                    directory.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    Additional libraries must be placed into the standard 
<tt>WEB-INF/lib</tt>
+                    directory.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    Axis2 modules are located in <tt>repository/modules</tt>.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <tt>log4j.properties</tt> is located in 
<tt>WEB-INF/classes</tt>.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </section>
+    </body>
+</document>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
+
+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~   * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~  under the License.
+  -->
+
+<document>
+       <properties>
+               <title>Apache Synapse - Extending Synapse</title>
+       </properties>
+       <body>
+                       <div id="contentBox">
+                                  <section name="Apache Synapse ESB - 
Extending Synapse">
+                                       <p>
+                                               Apache Synapse provides a 
number of extension points so that
+                                               users can plug-in custom 
developed code to extend the
+                                               functionality of the ESB. While 
the built-in mediators are sufficient to implement
+                                               most integration scenarios, 
sometimes it is very helpful to be able to deploy some custom code into the
+                                               service bus and make the 
solution simpler. Most Synapse APIs are in Java and
+                                               therefore the users looking to 
extend Synapse are expected to have a
+                                               decent knowledge and experience 
in Java programming.
+                                       </p>
+                                       </section>
+                                       <section name="Writing custom Mediator 
implementations">
+                               
+                                       <p>
+                                               The primary interface of the 
Synapse API is the MessageContext
+                                               interface defined below. This 
essentially defines the per-message
+                                               context passed through the 
chain of mediators, for each and every
+                                               message received and processed 
by Synapse. Each message instance is
+                                               wrapped within a MessageContext 
instance, and the message context
+                                               is set with the references to 
the SynapseConfiguration and
+                                               SynapseEnvironment objects. The
+                                               <a 
href="apidocs/org/apache/synapse/config/SynapseConfiguration.html">SynapseConfiguration</a>
+
+                                               object holds the global 
configuration model that defines
+                                               mediation rules, local registry 
entries and other and configuration, while
+                                               the
+                                               <a 
href="apidocs/org/apache/synapse/core/SynapseEnvironment.html">SynapseEnvironment</a>
+
+                                               object gives access to the 
underlying SOAP implementation used -
+                                               Axis2. A typical mediator would 
need to manipulate the
+                                               MessageContext by referring to 
the SynapseConfiguration. However it
+                                               is strongly recommended that 
the SynapseConfiguration is not
+                                               updated by mediator instances 
as it is shared by all messages, and
+                                               may be updated by Synapse 
administration or configuration modules.
+                                               Mediator instances may store 
local message properties into the
+                                               MessageContext for later 
retrieval by successive mediators.
+                                               <br />
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/MessageContext.java?view=markup";>MessageContext
+                                                       Interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse;
+
+import ...
+
+public interface MessageContext {
+
+    /**
+     * Get a reference to the current SynapseConfiguration
+     *
+     * @return the current synapse configuration
+     */
+    public SynapseConfiguration getConfiguration();
+
+    /**
+     * Set or replace the Synapse Configuration instance to be used. May be 
used to
+     * programatically change the configuration at runtime etc.
+     *
+     * @param cfg The new synapse configuration instance
+     */
+    public void setConfiguration(SynapseConfiguration cfg);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a reference to the host Synapse Environment
+     * @return the Synapse Environment
+     */
+    public SynapseEnvironment getEnvironment();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the SynapseEnvironment reference to this context
+     * @param se the reference to the Synapse Environment
+     */
+    public void setEnvironment(SynapseEnvironment se);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value of a custom (local) property set on the message instance
+     * @param key key to look up property
+     * @return value for the given key
+     */
+    public Object getProperty(String key);
+
+    /**
+     * Set a custom (local) property with the given name on the message 
instance
+     * @param key key to be used
+     * @param value value to be saved
+     */
+    public void setProperty(String key, Object value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Set of keys over the properties on this message context
+     * @return a Set of keys over message properties
+     */
+    public Set getPropertyKeySet();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SOAP envelope of this message
+     * @return the SOAP envelope of the message
+     */
+    public SOAPEnvelope getEnvelope();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the given envelope as the current SOAPEnvelope for this message
+     * @param envelope the envelope to be set
+     * @throws org.apache.axis2.AxisFault on exception
+     */
+    public void setEnvelope(SOAPEnvelope envelope) throws AxisFault;
+
+    /**
+     * SOAP message related getters and setters
+     */
+    public ....get/set()...
+
+}</div>
+                                       <p>
+                                               The MessageContext interface is 
based on the Axis2
+                                               MessageContext  interface, and 
uses the Axis2 EndpointReference and
+                                               SOAPEnvelope 
classes/interfaces. The purpose of this interface is
+                                               to capture a message as it 
flows through the system. As you will
+                                               see the message payload is 
represented using the SOAP infoset.
+                                               Binary messages can be embedded 
in the Envelope using MTOM or SwA
+                                               attachments using the AXIOM 
object model.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/Mediator.java?view=markup";>Mediator
+                                                       interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <p>
+                                               The second key interface for 
mediator writers is the Mediator
+                                               interface:
+                                       </p>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse;
+
+import org.apache.synapse.MessageContext;
+
+/**
+ * All Synapse mediators must implement this Mediator interface. As a message 
passes
+ * through the synapse system, each mediator's mediate() method is invoked in 
the
+ * sequence/order defined in the SynapseConfiguration.
+ */
+public interface <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mediator </span>{
+
+    /**
+     * Invokes the mediator passing the current message for mediation. Each
+     * mediator performs its mediation action, and returns true if mediation
+     * should continue, or false if further mediation should be aborted.
+     *
+     * @param synCtx the current message for mediation
+     * @return true if further mediation should continue
+     */
+    public boolean mediate(MessageContext synCtx);
+
+    /**
+     * This is used for debugging purposes and exposes the type of the current
+     * mediator for logging and debugging purposes
+     * @return a String representation of the mediator type
+     */
+    public String getType();
+}</div>
+                                       <p>
+                                               A mediator can read and/or 
modify the message encapsulated in
+                                               the MessageContext in any 
suitable manner - adjusting the routing
+                                               headers or changing the message 
body. If the mediate() method
+                                               returns false, it signals to 
the Synapse processing model to stop
+                                               further processing of the 
message. For example, if the mediator is
+                                               a security agent it may decide 
that this message is dangerous and
+                                               should not be processed 
further. This is generally the exception as
+                                               mediators are usually designed 
to co-operate to rocess the message
+                                               onwards.
+                                       </p>
+                                       </section>
+                                       
+                                       <h3>
+                                               Leaf and Node Mediators, List 
mediators and Filter mediators
+                                       </h3>
+                                       <p>
+                                               Mediators may be Node mediators 
(i.e. these that can contain
+                                               child mediators) or Leaf 
mediators (mediators that does not hold
+                                               any     other child mediators). 
A Node mediator must implement the
+                                               
org.apache.synapse.mediators.ListMediator interface listed below,
+                                               or extend from the
+                                               
org.apache.synapse.mediators.AbstractListMediator.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/mediators/ListMediator.java?view=markup";>The
+                                                       ListMediator interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse.mediators;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+* The List mediator executes a given sequence/list of child mediators
+*/
+public interface ListMediator extends Mediator {
+    /**
+    * Appends the specified mediator to the end of this mediator's (children) 
list
+    * @param m the mediator to be added
+    * @return true (as per the general contract of the Collection.add method)
+    */
+    public boolean addChild(Mediator m);
+
+    /**
+    * Appends all of the mediators in the specified collection to the end of 
this mediator's (children)
+    * list, in the order that they are returned by the specified collection's 
iterator
+    * @param c the list of mediators to be added
+    * @return true if this list changed as a result of the call
+    */
+    public boolean addAll(List c);
+
+    /**
+    * Returns the mediator at the specified position
+    * @param pos index of mediator to return
+    * @return the mediator at the specified position in this list
+    */
+    public Mediator getChild(int pos);
+
+    /**
+    * Removes the first occurrence in this list of the specified mediator
+    * @param m mediator to be removed from this list, if present
+    * @return true if this list contained the specified mediator
+    */
+    public boolean removeChild(Mediator m);
+
+    /**
+    * Removes the mediator at the specified position in this list
+    * @param pos the index of the mediator to remove
+    * @return the mediator previously at the specified position
+    */
+    public Mediator removeChild(int pos);
+
+    /**
+    * Return the list of mediators of this List mediator instance
+    * @return the child/sub mediator list
+    */
+    public List getList();
+}</div>
+                                       <p>
+                                               A ListMediator implementation 
should call super.mediate(synCtx)
+                                               to process      its sub 
mediator sequence. A FilterMediator is a
+                                               ListMediator which executes its 
sequence of sub mediators on
+                                               successful outcome of a test 
condition. The Mediator instance which
+                                               performs filtering should 
implement the FilterMediator interface.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/mediators/FilterMediator.java?view=markup";>FilterMediator
+                                                       interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse.mediators;
+
+import org.apache.synapse.MessageContext;
+
+/**
+ * The filter mediator is a list mediator, which executes the given (sub) list 
of mediators
+ * if the specified condition is satisfied
+ *
+ * @see FilterMediator#test(org.apache.synapse.MessageContext)
+ */
+public interface <span style="font-weight: bold;">FilterMediator 
</span>extends ListMediator {
+
+    /**
+     * Should return true if the sub/child mediators should execute. i.e. if 
the filter
+     * condition is satisfied
+     * @param synCtx
+     * @return true if the configured filter condition evaluates to true
+     */
+    public boolean test(MessageContext synCtx);
+}</div>
+                               </div>
+                               <section name="Writing custom Configuration 
implementations for mediators">
+                                       <p>
+                                               You may write your own custom 
configurator for the Mediator
+                                               implementation  you write 
without relying on the Class mediator or
+                                               Spring extension for its 
initialization. You could thus write a
+                                               MediatorFactory implementation  
which defines how to digest a custom
+                                               XML configuration element to be 
used to create and configure the
+                                               custom mediator instance. A 
MediatorSerializer implementation
+                                               defines how a configuration 
should be serialized back into
+                                               an XML configuration. The 
custom MediatorFactory &amp;
+                                               MediatorSerializer      
implementations and the mediator class/es must be bundled in a JAR
+                                               file conforming to the J2SE 
Service Provider model (See the
+                                               description for Extensions 
below for more details and examples) and
+                                               placed into the 
SYNAPSE_HOME/lib folder, so that the Synapse
+                                               runtime could find and load the 
definition. Essentially this means
+                                               that a custom JAR file must 
bundle your class implementing the
+                                               Mediator interface, and the 
MediatorFactory implementation class and
+                                               contain two text files named
+                                               
&quot;org.apache.synapse.config.xml.MediatorFactory&quot; and
+                                               
&quot;org.apache.synapse.config.xml.MediatorSerializer&quot; which
+                                               will contain the fully 
qualified name(s) of your MediatorFactory
+                                               and MediatorSerializer 
implementation classes. You should also
+                                               place any dependency JARs into 
the same lib folder so that the
+                                               correct classpath references 
could be made.
+                                               The MediatorFactory interface 
listing is given below, which you
+                                               should implement, and its 
getTagQName() method must define the fully qualified
+                                               element of interest for custom 
configuration. The Synapse
+                                               initialization will call back 
to this MediatorFactory instance through the
+                                               createMediator(OMElement elem) 
method passing in this XML element,
+                                               so that an instance of the 
mediator could be created utilizing the
+                                               custom XML specification and 
returned. See the ValidateMediator and
+                                               the ValidateMediatorFactory 
classes under modules/extensions in the
+                                               Synapse source distribution for 
examples.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/MediatorFactory.java?view=markup";>The
+                                                       MediatorFactory 
interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse.config.xml;
+
+import ...
+
+/**
+ * A mediator factory capable of creating an instance of a mediator through a 
given
+ * XML should implement this interface
+ */
+public interface MediatorFactory {
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of the mediator using the OMElement
+     * @param elem
+     * @return the created mediator
+     */
+    public Mediator createMediator(OMElement elem);
+
+    /**
+     * The QName of this mediator element in the XML config
+     * @return QName of the mediator element
+     */
+    public QName getTagQName();
+}</div>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/synapse/trunk/java/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/MediatorSerializer.java?view=markup";>The
+                                                       MediatorSerializer 
interface
+                                               </a>
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf">package 
org.apache.synapse.config.xml;
+
+import ...
+
+/**
+ * Interface which should be implemented by mediator serializers. Does the
+ * reverse of the MediatorFactory
+ */
+public interface MediatorSerializer {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the XML representation of this mediator
+     * @param m mediator to be serialized
+     * @param parent the OMElement to which the serialization should be 
attached
+     * @return the serialized mediator XML
+     */
+    public OMElement serializeMediator(OMElement parent, Mediator m);
+
+    /**
+     * Return the class name of the mediator which can be serialized
+     * @return the class name
+     */
+    public String getMediatorClassName();
+}</div>
+                               </section>
+                               <section name="Configuring mediators">
+                                       <p>
+                                               Mediators could access the 
Synapse registry to load resources
+                                               and configure the local 
behaviour. Refer to the Spring mediator and
+                                               Script mediator implementations 
for examples on how this could be
+                                               achieved.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <h4>
+                                               Loading of Extensions by the 
Synapse runtime
+                                       </h4>
+                                       <p>
+                                               Synapse loads available 
extensions from the runtime classpath
+                                               using the
+                                               <a class="externalLink"
+                                                       
href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Service%20Provider";>J2SE
+                                                       Service Provider model
+                                               </a>
+                                               . This essentially iterates 
over the available JAR files, for a META-INF/services directory within each 
file,
+                                               and looks for a text file with 
the name org.apache.synapse.config.xml.MediatorFactory
+                                               which contains a list of fully 
qualified classname that implement
+                                               the above interface, listing 
each class in a separate line. e.g. The
+                                               built-in synapse-extensions.jar 
contains the following structure
+                                       </p>
+                                       <div 
class="xmlConf">synapse-extensions.jar
+    /META-INF/services
+        org.apache.synapse.config.xml.MediatorFactory
+        org.apache.synapse.config.xml.MediatorSerializer
+    /... the implementation classes as usual...</div>
+                               </section>
+                               
+                               
+                               <section name="Writing Synapse Observers">
+                                       <p>
+                                               A Synapse observer is developed 
by either implementing the
+                                               
org.apache.synapse.config.SynapseObserver interface or by
+                                               extending the 
org.apache.synapse.config.AbstractSynapseObserver
+                                               class. A Synapse observer is 
notified by the Synapse configuration
+                                               when new elements are added to 
the configuration and
+                                               when existing elements are 
removed from the configuration. The
+                                               following event handlers are 
available to the Synapse observer implementations.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <div class="xmlConf"> public void 
sequenceAdded(Mediator sequence);
+ public void sequenceRemoved(Mediator sequence);
+ public void entryAdded(Entry entry);
+ public void entryRemoved(Entry entry);
+ public void endpointAdded(Endpoint endpoint);
+ public void endpointRemoved(Endpoint endpoint);
+ public void proxyServiceAdded(ProxyService proxy);
+ public void proxyServiceRemoved(ProxyService proxy);
+ public void startupAdded(Startup startup);
+ public void startupRemoved(Startup startup);
+ public void eventSourceAdded(SynapseEventSource eventSource);
+ public void eventSourceRemoved(SynapseEventSource eventSource);</div>
+                                       <p>
+                                               The AbstractSynapseObserver 
provides default implementations to
+                                               all these event handlers. It 
simply logs any received events.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <p>
+                                               In situations where the custom 
code has access to the
+                                               SynapseConfiguration class 
observers can be directly registered
+                                               with the SynapseConfiguration 
by using
+                                               the 
registerObserver(SynapseObserver o) method. Otherwise
+                                               SynapseObserver implementations
+                                               can be defined in the 
synapse.properties file which resides in the
+                                               SYNAPSE_HOME/lib directory. The 
following example shows how two observers are
+                                               registered with the Synapse 
configuration using the
+                                               synapse.properties file.
+                                       </p>
+                                       <div 
class="xmlConf">synapse.observers=test.LoggingObserverImpl, 
test.SimpleObserverImpl</div>
+                               </section>
+                               
+        <section name="Scheduled Tasks">
+            <p>
+                A scheduled task is a custom developed piece of Java code that
+                is scheduled in the ESB to execute periodically. A scheduled 
task
+                must implement the org.apache.synapse.task.Task
+                interface. This interface has a single 'execute' method. Once 
scheduled the
+                execute method is called by Synapse periodically.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                Synapse also comes with a built-in task implementation known as
+                the    MessageInjector.This task can be used to inject 
messages into
+                the service bus        periodically. Refer     sample 300 to 
see how to use the
+                MessageInjector task.
+            </p>
+         </section>
+       </body>
+</document>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~   * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~  under the License.
+  -->
+<document>
+    <properties>
+        <title>FAQ</title>
+    </properties>
+    <body>
+        <section name="Apache Synapse FAQs">
+            <p>
+                Welcome to Apache Synapse FAQs.
+            </p>
+        </section>
+
+
+
+        <section name="General(GeneralApache Synapse questions - Non 
technical)">
+
+            <ol>
+                <li>
+                    What is Apache Synapse?
+                    <ul>
+                        <li>
+                            Apache Synapse is a lightweight and 
high-performance Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </li>
+                <p/>
+
+                <li>
+                    What makes Apache Synapse unique?
+                    <ul>
+                        <li>
+                            Apache Synapse is fast and able to handle 
thousands of concurrent connections
+                            with constant memory usage. It comes with a rich 
set of mediators to
+                            support almost any integration scenario out of the 
box. It is also easily
+                            extensible and highly customizable.
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </li>
+                <p/>
+
+            </ol>
+        </section>
+
+
+
+    </body>
+</document>

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~   * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~  under the License.
+  -->
+<document>
+    <properties>
+        <title>Apache Synapse - Installation Guide</title>
+    </properties>
+    <body>
+        <section name="Apache Synapse Installation Guide">
+            <p>
+                Welcome to Apache Synapse Installation Guide. This guide 
provides information on,
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Prerequisites">Prerequisites for Installing 
Apache Synapse</a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Distribution">Distribution Packages</a>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Installing">Installing Synapse</a>
+                    <ul>
+                        <li>
+                            <a href="#InstallingLinux">Installing on 
Linux/Unix</a>
+                        </li>
+                        <li>
+                            <a href="#InstallingWin">Installing on MS 
Windows</a>
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#Building">Building Synapse Using the Source 
Distribution</a>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Prerequisites for Installing Apache Synapse" 
id="Prerequisites">
+            <p>
+                You should have following pre-requisites installed on your 
system to run Apache
+                Synapse.
+            </p>
+            <table border="2">
+                <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            <a 
href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp";>Java SE
+                                Development Kit
+                            </a>
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            1.6.0_23 or higher (For instructions on setting up 
the JDK on different
+                            operating systems, visit<a
+                                
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html";>
+                            Java homepage.
+                        </a>)
+                            <p/>
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            <a href="http://ant.apache.org/";>Apache Ant</a> - 
To run Synapse samples
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            <p>
+                                To compile and run the sample clients, an Ant 
installation is
+                                required.
+                                Ant 1.7.0 version or higher is recommended.
+                            </p>
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            <a href="http://maven.apache.org/";>Apache 
Maven</a> - To
+                            build Synapse from the source
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            To build Apache Synapse from its source 
distribution, you will need
+                            Maven 2.2.0 or later.
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            Memory
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            No minimum requirement - A heap size of 1GB is 
generally
+                            sufficient to process typical SOAP messages. 
Requirements may vary
+                            with larger message size and on the number of 
messages processed
+                            concurrently.
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            Disk
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            No minimum requirement. The installation will 
require ~75 MB
+                            excluding space allocated for log files and 
databases.
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            Operating System
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            Linux, Solaris, MS Windows - XP/2003/2008 (Not 
fully tested on Windows
+                            Vista or Windows 7). Since Apache Synapse is a 
Java application, it will
+                            generally be possible to run it on other operating 
systems with a
+                            JDK 1.6.x runtime. Linux/Solaris is recommended 
for production
+                            deployments.
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                </tbody>
+            </table>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Distribution Packages" id="Distribution">
+            <p>
+                The following distribution packages are available for <a
+                    
href="http://synapse.apache.org/download.html";>download</a>.
+            </p>
+            <ol>
+                <li>
+                    Binary Distribution: Includes binary files for both Linux 
and
+                    MS Windows operating systems, compressed into a single a 
zip file. Recommended
+                    for normal users.
+                </li>
+                <p/>
+                <li>
+                    Source Distribution: Includes the source code for both 
Linux and MS Windows
+                    operating systems, compressed into a single zip file which 
can be used to build
+                    the binaries. Recommended for advanced users.
+                </li>
+            </ol>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Installing Synapse" id="Installing">
+            <p>
+                The following guide will take you through the binary 
distribution installation
+                on different platforms.
+            </p>
+            <subsection name="Installing on Linux/Unix" id="InstallingLinux">
+                <ol>
+                    <li>
+                        <a 
href="http://synapse.apache.org/download.html";>Download</a> Apache
+                        Synapse binary distribution.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Extract the downloaded zip archive to where you want 
Synapse installed
+                        (e.g. into /opt).
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to your Java 
home using the export
+                        command or by editing /etc/profile, and add the 
JAVA_HOME/bin
+                        directory to your PATH.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Execute the Synapse start script or the daemon script 
from the bin
+                        directory of your Synapse installation.
+                        <br/>
+                        i.e., ./synapse.sh OR ./synapse-daemon.sh start
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Synapse is now ready to accept messages for mediation.
+                    </li>
+                </ol>
+            </subsection>
+
+            <subsection name="Installing on MS Windows" id="InstallingWin">
+                <ol>
+                    <li>
+                        <a 
href="http://synapse.apache.org/download.html";>Download</a> Apache
+                        Synapse binary distribution.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Extract the downloaded zip archive to where you want 
Synapse installed
+                        (e.g. into C:\Synapse).
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to your Java 
home using the set
+                        command or Windows System Properties dialog, and add 
the JAVA_HOME\bin
+                        directory to your PATH.
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Execute the Synapse start script or the service 
installation script from
+                        the bin directory of your Synapse installation.
+                        <br/>
+                        i.e., synapse.bat OR install-synapse-service.bat
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        Synapse is now ready to accept messages for mediation.
+                    </li>
+                </ol>
+
+            </subsection>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Building Synapse Using the Source Distribution" 
id="Building">
+            <p>
+                Apache Synapse build is based on <a 
href="http://maven.apache.org/";> Apache
+                Maven 2</a>. Hence, it is a prerequisite to have Maven 
(version 2.2.0 or later)
+                installed in order to build Synapse from the source 
distribution. Instructions on
+                installing Maven 2 are available on the <a 
href="http://maven.apache.org/";> Maven
+                website</a>. Follow these steps to build Synapse after setting 
up Maven 2.
+            </p>
+            <ol>
+                <li>
+                    <a 
href="http://synapse.apache.org/download.html";>Download</a>
+                    the source
+                    distribution, which is available as a zip archive. All the 
necessary
+                    build scripts are included with this distribution.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    Extract the source archive to a directory of your choice.
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    Run <strong>mvn clean install</strong> command inside that 
directory to build
+                    Synapse. Note that you will require a connection to the 
Internet for the Maven
+                    build to download dependencies required for the build.
+                </li>
+            </ol>
+            <p>
+                This will create the complete set of release artifacts 
including the binary
+                distribution in the modules/distribution/target/ directory 
which can be installed
+                using the above instructions.
+            </p>
+        </section>
+    </body>
+</document>


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