Mule : Multicast Provider
This page last changed on May 17, 2005 by gnt.

The multicast connector can be used to send and receive mule events via multicast groups.
The javadoc for this provider can be found here.

Multicast Connector Properties

Property Description Default Required
timeout The socket read timeout 5000 Yes
bufferSize the buffer size used to read and write data 64*1024 Yes
retryCount The number of times to try and connect a listener to a socket 2 Yes
retryFrequency The number of milliseconds to wait beween retries 2000 Yes
loopback Enable local loopback of multicast datagrams. The option is used by the platform's networking code as a hint for setting whether multicast data will be looped back to the local socket. false No

Transformers

The following transformers are used by default for this connector unless a transformer is explicitly set on the provider.

Transformer Description
ByteArrayToString Converts a byte array to a String
StringToByteArray Converts a String to a byte array
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