Using Mule Modules

Modules are similar to transports in that they provide pluggable functionality, configured via dedicated schema, but they differ in that there is no underlying transport to send or receive data. Following is a list of the default Mule ESB modules.

Acegi Module	Security via Acegi.
Client Module	MuleClient and the remote dispatcher, giving simple access to the Mule server.
JAAS Module	Security via JAAS.
JBoss Transaction Manager	JBoss transaction support.
Management Module	Mule agents for server management using JMX.
OGNL Module	Provides a filter using OGNL expressions. For details, see Using OGNL Expressions.
PGP Module	Security via PGP.
SAML Module	Provides authentication and authorization capabilities to Mule based on the SAML standard. (As of Mule enterprise edition 2.2.3)
Scripting Module	Interface between Mule and scripting languages (currently Groovy).
Spring Extras Module	Extensions for using the Spring framework with Mule.
SXC Module	A very fast streaming XPath router and filter.
XML Module	XML based utilities (mainly filters and routers).