MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect – Level 1 — Question 26

Mule application A receives a request Anypoint MQ message REQU with a payload containing a variable-length list of request objects. Application A uses the For
Each scope to split the list into individual objects and sends each object as a message to an Anypoint MQ queue.
Service S listens on that queue, processes each message independently of all other messages, and sends a response message to a response queue.
Application A listens on that response queue and must in turn create and publish a response Anypoint MQ message RESP with a payload containing the list of responses sent by service S in the same order as the request objects originally sent in REQU.
Assume successful response messages are returned by service S for all request messages.
What is required so that application A can ensure that the length and order of the list of objects in RESP and REQU match, while at the same time maximizing message throughput?

Answer options

• A. Perform all communication involving service S synchronously from within the For Each scope, so objects in RESP are in the exact same order as request objects in REQU
• B. Use a Scatter-Gather within the For Each scope to ensure response message order Configure the Scatter-Gather with a persistent object store
• C. Keep track of the list length and all object indices in REQU, both in the For Each scope and in all communication involving service. Use persistent storage when creating RESP
• D. Use an Async scope within the For Each scope and collect response messages in a second For Each scope in the order in which they arrive, then send RESP using this list of responses

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because it ensures that the lengths and indices of the request objects are tracked, allowing application A to recreate the response message RESP in the same order as REQU. Options A and B may compromise throughput by relying on synchronous communication or single-threaded processing, while option D introduces potential issues with response order due to asynchronous collection.