Is it possible to programmatically add a new Mule Flow after the context has been initialized? - mule

Question

I would like to programmatically add new RSS Connector flows while Mule is running (after the context has been initialized). When I try to do this, I get a Lifecycle Exception saying that the context is already initialized.
Is there a way to do this without restarting the whole context?

Answer 1

I figured out a solution on my own. It turned out that creating a new Mule context, adding my flow, and then starting the context worked just fine. In fact, this ended up being simpler, faster, and cleaner than the other path I was going down.
Creating a default Mule context worked just fine for me. You might need to add a ConfigurationBuilder to yours if you have special needs.
MuleContext newMuleContext = new DefaultMuleContextFactory().createMuleContext();
MuleRegistry registry = newMuleContext.getRegistry();
Flow flow = createFlow();
registry.registerFlowConstruct(flow);
newMuleContext.start();
Edit. Here's the createFlow method. Your specifics will be different based on the needs of your app.
protected Flow createFlow(MuleContext context, RssBean feed) throws Exception {
MuleRegistry registry = context.getRegistry();
String feedName = feed.getName();
HttpPollingConnector connector = getHttpPollingConnector(context, registry, feedName);
EndpointURIEndpointBuilder endpointBuilder = getEndpointBuilder(context, feed, registry, shortName, connector);
registry.registerEndpointBuilder(feedName + ".in", endpointBuilder);
MessagePropertiesTransformer transformer = getTransformer(context, feedName);
MessageProcessor mp = getOutboundFlowRef(context);
Flow flow = getFlow(context, shortName, endpointBuilder, transformer, mp);
registry.registerFlowConstruct(flow);
return flow;
}