Host Objects

The Mashup Server includes a number of built-in objects to provide access to various data sources from your mashup.

• APP: A collection of objects facilitating publishing using the Atom Publishing Protocol (APP)
• Email: An object that allows emails to be sent from mashups.
• IM: An object that allows Instant Messages to be sent from mashups.
• Feed: A generic collection of objects allowing the consuming and persisting of Atom/RSS feeds
• File: An object that allows files to be read and written to the .resources folder.
• Request: A global object that provides the ability for users to get information regarding the request it received.
• Session: A global object that aids in a persisting state for the duration of a session.
• Scraper: An object that allows Web pages to be converted into XML for data extraction and other manipulations.
• System: A global object providing methods for useful tasks such as including JavaScript files.
• WSRequest: An object for invoking a Web service without a stub, or necessarily even a WSDL.

See the WSO2 Mashup Server Reference for more information on the use of these hosted objects.