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2.7Why `application/java`?

This can look strange.

You might expect:

output application/json

But we're not sending a raw HTTP JSON request ourselves.

We're passing an internal Java/Mule structure to:

Salesforce Connector

So:

output application/java

is common.

Think:

JSON request

        ↓ parse

Mule object

        ↓ DataWeave

Java/Mule object structure

        ↓

Salesforce Connector

        ↓ serialize/call Salesforce API

Salesforce

The connector abstracts away much of the low-level REST work.