Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• Document Scope and Audience
• Guide to this Document
• Related Documentation
• Samples for the JMX Developer
• New and Changed Features in This Release

2 Understanding JMX

• What Management Services Can You Develop with JMX?
• Creating Management-Aware Applications
• When Is It Appropriate to Use JMX?
• JMX Layers
• Indirection and Introspection
• Notifications and Monitor MBeans
  • How JMX Notifications Are Broadcast and Received
  • Active Polling with Monitor MBeans

3 Designing Manageable Applications

• Benefits of Oracle Best Practices
• Use Standard MBeans
• Registering Custom MBeans in the WebLogic Server Runtime Bean Server
• Registering Custom MBeans in the Domain Runtime MBean Server
• Use ApplicationLifecycleListener to Register Application MBeans
• Unregister Application MBeans When Applications Are Undeployed
• Place Management Logic for EJBs and Servlets in a Delegate Class
• Use Open MBean Data Types
• Emit Notifications Only When Necessary
• Additional Design Considerations
  • Registering MBeans in the JVM Platform MBean Server
  • Registering Application MBeans by Using Only JDK Classes
  • Organizing Managed Objects and Business Objects
  • Packaging and Accessing Management Classes
  • Securing Custom MBeans with Roles and Policies

4 Instrumenting and Registering Custom MBeans

• Overview of the MBean Development Process
• Create and Implement a Management Interface
• Modify Business Methods to Push Data
• Register the MBean
• Package Application and MBean Classes

5 Using the WebLogic Server JMX Timer Service

• Overview of the WebLogic Server JMX Timer Service
• Creating the Timer Service: Main Steps
• Configuring a Timer MBean to Emit Notifications
• Creating Date Objects
• Example: Generating a Notification Every Five Minutes After 9 AM
• Removing Notifications

6 Accessing Custom MBeans

• Accessing Custom MBeans from JConsole
• Accessing Custom MBeans from WebLogic Scripting Tool
• Accessing Custom MBeans from an Administration Console Extension