JMX : extending the MBeanServer to support Virtual MBeans

Java Management eXtensions (JMX) provides a means for management interfaces to be exposed as MBeans allowing remote monitoring and management of your application.

This blog article shows how to extend the MBeanServer implementation with your own logic. In particular, it shows how to implement VirtualMBeans - MBeans that don't really exist - but the same technique can be used to do other interesting things, including MBeanServer cascading, fine-grained MBean access controls, auditing, or logging, to mention a few of them.
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( Jan 16 2007, 06:00:00 PM CET ) Permalink Comments [4]