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BTrace and JMX

You can dyanamically attach BTrace to a Java process to inject trace code into it. BTrace client classescollect the trace output via a socket -- these client classes are used by BTrace command line client as well as VisualVM plugin for BTrace. How about attaching a JMX client to collect BTrace's trace data? Yes, it is possible to access a BTrace class's static fields as attributes of a MBean with this RFE.

There are two MBean samples in the BTrace repository. I attached both BTrace samples to a "Java2D demo" process. And then I attached VisualVM to view the Mbean registered by these BTrace samples:

1. ThreadCounterBean.java - this sample instruments java.lang.Thread.start() method to update a counter field. This counter field is accessible by JMX clients.
   
   

   

   
   
   
2. HistogramBean.java - this sample collects histogram of java.awt.Component objects created by an application and exposes the histogram (map) as MBean attribute.

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