Architecture
JMX is based on a 3-level architecture:
- The Probe level contains the probes (called MBeans) instrumenting the resources. Also called the Instrumentation level.
- The Agent level, or MBeanServer, is the core of JMX. It is an intermediary between the MBean and the applications.
- The Remote Management level enables remote applications to access the MBeanServer through Connectors and Adaptors. A connector provides full remote access to the MBeanServer API using various communication frameworks (RMI, IIOP, JMS, WS-* …), while an adaptor adapts the API to another protocol (SNMP, …) or to Web-based GUI (HTML/HTTP, WML/HTTP, …).
Applications can be generic consoles (such as JConsole and MC4J), or domain-specific (monitoring) applications. External applications can interact with the MBeans through the use of JMX connectors and protocol adapters. Connectors are used to connect an agent with a remote JMX-enabled management application. This form of communication involves a connector in the JMX agent and a connector client in the management application.
Protocol adapters provide a management view of the JMX agent through a given protocol. Management applications that connect to a protocol adapter are usually specific to the given protocol.
Read more about this topic: Java Management Extensions
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