US 2011/0258688 A1 · RESOURCE MONITORING USING A JMX MESSAGE BRIDGE

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for monitoring managed resources by subscribing to broadcast notifications relayed by a Java Management Extensions (JMX) message bridge between JMX managed beans (JMX MBeans) and a client application with user interface (UI) components. In an embodiment, ADOBE™ FLEX™ user UI components subscribe to JMX broadcast notifications. The method generates messages destined for UI components using a JMX broadcaster. JMX MBeans are created in a JMX server and are subscribed to JMX broadcasts. The JMX MBeans are created with filter values identifying destination UI components. A JMX managed object name is passed to the UI during the creation of the UI components. The UI components become consumers of a message topic. A JMX message adapter dedicated to the communication with the JMX MBeans receives JMX broadcast notifications. Messages generated by the JMX broadcaster are relayed to the destination UI components through the JMX MBeans.

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Dependent claims

A method for monitoring a managed resource, comprising:

establishing a subscription to a broadcast notification, wherein the establishing comprises:
creating a user interface (UI) component in a client application to subscribe to a Java Management Extensions (JMX) broadcast notification;
receiving, at the client application, during the creating, a JMX managed object name, wherein the JMX managed object name identifies a JMX message topic associated with the managed resource;
generating, by a JMX broadcaster, a message destined for the UI component;
creating a JMX managed bean (JMX MBean) in a JMX server;
subscribing the JMX MBean to the JMX broadcaster, wherein the subscribing comprises receiving one or more filter values identifying the UI component;
and
configuring the UI component to be a consumer of the message topic identified by the JMX managed object name, wherein the message topic is associated with the JMX MBean.

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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer program logic stored thereon for enabling a processor to establish a subscription to a broadcast notification associated with a managed resource, the computer program logic comprising:

program logic for enabling a processor to create a user interface (UI) component in a client application to subscribe to a Java Management Extensions (JMX) broadcast notification;
program logic for enabling the processor to receive, at the client application, in response to determining that a UI component has been created, a JMX managed object name wherein the JMX managed object name identifies a JMX message topic associated with the managed resource;
program logic for enabling the processor to generate, by a central JMX broadcaster, a message destined for the UI component;
program logic for enabling a processor to create a JMX managed bean (JMX MBean) in a JMX server;
program logic for enabling the processor to subscribe the JMX MBean to the central JMX broadcaster, wherein the subscribing comprises receiving one or more filter values identifying the UI component;
program logic for enabling the processor to configure the UI component to be a consumer of the message topic identified by JMX object name, wherein the message topic is associated with the JMX MBean;
program logic for enabling the processor to communicate, using a message adapter, a notification to the JMX MBean;
and
program logic for enabling the processor to relay a message generated by the central JMX broadcaster to the UI component via the JMX MBean.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Resource monitoring using a jmx message bridge

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Abstract

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