I ran into a problem using jython. I get the value printed when I access the MBean with a jython / python script, but I would like to analyze the result so that I can just extract what is needed.
Here is the code and output:
def get_attribute(mbean,attribute): #<domain>:type=<type> obn = javax.management.ObjectName(mbean)
Text output:
javax.management.openmbean.CompositeDataSupport (compositeType = javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType (name = java.lang.management.MemoryUsage, elements = ((ITEMNAME = done, ItemType = javax.management.openmbean.Simpleava lang.Long)), (ITEMNAME = initial, ItemType = javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType (name = java.lang.Long)), (ITEMNAME = max, ItemType = javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType (name = java. lang.Long)), (itemName = used, itemType = javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType (name = java.lang.Long)))), contents = {commit = 61276160, init = 63313088, max = 129761280, used = 30232944})
If someone can give me an example or idea, that would be great.
Many thanks.
For example, with Jython, if you want to get information about one MBean, then it is easy to call it:
print remote.getMBeanInfo(ObjectName("java.lang:type=Memory"))
But again, the output looks something like this:
javax.management.MBeanInfo[description=Information on the management interface of the MBean, attributes=[javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo[description=Verbose, name=Verbose, type=boolean, read/write, isIs, descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Boolean), originalType=boolean}], javax.management.openmbean.OpenMBeanAttributeInfoSupport(name=HeapMemoryUsage,openType=javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType(name=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage,items=((itemName=committed,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=init,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=max,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=used,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)))),default=null,minValue=null,maxValue=null,legalValues=null,descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType(name=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage,items=((itemName=committed,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=init,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=max,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=used,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)))), originalType=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage}), javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo[description=ObjectPendingFinalizationCount, name=ObjectPendingFinalizationCount, type=int, read-only, descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Integer), originalType=int}], javax.management.openmbean.OpenMBeanAttributeInfoSupport(name=NonHeapMemoryUsage,openType=javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType(name=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage,items=((itemName=committed,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=init,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=max,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=used,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)))),default=null,minValue=null,maxValue=null,legalValues=null,descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType(name=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage,items=((itemName=committed,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=init,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=max,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)),(itemName=used,itemType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Long)))), originalType=java.lang.management.MemoryUsage}), javax.management.openmbean.OpenMBeanAttributeInfoSupport(name=ObjectName,openType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=javax.management.ObjectName),default=null,minValue=null,maxValue=null,legalValues=null,descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=javax.management.ObjectName), originalType=javax.management.ObjectName})], constructors=[], operations=[javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo[description=gc, name=gc, returnType=void, signature=[], impact=unknown, descriptor={openType=javax.management.openmbean.SimpleType(name=java.lang.Void), originalType=void}]], notifications=[javax.management.MBeanNotificationInfo[description=Memory Notification, name=javax.management.Notification, notifTypes=[java.management.memory.threshold.exceeded, java.management.memory.collection.threshold.exceeded], descriptor={}]], descriptor={immutableInfo=true, interfaceClassName=java.lang.management.MemoryMXBean, mxbean=true}]
So, if someone knows a good way to parse this output to some object in order to get a nice display, please give a comment.
Many thanks.