Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions (Expert's Voice) [Paperback]

J. Jeffrey Hanson (Author), Jeff Hanson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590591011 | ISBN-13: 978-1590591017 | Publication Date: November 17, 2003 | Edition: 1

Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions discusses the complete JMX architecture including the JMX Remoting 1.2 release. Offered are leading-edge examples of JMX integration with distributed applications, including sequence diagrams and sample code. The book takes a top down approach; starting from the highest level of detail and drilling down to expose the lowest level of details. The book presents the JMX architecture as a pluggable, services-oriented framework. This includes discussing how JMX allows you to dynamically add, remove and modify services at run-time. The book provides in-depth discussions of JMX notifications, event models and messages. The book finished up with real-world examples of JMX in use. This includes discussions of how JMX is integrated with different management systems and how JMX is used to expose these systems to the J2EE environment.

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About the Author

J. Jeffrey Hanson is the chief architect at eReinsure.com, Inc., where he directs architecture and design for J2EE-based frameworks, applications, and systems for the reinsurance industry. Jeff has more than 18 years of experience in the software industry, including filling the role of lead architect for the Route 66 platform at Novell and chief architect at Zareus, Inc. Jeff's background includes analysis, design, and implementation for systems, applications, and platforms in the newspaper publishing industry, mortgage lending industry, retail banking, word processing, and developer services. Jeff has also authored numerous articles and books for the software industry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: A-Press; 1 edition (November 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590591011
• ISBN-13: 978-1590591017
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,567,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have more than 20 years of experience in the software industry, including working as senior engineer for the Microsoft Windows port of the OpenDoc project, lead architect for the Route 66 framework at Novell, and chief architect for eReinsure.com, Inc., where I directed design and implementation of frameworks and platforms for J2EE-based reinsurance systems. I am currently the CTO for Max International LLC, where I direct efforts to provide desktop and enterprise applications and platforms for the retail and wholesale industries. I am the author of numerous articles and books, including .NET versus J2EE Web Services: A Comparison of Approaches, Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions, Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures, and Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for newbies, May 12, 2004

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Lasse Koskela (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

I wasn't completely new to JMX when I picked up this book. Yet, I felt uncomfortable with how fast the author dove into details that would be relevant to someone who's about to write a JMX implementation, not to a regular user of the technology.

The book's structure is also a bit inconsistent, in my opinion. For example, the author jumps into describing the history and patterns of distributed management system design in chapter 5 -- after two introductory chapters and two very code-focused chapters.

As an advanced manual to itty bitty details of how connectors etc. are implemented, this book is excellent. It's too bad that the back cover doesn't give any indication of this focus. If you're looking for a guide to learn or "just" use JMX, I'd suggest looking elsewhere.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a very good or original book, January 13, 2005

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Damien M. Evans "Damien" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

This book does not offer many original or insightful ideas about JMX. In fact, a good portion of the book is copied and pasted from the JSR-160 specification. I recommend downloading that and reading it if you're interested in JMX Remoting. The best book on JMX (although a bit dated) is still by Fleury & Lindfors.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written, August 26, 2006

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Francis (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

The main problem with this books is its lack of concepts.
It tries to delve direcly into code. But then the code is also very poorly written. None of the code is written to explain the concept.
It feels more like the author cut pasted it from somewhere else.
Some of the concepts - like relationships and roles - leave one wondering with the question, whether the author himself has understood them properly.