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Each diagnostic command has: 51 * <ul> 52 * <li>the diagnostic command name which is the name being referenced in 53 * the HotSpot Virtual Machine</li> 54 * <li>the MBean operation name which is the 55 * {@linkplain javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getName() name} 56 * generated for the diagnostic command operation invocation. 57 * The MBean operation name is implementation dependent</li> 58 * </ul> 59 * 60 * The recommended way to transform a diagnostic command name into a MBean 61 * operation name is as follows: 62 * <ul> 63 * <li>All characters from the first one to the first dot are set to be 64 * lower-case characters</li> 65 * <li>Every dot or underline character is removed and the following 66 * character is set to be an upper-case character</li> 67 * <li>All other characters are copied without modification</li> 68 * </ul> 69 * 70 * <p>The diagnostic command name is always provided with the meta-data on the 71 * operation in a field named {@code dcmd.name} (see below). 72 * 73 * <p>A diagnostic command may or may not support options or arguments. 74 * All the operations return {@code String} and either take 75 * no parameter for operations that do not support any option or argument, 76 * or take a {@code String[]} parameter for operations that support at least 77 * one option or argument. 78 * Each option or argument must be stored in a single String. 79 * Options or arguments split across several String instances are not supported. 80 * 81 * <p>The distinction between options and arguments: options are identified by 82 * the option name while arguments are identified by their position in the 83 * command line. Options and arguments are processed in the order of the array 84 * passed to the invocation method. 85 * 86 * <p>Like any operation of a dynamic MBean, each of these operations is 87 * described by {@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo MBeanOperationInfo} 88 * instance. Here's the values returned by this object: 89 * <ul> 90 * <li>{@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getName() getName()} 91 * returns the operation name generated from the diagnostic command name</li> 92 * <li>{@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getDescription() getDescription()} 93 * returns the diagnostic command description 94 * (the same as the one return in the 'help' command)</li> 95 * <li>{@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getImpact() getImpact()} 96 * returns <code>ACTION_INFO</code></li> 97 * <li>{@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getReturnType() getReturnType()} 98 * returns {@code java.lang.String}</li> 99 * <li>{@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getDescriptor() getDescriptor()} 100 * returns a Descriptor instance (see below)</li> 101 * </ul> 102 * 103 * <p>The {@link javax.management.Descriptor Descriptor} 104 * is a collection of fields containing additional 105 * meta-data for a JMX element. A field is a name and an associated value. 106 * The additional meta-data provided for an operation associated with a 107 * diagnostic command are described in the table below: 108 * <p> 109 * 110 * <table border="1" cellpadding="5"> 111 * <tr> 112 * <th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th> 113 * </tr> 114 * <tr> 115 * <td>dcmd.name</td><td>String</td> 116 * <td>The original diagnostic command name (not the operation name)</td> 117 * </tr> 118 * <tr> 119 * <td>dcmd.description</td><td>String</td> 120 * <td>The diagnostic command description</td> 121 * </tr> 122 * <tr> 123 * <td>dcmd.help</td><td>String</td> 124 * <td>The full help message for this diagnostic command (same output as 125 * the one produced by the 'help' command)</td> 126 * </tr> 127 * <tr> 128 * <td>dcmd.vmImpact</td><td>String</td> 129 * <td>The impact of the diagnostic command, 130 * this value is the same as the one printed in the 'impact' 131 * section of the help message of the diagnostic command, and it 132 * is different from the getImpact() of the MBeanOperationInfo</td> 133 * </tr> 134 * <tr> 135 * <td>dcmd.enabled</td><td>boolean</td> 136 * <td>True if the diagnostic command is enabled, false otherwise</td> 137 * </tr> 138 * <tr> 139 * <td>dcmd.permissionClass</td><td>String</td> 140 * <td>Some diagnostic command might require a specific permission to be 141 * executed, in addition to the MBeanPermission to invoke their 142 * associated MBean operation. This field returns the fully qualified 143 * name of the permission class or null if no permission is required 144 * </td> 145 * </tr> 146 * <tr> 147 * <td>dcmd.permissionName</td><td>String</td> 148 * <td>The fist argument of the permission required to execute this 149 * diagnostic command or null if no permission is required</td> 150 * </tr> 151 * <tr> 152 * <td>dcmd.permissionAction</td><td>String</td> 153 * <td>The second argument of the permission required to execute this 154 * diagnostic command or null if the permission constructor has only 155 * one argument (like the ManagementPermission) or if no permission 156 * is required</td> 157 * </tr> 158 * <tr> 159 * <td>dcmd.arguments</td><td>Descriptor</td> 160 * <td>A Descriptor instance containing the descriptions of options and 161 * arguments supported by the diagnostic command (see below)</td> 162 * </tr> 163 * </table> 164 * <p> 165 * 166 * <p>The description of parameters (options or arguments) of a diagnostic 167 * command is provided within a Descriptor instance. In this Descriptor, 168 * each field name is a parameter name, and each field value is itself 169 * a Descriptor instance. The fields provided in this second Descriptor 170 * instance are described in the table below: 171 * 172 * <table border="1" cellpadding="5"> 173 * <tr> 174 * <th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th> 175 * </tr> 176 * <tr> 177 * <td>dcmd.arg.name</td><td>String</td> 178 * <td>The name of the parameter</td> 179 * </tr> 180 * <tr> 181 * <td>dcmd.arg.type</td><td>String</td> 182 * <td>The type of the parameter. The returned String is the name of a type 183 * recognized by the diagnostic command parser. These types are not 184 * Java types and are implementation dependent. 185 * </td> 186 * </tr> 187 * <tr> 188 * <td>dcmd.arg.description</td><td>String</td> 189 * <td>The parameter description</td> 190 * </tr> 191 * <tr> 192 * <td>dcmd.arg.isMandatory</td><td>boolean</td> 193 * <td>True if the parameter is mandatory, false otherwise</td> 194 * </tr> 195 * <tr> 196 * <td>dcmd.arg.isOption</td><td>boolean</td> 197 * <td>True if the parameter is an option, false if it is an argument</td> 198 * </tr> 199 * <tr> 200 * <td>dcmd.arg.isMultiple</td><td>boolean</td> 201 * <td>True if the parameter can be specified several times, false 202 * otherwise</td> 203 * </tr> 204 * </table> 205 * 206 * <p>When the set of diagnostic commands currently supported by the Java 207 * Virtual Machine is modified, the {@code DiagnosticCommandMBean} emits 208 * a {@link javax.management.Notification} with a 209 * {@linkplain javax.management.Notification#getType() type} of 210 * <a href="{@docRoot}/../../../../api/javax/management/MBeanInfo.html#info-changed"> 211 * {@code "jmx.mbean.info.changed"}</a> and a 212 * {@linkplain javax.management.Notification#getUserData() userData} that 213 * is the new {@code MBeanInfo}. 214 * 215 * @since 1.8 216 */ 217 public interface DiagnosticCommandMBean extends DynamicMBean 218 { 219 220 }