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25
26 package com.sun.management;
27
28 import java.lang.management.PlatformManagedObject;
29 import javax.management.DynamicMBean;
30
31 /**
32 * Management interface for the diagnostic commands for the HotSpot Virtual Machine.
33 *
34 * <p>The {@code DiagnosticCommandMBean} is registered to the
35 * {@linkplain java.lang.management.ManagementFactory#getPlatformMBeanServer
36 * platform MBeanServer} as are other platform MBeans.
37 *
38 * <p>The {@link javax.management.ObjectName ObjectName} for uniquely identifying
39 * the diagnostic MBean within an MBeanServer is:
40 * <blockquote>
41 * {@code com.sun.management:type=DiagnosticCommand}
42 * </blockquote>
43 *
44 * <p>This MBean is a {@link javax.management.DynamicMBean DynamicMBean}
45 * and also a {@link javax.management.NotificationEmitter}.
46 * The {@code DiagnosticCommandMBean} is generated at runtime and is subject to
47 * modifications during the lifetime of the Java virtual machine.
48 *
49 * A <em>diagnostic command</em> is represented as an operation of
50 * the {@code DiagnosticCommandMBean} interface. 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}</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 *
109 * <table border="1" cellpadding="5">
110 * <tr>
111 * <th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th>
112 * </tr>
113 * <tr>
114 * <td>dcmd.name</td><td>String</td>
115 * <td>The original diagnostic command name (not the operation name)</td>
116 * </tr>
117 * <tr>
118 * <td>dcmd.description</td><td>String</td>
119 * <td>The diagnostic command description</td>
120 * </tr>
121 * <tr>
122 * <td>dcmd.help</td><td>String</td>
123 * <td>The full help message for this diagnostic command (same output as
124 * the one produced by the 'help' command)</td>
125 * </tr>
126 * <tr>
127 * <td>dcmd.vmImpact</td><td>String</td>
128 * <td>The impact of the diagnostic command,
129 * this value is the same as the one printed in the 'impact'
130 * section of the help message of the diagnostic command, and it
131 * is different from the getImpact() of the MBeanOperationInfo</td>
132 * </tr>
133 * <tr>
134 * <td>dcmd.enabled</td><td>boolean</td>
135 * <td>True if the diagnostic command is enabled, false otherwise</td>
136 * </tr>
137 * <tr>
138 * <td>dcmd.permissionClass</td><td>String</td>
139 * <td>Some diagnostic command might require a specific permission to be
140 * executed, in addition to the MBeanPermission to invoke their
141 * associated MBean operation. This field returns the fully qualified
142 * name of the permission class or null if no permission is required
143 * </td>
144 * </tr>
145 * <tr>
146 * <td>dcmd.permissionName</td><td>String</td>
147 * <td>The fist argument of the permission required to execute this
148 * diagnostic command or null if no permission is required</td>
149 * </tr>
150 * <tr>
151 * <td>dcmd.permissionAction</td><td>String</td>
152 * <td>The second argument of the permission required to execute this
153 * diagnostic command or null if the permission constructor has only
154 * one argument (like the ManagementPermission) or if no permission
155 * is required</td>
156 * </tr>
157 * <tr>
158 * <td>dcmd.arguments</td><td>Descriptor</td>
159 * <td>A Descriptor instance containing the descriptions of options and
160 * arguments supported by the diagnostic command (see below)</td>
161 * </tr>
162 * </table>
163 *
164 * <p>The description of parameters (options or arguments) of a diagnostic
165 * command is provided within a Descriptor instance. In this Descriptor,
166 * each field name is a parameter name, and each field value is itself
167 * a Descriptor instance. The fields provided in this second Descriptor
168 * instance are described in the table below:
169 *
170 * <table border="1" cellpadding="5">
171 * <tr>
172 * <th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th>
173 * </tr>
174 * <tr>
175 * <td>dcmd.arg.name</td><td>String</td>
176 * <td>The name of the parameter</td>
177 * </tr>
178 * <tr>
179 * <td>dcmd.arg.type</td><td>String</td>
180 * <td>The type of the parameter. The returned String is the name of a type
181 * recognized by the diagnostic command parser. These types are not
182 * Java types and are implementation dependent.
183 * </td>
184 * </tr>
185 * <tr>
186 * <td>dcmd.arg.description</td><td>String</td>
187 * <td>The parameter description</td>
188 * </tr>
189 * <tr>
190 * <td>dcmd.arg.isMandatory</td><td>boolean</td>
191 * <td>True if the parameter is mandatory, false otherwise</td>
192 * </tr>
193 * <tr>
194 * <td>dcmd.arg.isOption</td><td>boolean</td>
195 * <td>True if the parameter is an option, false if it is an argument</td>
196 * </tr>
197 * <tr>
198 * <td>dcmd.arg.isMultiple</td><td>boolean</td>
199 * <td>True if the parameter can be specified several times, false
200 * otherwise</td>
201 * </tr>
202 * </table>
203 *
204 * <p>When the set of diagnostic commands currently supported by the Java
205 * Virtual Machine is modified, the {@code DiagnosticCommandMBean} emits
206 * a {@link javax.management.Notification} with a
207 * {@linkplain javax.management.Notification#getType() type} of
208 * <a href="{@docRoot}/../../../../api/javax/management/MBeanInfo.html#info-changed">
209 * {@code "jmx.mbean.info.changed"}</a> and a
210 * {@linkplain javax.management.Notification#getUserData() userData} that
211 * is the new {@code MBeanInfo}.
212 *
213 * @since 1.8
214 */
215 public interface DiagnosticCommandMBean extends DynamicMBean
216 {
217
218 }