org.jolokia.backend.plugin

Interface MBeanPlugin

public interface MBeanPlugin

Interface describing a plugin which can be used to register extra MBeans for enhancing the Jolokia API. MBeanPlugins should have a no argument constructor, are looked up from the classpath and should be registered in META-INF/mbean-plugins

Since:

12/01/15

Author:

roland

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getId() Get unique id for this plugin.
void	init(MBeanPluginContext ctx, Map map) Init method for the plugin.

Method Detail

init

void init(MBeanPluginContext ctx,
          Map map)
   throws JMException

Init method for the plugin. The plugin purpose is to register MBeans and to remember the context so that it can be later used for doing JMX calls. The context should be propagated to the registered MBean so that it can be reused for JMX lookups during its operation.

Parameters:

ctx - the context in order to access JMX

map - configuration specific for this plugin

Throws:

JMException

getId

String getId()

Get unique id for this plugin. This id is also used for looking up plugin specific configuration.

Returns:

unique id for this plugin