Java management extensions is a practical, hands-on guide to using the JMX APIs, Sun Microsystems’s new Java-based tool for managing enterprise applications. This one-of-a-kind book is a complete treatment of the JMX architecture (both the instrumentation level and the agent level), and it’s loaded with real-world examples for implementing management extensions. It also contains useful higher-level information about JMX (the “big picture”) to help technical managers and architects who are evaluating various application management approaches and are considering using JMX.