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diff --git a/java/jakarta-commons-modeler/DETAILS b/java/jakarta-commons-modeler/DETAILS index 37d2db08b1..7997336559 100755 --- a/java/jakarta-commons-modeler/DETAILS +++ b/java/jakarta-commons-modeler/DETAILS @@ -14,19 +14,21 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/${PKG_SUBPRJ}-${PKG_NAME} SHORT="Jakarta commons modeler is an enhacement of JMX." cat << EOF Java Management Extensions (JMX) is an API that facilitates building management -applications that can configure, and perform operations on, a server application. -In general, each manageable component of the server application is represented -by a Management Bean (or MBean, for short). JMX defines three types of MBeans, -of which Model MBeans are the most flexible. Model MBeans provide a way to define -MBeans for many different components, without having to write a specific MBean +applications that can configure, and perform operations on, a server +application. +In general, each manageable component of the server application is represented +by a Management Bean (or MBean, for short). JMX defines three types of MBeans, +of which Model MBeans are the most flexible. Model MBeans provide a way +to define +MBeans for many different components, without having to write a specific MBean implementation class for each one. -However, this power comes at a price. It is necessary to set up a substantial +However, this power comes at a price. It is necessary to set up a substantial amount of metadata about each MBean, including the attributes it should expose -(similar to JavaBeans properties), the operations it should make available +(similar to JavaBeans properties), the operations it should make available (similar to calling methods of a Java object via reflection), and other related -information. The Modeler component is designed to make this process fairly +information. The Modeler component is designed to make this process fairly painless -- the required metadata is configured from an XML description of each -Model MBean to be supported. In addition, Modeler provides a factory mechanism +Model MBean to be supported. In addition, Modeler provides a factory mechanism to create the actual Model MBean instances themselves. EOF |