I have one major complaint with JavaOne. The wireless network is HORRIBLE. Its hit or miss everywhere and from time to time, my browser is redirected to hotspot error pages. Its like there is some proxy application that we have to be redirected to in order to authenticate. I would suggest that the author of that application attend some sessions instead of playing network cop as this is becomming more and more annoying as each day passes.

Okay, I feel better now!

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Posted by Mike Shoemaker on June 30, 2004 2:22:02 PM CDT #

Monitoring and Management in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.5 Technology

Sanjay Radia, Sun Microsystems
Mandy Chung, Sun Microsystems

JSR 3, 163
Use JMX MBeans. When you use MBeans, they are deployed to a Platform MBeans Server and are then avialable for interrogation. Normally you connect via RMI over SSL via the JMX Management Application. JConsole is an example of this kind of application and is available out of the box with JDK 1.5(actually 5.0 with the new naming scheme). You could also plug LDAP in as a client of the Platform MBean server and have it manage permissions and authentication of the MBeans Server data.

In a nutshell, the MBeans Server acts as a container for the MBeans(abstract datasource) and JConsole is a front end for this datasource. Optionally you could plug in LDAP to act as a kind of controller to allow/disallow access to management data.

MXBeans allow Richer types(primitive types, Enum, List, Map, Classes with getters) than MBeans.

The hockey game was a quite interesting event. I was expecting lighthearted play and lots of camaraderie. What I saw didn’t hold up to my expectations. There were several heated skirmishes amongst players. I thought Sun’s team was quite a bit better than Apple and the 7-1 score reflected that. The goalie that played for Sun looked like he came from the NHL. I wonder where Dominik Hasek is right now? He stopped everything that was a reasonable save and some that were ever better than that. It took apple until late in the third period to break the shutout. The goal came with 17 seconds left in the 3rd period on a tic tac toe play resulting in a top shelf goal. The play was impressive. Unfortunately for Apple, that was about the only upside the entire night. Sun’s Chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy, started the game and played right wing. He didn’t have a goal but he made a nice play to setup a goal and got the first assist in the 3rd period. I wonder how many financial incentives were on the line if Sun lost the game.

Chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy

Apple Player warming up