public class

MBeanServerInvocationHandler

extends Object
implements InvocationHandler
java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler

Class Overview

InvocationHandler that forwards methods in an MBean's management interface through the MBean server to the MBean.

Given an MBeanServerConnection, the ObjectName of an MBean within that MBean server, and a Java interface Intf that describes the management interface of the MBean using the patterns for a Standard MBean or an MXBean, this class can be used to construct a proxy for the MBean. The proxy implements the interface Intf such that all of its methods are forwarded through the MBean server to the MBean.

If the InvocationHandler is for an MXBean, then the parameters of a method are converted from the type declared in the MXBean interface into the corresponding mapped type, and the return value is converted from the mapped type into the declared type. For example, with the method
public List<String> reverse(List<String> list);
and given that the mapped type for List<String> is String[], a call to proxy.reverse(someList) will convert someList from a List<String> to a String[], call the MBean operation reverse, then convert the returned String[] into a List<String>.

The method Object.toString(), Object.hashCode(), or Object.equals(Object), when invoked on a proxy using this invocation handler, is forwarded to the MBean server as a method on the proxied MBean only if it appears in one of the proxy's interfaces. For a proxy created with JMX.newMBeanProxy or JMX.newMXBeanProxy, this means that the method must appear in the Standard MBean or MXBean interface. Otherwise these methods have the following behavior:

  • toString() returns a string representation of the proxy
  • hashCode() returns a hash code for the proxy such that two equal proxies have the same hash code
  • equals(Object) returns true if and only if the Object argument is of the same proxy class as this proxy, with an MBeanServerInvocationHandler that has the same MBeanServerConnection and ObjectName; if one of the MBeanServerInvocationHandlers was constructed with a Class argument then the other must have been constructed with the same Class for equals to return true.

Summary

Public Constructors
MBeanServerInvocationHandler(MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName)

Invocation handler that forwards methods through an MBean server to a Standard MBean.

MBeanServerInvocationHandler(MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName, boolean isMXBean)

Invocation handler that can forward methods through an MBean server to a Standard MBean or MXBean.

Public Methods
MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection()

The MBean server connection through which the methods of a proxy using this handler are forwarded.

ObjectName getObjectName()

The name of the MBean within the MBean server to which methods are forwarded.

Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
Processes a method invocation on a proxy instance and returns the result.
boolean isMXBean()

If true, the proxy is for an MXBean, and appropriate mappings are applied to method parameters and return values.

static <T> T newProxyInstance(MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName, Class<T> interfaceClass, boolean notificationBroadcaster)

Return a proxy that implements the given interface by forwarding its methods through the given MBean server to the named MBean.

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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler

Public Constructors

public MBeanServerInvocationHandler (MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName)

Invocation handler that forwards methods through an MBean server to a Standard MBean. This constructor may be called instead of relying on JMX.newMBeanProxy, for instance if you need to supply a different ClassLoader to Proxy.newProxyInstance.

This constructor is not appropriate for an MXBean. Use MBeanServerInvocationHandler(MBeanServerConnection, ObjectName, boolean) for that. This constructor is equivalent to new MBeanServerInvocationHandler(connection, objectName, false).

Parameters
connection the MBean server connection through which all methods of a proxy using this handler will be forwarded.
objectName the name of the MBean within the MBean server to which methods will be forwarded.

public MBeanServerInvocationHandler (MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName, boolean isMXBean)

Invocation handler that can forward methods through an MBean server to a Standard MBean or MXBean. This constructor may be called instead of relying on JMX.newMXBeanProxy, for instance if you need to supply a different ClassLoader to Proxy.newProxyInstance.

Parameters
connection the MBean server connection through which all methods of a proxy using this handler will be forwarded.
objectName the name of the MBean within the MBean server to which methods will be forwarded.
isMXBean if true, the proxy is for an MXBean, and appropriate mappings will be applied to method parameters and return values.

Public Methods

public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection ()

The MBean server connection through which the methods of a proxy using this handler are forwarded.

Returns
  • the MBean server connection.

public ObjectName getObjectName ()

The name of the MBean within the MBean server to which methods are forwarded.

Returns
  • the object name.

public Object invoke (Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)

Processes a method invocation on a proxy instance and returns the result. This method will be invoked on an invocation handler when a method is invoked on a proxy instance that it is associated with.

Parameters
proxy the proxy instance that the method was invoked on
method the Method instance corresponding to the interface method invoked on the proxy instance. The declaring class of the Method object will be the interface that the method was declared in, which may be a superinterface of the proxy interface that the proxy class inherits the method through.
args an array of objects containing the values of the arguments passed in the method invocation on the proxy instance, or null if interface method takes no arguments. Arguments of primitive types are wrapped in instances of the appropriate primitive wrapper class, such as java.lang.Integer or java.lang.Boolean.
Returns
  • the value to return from the method invocation on the proxy instance. If the declared return type of the interface method is a primitive type, then the value returned by this method must be an instance of the corresponding primitive wrapper class; otherwise, it must be a type assignable to the declared return type. If the value returned by this method is null and the interface method's return type is primitive, then a NullPointerException will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance. If the value returned by this method is otherwise not compatible with the interface method's declared return type as described above, a ClassCastException will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance.
Throws
Throwable

public boolean isMXBean ()

If true, the proxy is for an MXBean, and appropriate mappings are applied to method parameters and return values.

Returns
  • whether the proxy is for an MXBean.

public static T newProxyInstance (MBeanServerConnection connection, ObjectName objectName, Class<T> interfaceClass, boolean notificationBroadcaster)

Return a proxy that implements the given interface by forwarding its methods through the given MBean server to the named MBean. As of 1.6, the methods newMBeanProxy(MBeanServerConnection, ObjectName, Class) and newMBeanProxy(MBeanServerConnection, ObjectName, Class, boolean) are preferred to this method.

This method is equivalent to Proxy.newProxyInstance(interfaceClass.getClassLoader(), interfaces, handler). Here handler is the result of new MBeanServerInvocationHandler(connection, objectName), and interfaces is an array that has one element if notificationBroadcaster is false and two if it is true. The first element of interfaces is interfaceClass and the second, if present, is NotificationEmitter.class.

Parameters
connection the MBean server to forward to.
objectName the name of the MBean within connection to forward to.
interfaceClass the management interface that the MBean exports, which will also be implemented by the returned proxy.
notificationBroadcaster make the returned proxy implement NotificationEmitter by forwarding its methods via connection. A call to addNotificationListener(NotificationListener, NotificationFilter, Object) on the proxy will result in a call to addNotificationListener(ObjectName, NotificationListener, NotificationFilter, Object), and likewise for the other methods of NotificationBroadcaster and NotificationEmitter.
Returns
  • the new proxy instance.
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