1.2. JPA

1.2.1. Sample Human Resources Model
1.2.2. JMX Management

1.2.1. Sample Human Resources Model

The files for this sample are located in the samples/persistence/models/humres directory of the Kodo installation. This sample demonstrates the mapping of an example "Human Resources" schema. The following concepts are illustrated in this sample:

  • Value Mappings

  • One to One Mappings

  • One to Many Mappings (with and without inverses)

1.2.2. JMX Management

This sample shows how to use the Kodo's JMX Management features. In order to see an example of runtime management:

  • Ensure that the Kodo distribution root directory is in your CLASSPATH

  • Ensure that an appropriate META-INF/persistence.xml is in a directory in your CLASSPATH or in the root level of a jar in your CLASSPATH

  • Ensure that your CLASSPATH has all of the jars distributed with Kodo

  • javac *.java

  • kodoc -p persistence.xml Animal.java Dog.java Collar.java

  • mappingtool -p persistence.xml Animal.java Dog.java Collar.java

  • Enumerate the persistent classes in your persistence.xml file: <class>samples.persistence.management.Animal</class> <property name="samples.persistence.management.Dog> <property name="samples.persistence.management.Collar>

  • java samples.persistence.management.SeedDatabase

  • Add the following line to your persistence.xml file: <property name="kodo.ManagementConfiguration" value="local-mgmt"/>

  • Run the sample program which will bring up Kodo's management console upon initialization: java samples.persistence.management.ManagementMain

The Kodo ProfilingAgent also has a JMX MBean. You can see an example of profiling if you turn on the ProfilingAgent by making the following setting in your persistence.xml file:

  • <property name="kodo.ManagementConfiguration" value="local-mgmt-prof"/>

The Dog class includes a field collar which has been marked as a lazily loaded field. After seeing the profiling data, you may want to enable eager fetching on the field to see how the performance profile changes. Edit Dog.java and change the @OneToOne annotation fetch attribute to FetchType.EAGER. Recompile and reenhance Dog and run the sample again to see the changes.

Note that the Kodo data cache also has a JMX MBean. You can see an example of cache management if you turn on the data cache by adding the following settings to your persistence.xml file:

  • <property name="kodo.DataCache" value="true"/>

  • <property name="kodo.RemoteCommitProvider" value="sjvm"/>

Kodo's management and profiling tools can be used in a wide range of modes and environments. For example, by setting the kodo.ManagementConfiguration setting to profiling-gui, you can use the profiling tool exclusively. You can have Kodo connect and integrate with your existing JMX configuration such as provided by your application server or products such as MX4J. For further details on configuring Kodo management and profiling tools, see Chapter 12, Management and Monitoring.

To extend Kodo's monitoring abilities to your own code, you can use TimeWatch. An example of how to use the TimeWatch can be found in QueryThread.java. A TimeWatch allows for monitoring of named code blocks.

 

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