Managed Object Format Compiler

You use the Managed Object Format (MOF) language to specify CIM schema. You define classes and instances using ASCII text, and place those classes in a file that you submit to the MOF compiler, mofcomp(1M). The MOF compiler parses the file to add the classes and instances defined in the file to the CIM Object Manager repository. See Chapter 7, Creating JavaBeans Components Using the MOF Compiler for information on how to use the MOF compiler to automatically generate JavaBeans^TM components from MOF files.

Because you can convert MOF to Java, applications developed in MOF can run on any system or in any environment that supports the Java platform.

For more in-depth information about the MOF language, files, and syntax, see http://www.dmtf.org/education/cimtutorial/extend/spec.php.