Dynamic Extensibility And Scalability

The Java Dynamic Management Kit simplifies the development of extensible agents. An agent is able to instantiate Java classes loaded from an arbitrary location. Therefore, it is possible to extend the functionality of a running agent by making new classes available at an arbitrary location and requesting that the agent load and instantiate them.

Agents developed using the Java Dynamic Management Kit are also scalable. MBeans can be registered and unregistered with the MBean server in an agent while it is running. By registering and un-registering new MBeans, the agent can use only what it needs when it needs it. This feature enables the size and complexity of an agent to be modified while the agent is running, without having to stop the agent.