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 them in a file that you submit to the MOF compiler, mofcomp(1M). The MOF compiler parses the file and adds the classes and instances defined in the file to the CIM Object Manager repository. See Chapter 2, Creating JavaBeans Using the MOF Compiler for information on how to use the MOF compiler to automatically generate JavaBeans 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 Java.

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