1.5.1 Skeletal MBeans Representing Groups

The mibgen compiler generates an MBean for each group that is defined in the MIB. These skeletal MBeans need to be completed by adding implementation-specific code, to provide access methods. The generated code is initialized with default values for the various MIB variables. If the MIB specifies a default value for an SNMP variable, this value is used to initialize the corresponding variable in the MBean skeleton. Therefore, if you compile the generated code directly, you obtain a running agent. In this case, values returned by the agent when querying the MIBs will be default values or meaningless values, if no default value has been provided in the MIB file for the variable.

The mibgen compiler uses the group names specified in the MIB definition to name MBeans that are generated from groups.