Java Dynamic Management Kit 4.2 Tutorial

Before You Read This Book

In order to build and run the sample programs in this tutorial or use the tool commands provided in the Java Dynamic Management Kit, you must have a complete installation of the product on your machine. Please refer to the Java Dynamic Management Kit 4.2 Installation Guide and Release Notes document for instructions on how to install the product components and configure your environment.

Before programming with the Java Dynamic Management Kit, you should be familiar with the concepts and tools used throughout these tutorials. The following books are part of the product documentation set:

Getting Started with the Java Dynamic Management Kit 4.2
Java Dynamic Management Kit 4.2 Tools Reference

These books are available online after you have installed the documentation package of the Java Dynamic Management Kit. The online documentation also includes the Javadoc API for the Java packages and classes, including those of the Java Management extensions. Using any web browser, open the homepage corresponding to your platform:

Operating Environment	Homepage Location
Solaris	`installDir/SUNWjdmk/jdmk4.2/JDKversion/index.html`
Windows NT	`installDir\SUNWjdmk\jdmk4.2\JDKversion\index.html`

In these file names, installDir refers to the base directory of your Java Dynamic Management Kit installation. In a default installation procedure, installDir is:

/opt on the Solaris platform
C:\Program Files on the Windows NT platform

The JDKversion is that of the Java Development Kit (JDK^TM) which you use and which you selected during installation. Its value can be either 1.1 or 1.2 when used in a directory, filename, or path.

These conventions are used throughout this book whenever referring to files or directories which are part of the installation.