The Java Dynamic Management Kit relies on the management architecture of the Java Management extensions. The three specifications documents are provided in the product documentation package:
Java Management Extensions Instrumentation and Agent Specification (jmx_instr_agent.pdf)
Java Management Extensions SNMP Manager API (jmx_snmp_api.pdf)
The structure of this book was inspired by that of the The Java Tutorial:
On-line versionhttp://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html
Paperback reference:The Java Tutorial Second Edition: Object-Oriented Programming for the Internet (Java Series) by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath; 2nd book and CD-ROM edition (March 1998) Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.; ISBN: 0201310074
Some topics refer to RFC "standards" for further information, particularly in the lesson on SNMP. The complete text of RFC papers can be found on the following site. This site is in no way affiliated with Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun makes no claim as to the accuracy or relevance of the data it contains: