What You Need to Know before Reading This Book

This book assumes that you are familiar with developing applications using Java. We do not assume that you have experience with management systems. As such, the first chapter introduces management concepts, disciplines, and architectures. If you are familiar with management systems, then you may skip this chapter and start with Chapter 2 (Introduction to JMX).

Chapter 10 (J2EE and JMX) explains JSR 77 ("J2EE Management") in depth, as well as how it relates to JMX. This chapter assumes that you have a high-level understanding of the components of the J2EE specification and its realization in J2EE application servers.

Chapter 11 (Web Services and JMX) explains how JMX can be used to develop manageable Web service applications. It will be helpful to have a general understanding of what a Web service is, and familiarity with common Web service architectures.