Re: An Idea for allowing easy Instrumentation of Java programs into PCP via Jolokia and/or DropWizard Metrics

[fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)]

psmith wrote:

> [...]  1) I have a Java app not under my source control I'd really
> like to instrument into PCP [...]  For this simple/general case I
> now think a the best & easiest approach is to use Jolokia (see [1])
> via it's agent mechanism (see [2]).  Jolokia is an awesome library
> that allows exposure of Java JMX objects within a running JVM
> process via a really nice RESTful API.  [...]

Thanks a lot!  This general approach (embracing JMX) has been
appealing for some time; it's nice to hear confirmation from a pro.

- FChE