Is it possible to manage C++ application via JMX ?

Question

We have a distributed application containing C++ and Java modules, interacting via CORBA.

Are there any C++ libraries/tools for exposing "variables" and "methods" to JMX tools (to create unigfied management) ?

Answer 1

So even though your application is C++ and Java, you're only looking to expose C++ module attributes to the JMX manager ?

If so, or actually, even if you are exposing both, I would look at using an SNMP library for both instances, since trying to get C++ to support JMX directly could be hairy. JMX and SNMP are broadly interoperable, I am pretty sure you can find SNMP libraries for your C++ components (and I know you can for Java) and you may as well stick to one protocol rather than have one for C++ and one for Java.

The last piece (and probably the easiest) is to find an SNMP "bridge" for your JMX console, manager or whatever you're using.

Answer 2

If I was going to try this I would have a component on both the C++ side and the Java side that would communicate with each other (using XML maybe). The Java side would be the actual JXM MBean component you could interact with and the C++ side would do the reflection on that side.