Providing Interoperability for Java-Oriented Monitoring Tools with JINEXT

Abstract

Abstract. While Java is getting an increasingly widely used programming language, Java Virtual Machine has become an important platform for networking and distributed computing. Due to the increasing complexity of programs, the demand for monitoring tool support (debuggers, performance analyzers etc.) for efficient computing is growing as well.A special, open interface J-OMIS, which provides an efficient support for monitoring distributed Java programs, is derived from the On-line Monitoring Interface Specification (OMIS) that enables to use multiple monitoring tools simultaneously. OMIS has been developed with interoperability in mind but not all structural and logical conflicts have been solved. Addressing the missing aspects of interoperability support within J-OMIS is intended to increase the simplicity of developing the monitoring tools which will synergetically support each other. In the paper we present the concept of JINEXT, an extension to OMIS, which is aimed to provide interoperability between monitoring tools.