JMX 1.1 Maintenance Release

Here is the list of modifications accepted for this Maintenance release.
Also provided:
    - the list of modifications committed for JMX 1.5 (JSR 160)
    - the list of modifications delayed to a later version
    - the list of submitted problems not beeing bugs

Notes

- The Specification, RI and TCK have been impacted and updated.

- The "What's New" chapter in the Specification lists the changes done in the Specification document.

- A Release Notes document is provided, listing all changes.

Main Changes

- JMX 1.0 did not specify completely the serialized form of JMX classes that implement the Serializable interface.
JMX 1.1 does specify this completely.
The specification is not completely compatible with the form used by the Reference Implementation in JMX 1.0.
With the RI in JMX 1.1, if the property "jmx.serial.form" has the value "1.0", the old serial form is used.

- JMX 1.0 had some sensitive global variables that were accessible without permission checking.
This could allow untrusted code to interfere with trusted code.
JMX 1.1 defines a new permission, MBeanServerPermission, which is required before accessing these variables.
This is used for fixing security holes.

- The TCK has been extended to validate JMX on JDK 1.4.
There are now 2 signature files, one for JDK 1.3, another for JDK 1.4.

- For stability, ModelMBean code has been reworked by Sun Microsystems.
Optional features present in the previous version are not supported anymore, only the full specification is implemented.

Please send comments to:
jmx-spec-comments@sun.com

ACCEPTED:


Number:	Synopsis	By:
1	Bug: Open MBean fixed RI and TCK	Sun Microsystems
5	Bug: query with ":" not equivalent to query with "<defaultDomain>:"	Franck Hamelin
14	Bug: DynamicMBean class loading is not consistent with other bean loading	David Grigglestone (code provided)
17	Bug: possible to call getter and setter using invoke()	Simone Bordet
18	Bug: incomplete test to detect dynamic MBean	Simone Bordet
22	Bug: Repository class package protected, should be public	Rickard Oberg
24	Bug: Repositories not pluggable as RepositorySupport is created by MBeanServerImpl	Rickard Oberg
28	Bug: flag not reseted in DefaultLoaderRepository	Rickard Oberg
29	Bug: incorrect serialization	Eamonn McManus
30	Bug: incorrect source field in a Notification	Simone Bordet
33	Bug: unregistering a NotificationBroadcaster MBean does not remove its listeners	Maciej Szefler
35	Bug: security hole in DefaultLoaderRepository	Simone Bordet, Eamonn McManus
36	Bug: inconsistency in the spec regarding signature of removeNotificationListener of MBeanServer	Eamonn McManus
40	Bug: bug in ModelMBeanOperationInfo createDescriptor () method	Rickard Oberg
41	Bug: RequiredModelMBean.invoke uses Class.forName	Rickard Oberg
42	Bug: RequiredModelMBean.setAttributes() hangs	Rickard Oberg
48	Bug: inconsistency in field naming in ModelMBeanOperationInfo	Saikat Ghosh
51	Bug: incomplete spec regarding the behavior of GaugeMonitor	Simon Nunn
52	Bug: getAttributes in RequiredModelMBean returns the list of java.lang.String instead of list of javax.management.Attribute	Denis Stark
53	Bug: exception if there are no notification listeners with ModelMBean.setAttribute()	Denis Stark
54	Bug: exception if "null" used as attribute name on addAttributeChangeNotificationListener	Denis Stark
55	Bug: in modelmbean's descriptors, for an operation the returned value is cached.	Frederic Giloux
56	Bug: MBeanServerImpl not capable of correctly supporting multiple registrations for the same listener instance	Maciej Szefler
59	Bug: typo in examples: "demostrate"	Alexander Osterloh
61	Bug: JMX spec should forbid attribute names that are not valid Java identifiers	Jeff Haynie
62	Bug: security hole in MBeanServerFactory allowing anybody to access to a MBeanServer	Hans Hrasna
63	Bug: NullPointerException that occurs when viewing an "MBeanView" HTML page	Paul Canavese
64	Bug: javax.management.Notification "source" poorly defined	Eamonn McManus
68	Bug: use of Class.forName() in RoleInfo	Arra Avakian
70	Bug: NotificationBroadcaster.removeNotificationListener() method should have a "name" parameter (same for NotificationBroadcasterSupport)	Joe Conti
71	Bug: no handback parameter in add/removeNotificationListener() method of NotificationBroadcaster and NotificationBroadcasterSupport.	Joe Conti
73	Bug: bug in RequiredModelMBean code	Carlos Quiroz
74	Bug: Spec not clear about being able to change the MBeanInfo of a DynamicMBean at runtime	Chuck Johnson
75	Bug: problem with jmx1_0.sig file with JDK 1.4	Sandeep Shrivastava
77	Bug: NotCompliantMBeanException with an MBean interface extending 2 interfaces with the same method	Manish Sethi

COMMITTED FOR JMX 1.5


Number:	Synopsis:	By:
2	RFE: Connector terminology to be discarded for Adaptor	Sun Microsystems
3	Bug: problem when registering the same notificationlistener for several broadcasters	Manish Sethi
13	Bug: MBeanServerImpl addNotificationListener cast failures	David Grigglestone (code provided)
15	Bug: Class.forName is used	Rickard Oberg
16	Bug: add addClassLoader method into JMX DefaultLoaderRepository	Simone Bordet
21	Bug: Metadata cache memory leak as never flushed	Rickard Oberg
31	Bug: incorrect prototype of removeNotificationListener in NotificationBroadcaster	Simone Bordet
37	Bug: DynamicMBean interface method needs to throw exceptions	Yves Joan
46	Bug: have a 3rd parameter, the handback object, in the removeNotificationListener() method	Maciej Szefler
47	Bug: NullPointerException in RmiConnectorClient.setOperationContext() with null OperationContext	Eamonn McManus
66	Bug: JMX spec unclear about support of special caracters (*,=?) in ObjectNames	Christophe Ebro
69	Bug: Timer.removeNotifications(String type) doesn't interrupt TimerAlarmClock thread	Vladimir Vasil
72	Bug: class loading issue in MBeanServerImpl as it is using isInstanceOf()	Vladimir Blagojevic

DELAYED

Number:	Synopsis	By:
4	RFE: missing method getConstructor in ModelMBeanInfo	Simone Bordet
7	RFE: have separate interface and implementation for MBeanServer and MBeanServerFactory	Manish Sethi
8	RFE: add a method setMBeanServer() to MBeanServer interface to set a secure MBS	Burt Wagner
9	RFE: divide MBeanServer in 2 parts, an interface and a part providing the methods	Rickard Oberg
10	RFE: wildcard support in notification filter	David Grigglestone
11	RFE: standardize a factory interface for clients to obtain remote client interfaces	David Grigglestone
12	RFE: parameters & return values should be Serializable	David Grigglestone
19	Bug: empty try/catch blocks => on-going during coding	Rickard Oberg
20	RFE: MBeanServerImpl should use caching in invoke()	Rickard Oberg
23	RFE: use of primitive class as parameter to be replaced by use of primitive types	Rickard Oberg
25	RFE: use of wrong collection classes, as Vector and HashTable, instead of ArrayList and HashMap	Rickard Oberg
26	Bug: check() method in MLet should be protected, not private	Rickard Oberg
27	RFE: use of inefficient loader list in DefaultLoaderRepository	Rickard Oberg
32	RFE: ModelMBean.sendNotification() should not throw an exception when no listeners are registered	Maciej Szefler
34	RFE: specify symetric add/remove*Listener methods in MBeanServer, NotificationBroadcaster and ModelMBeanNotificationBroadcaster	Simone Bordet
38	Bug: issue with get/setAttributes() prototypes	Christophe Ebro
39	RFE: stop enforcing XMBean name for MBean interface, but have some StandardMBean class and standard MBean class extending it	Eamonn McManus
43	RFE: extends MBeanServerFactory to specify which kind of MBeanServer has to be created (not MBeanServerImpl necessarly)	Christophe Ebro
44	RFE: extends RmiConnectorServer to allow implementation of RMI over SSL	Burt Wagner
45	RFE: remove constraint of having MBean interface and MBean class in the same package	Raja
49	RFE: use XML descriptor to create ModelMBeans on the fly	Carlos Quiroz
50	RFE: HTMLAdapter to use setAttribute() instead of setAttributes()	Denis Stark
57	Bug: when no CODEBASE element is specified in the M-Let file, the RI was improperly attempting to use the full path to the M-Let file as a base URL from which to load the JAR file.	Steve Perry
58	RFE: lack of support for DynamicMBeans that reside in different class loader namespaces	David Grigglestone (code provided)
60	RFE: remove test of compliance for class referenced in RoleInfo (no need to be a MBean) -> any type of object allowed	Christophe Ebro
67	RFE: The HTML adaptor does not support complex types and recursivity	Simon Vienot
76	Bug: MLet preRegister method does not set the mlet's object name correctly if the object name supplied to the method is null	Steven Adams
79	RFE: reference the Grinder as the JMX Instrumentation Conformance Test Tool	David Grigglestone

NOT A BUG


Number:	Synopsis:	By:
6	Bug: constructor of TimerNotification is package, should be public	Manish Sethi
65	Bug: Problems adding a remote notification listener unless userData is populated	Shanliang Sjiang
78	Bug: null string not equivalent to null for ObjectName	Christophe Ebro