5.6 Using Java for administration

An alternative way of managing the WebSphere environment from a programmatic point of view is to develop a Java client that attaches to the WebSphere JMX infrastructure directly. Every administrative task can be performed with the use of MBean resources, just as the console and wsadmin administrative objects use MBeans to do their tasks. The advantage of using Java for developing the administrative client is that the language is well-adopted in the WebSphere community. Every administrative aspect can be highly-customized. The disadvantage is that the developer needs to have a very detailed understanding of the WebSphere infrastructure and every administrative task has to be built directly from the MBean resources. This means that wsadmin object functionality has to be programmed by the developer.

The Information Center has more on this topic. Also, the IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal article series System Administration for WAS V5 discussed this subject in detail.