Identifying attributes and operations for running objects with the wsadmin tool

Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.

Use the Help object attributes or operations commands to find information on a running MBean in the server.

Specify a running object.

Use the attributes command to display the attributes of the running object:

Using Jacl:
```
$Help attributes MBeanObjectName
```
Using Jython:
```
Help.attributes(MBeanObjectName)
```

where:

Use the operations command to find out the operations supported by the MBean:

Using Jacl:

$Help operations MBeanObjectname

$Help operations MBeanObjectname operationName

Using Jython:

Help.operations(MBeanObjectname)

Help.operations(MBeanObjectname, operationName)

where:

$ is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
Help is the object that provides general help and information for running MBeans in the connected server process
operations is a Help command
MBeanObjectname is the string representation of the MBean object name obtained in step number 2
operationName (optional) is the specified operation for which you want to obtain detailed information

If you do not provide the operationName, all operations supported by the MBean return with the signature for each operation. If you specify operationName, only the operation that you specify returns and it contains details which include the input parameters and the return value. To display the operations for the server MBean, use the following example:

Using Jacl:

set server [$AdminControl completeObjectName type=Server,name=server1,*]
$Help operations $server

Using Jython:

server = AdminControl.completeObjectName('type=Server,name=server1,*')
print Help.operations(server)

To display detailed information about the stop operation, use the following example:

Using Jacl:
```
$Help operations $server stop
```
Using Jython:
```
print Help.operations(server, 'stop')
```

$	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
Help	is the object that provides general help and information for running MBeans in the connected server process
attributes	is a Help command
MBeanObjectName	is the string representation of the MBean object name obtained in step 2