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Create a Diagnostic Provider registration XML file
Overview
The Diagnostic Provider registration XML is used to....
- Provide information about the exposed configuration, state, and self diagnostic attributes and tests
- Populate objects needed later in the process
- Assist in filtering
- Assist in localization
Programming knowledge of the system is required.
Create a Diagnostic Provider (DP) registration XML file
- Start with the DP DTD. For helper methods , use this DOCTYPE line to pick up the common DTD:
<!DOCTYPE diagnosticProvider PUBLIC "RasDiag" "/DiagnosticProvider.dtd">To extend an existing MBean, either add the DP XML to an existing DTD, or omit the DP XML entirely. If you omit the DP XML, you will not be able to validate that your XML file is well formed.
- Follow the conventions described in Diagnostic Provider Extensible Markup Language to help keep your XML consistent with other components. We can find an example of a small DP registration XML file in Diagnostic Provider method implementation.