The Java Dynamic Management Kit or JDMK is a Java technology that provides a Java API

Application programming interface

An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...

 and a collection of software tools for developing and designing JMX

Java Management Extensions

Java Management Extensions is a Java technology that supplies tools for managing and monitoring applications, system objects, devices and service oriented networks. Those resources are represented by objects called MBeans...

 based applications

Application software

Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...

. These applications are typically called smart agents as they generally provide an abstraction above the communication layer and may also provide a GUI

Gui

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 using Swing

Swing (Java)

Swing is the primary Java GUI widget toolkit. It is part of Oracle's Java Foundation Classes — an API for providing a graphical user interface for Java programs....

 or SWT

Standard Widget Toolkit

The Standard Widget Toolkit is a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform. It was originally developed by IBM and is now maintained by the Eclipse Foundation in tandem with the Eclipse IDE...

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The Java Dynamic Management Kit (Java DMK) provides a set of Java classes and tools that allow easy development of secure monitoring and management solutions based on the Java Management Extensions (JMX) specifications and on the SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol is an "Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more." It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor...

standards.

Java DMK is a toolkit that allows you to build monitoring and management solutions that answer the main challenge faced by networked environments today, namely dynamic maintenance. Such solutions are based on "smart agents" and result in faster problem resolution, reduced network traffic, less human intervention, and a means of managing complete systems or networks in an integrated way.

Java DMK 5.1 is the first commercial implementation of the latest versions of the JMX standards, JMX 1.2 and JMX Remote API 1.0, and is an all-in-one offering for building secure, interoperable monitoring and management solutions on the J2SE 1.4.2 platform.