• Introduction
• Adding MBean descriptions

Tomcat 6 uses JMX MBeans as the technology for implementing manageability of Tomcat.

The descriptions of JMX MBeans for Catalina are in the mbeans-descriptor.xml file in each package.

You will need to add MBean descriptions for your custom components in order to avoid a "ManagedBean is not found" exception.

You may also add MBean descriptions for custom components in a mbeans-descriptor.xml file, located in the same package as the class files it describes.

 <mbean name="LDAPRealm"
 className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ClassNameMBean"
 description="Custom LDAPRealm"
 domain="Catalina"
 group="Realm"
 type="com.myfirm.mypackage.LDAPRealm">
 <attribute name="className"
 description="Fully qualified class name of the managed object"
 type="java.lang.String"
 writeable="false"/>
 <attribute name="debug"
 description="The debugging detail level for this component"
 type="int"/>
 .
 .
 .
 </mbean>