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Sun Java: J2SE 5.0 Management, Internals and Troubleshooting (DTJ-280)

CODE: DTJ-280 DURATION: 2 DAY/S

In this 2-day course you will learn about the 5.0 release of J2SE. You will learn how to install and configure the JDK and use the debugging, profiling, monitoring and management troubleshooting and performance tuning tools available in the J2SE 5.0 JDK.

LEARN HOW TO:

Understand the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) architecture and garbage collection mechanism
Use J2SE 5.0 functionality to tune the JVM to meet specific application requirements
Monitor and manage Java technology applications using Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology
Utilise debugging tools in the JDK
Create custom troubleshooting and profiling agents

PROGRAMME

Installing and Configuring the JDK

Install the J2SE JDK 5.0 on the Solaris OS, Microsoft Windows, and Linux
Describe the JDK 5.0 directory structure
Describe Sun-supported processor and OS configurations for the JDK

Examining and Tuning the JVM

Examine the JVM architecture
Examine garbage collection
Review JVM hidden options
Tune the JVM

Monitoring and Management Using JMX

Examine the JMX architecture
Use managed beans (MBeans) to instrument an application component
Examine MXBeans
Use the JConsole program to monitor and manage the JVM and application components
Configure the JMX connector

Debugging Applications With the Java Debugger

Collect information in preparation for debugging
Correlate source code lines to bytecode
Use the Java debugger

Creating Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning Tools

Examine the Java 5.0 observability API and tools
Examine agent tools
Examine class file structure
Create an agent using the java.lang.instrument API
Create an agent using the JVM TI API

Diagnosing and Troubleshooting the JDK Software

Classify failure symptoms
Associate troubleshooting tools and options with the failure symptoms
Acquire skills in using troubleshooting tools and options
Diagnose application crashes
Diagnose hangs and looping processes
Diagnose application use case failures

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUN

IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?

If you are an experienced Java developer or architect and need to learn about specific new features of Java 5.0 (or Tiger), this course is for you!

COURSE PREREQUISITES

To benefit from this course, you should have previously attended Sun's Java Programming course or you should have equivalent experience. You should also have some familiarity with the concepts of memory management, threads, debugging, and performance tuning, prior to attending this course.

COURSE LABS & EXERCISES

Lectures, discussions and practical exercises.