JMX/JMXR. Dynamically add and remove objects to the running JVM + Remote Management. You only need to understand Agent/JMX Client implementation if you will be working with the main Jamama class (which is a JMX Agent). See my JMX Howto at http://admc.com/blaine/howtos/jmx/ You should understand JMX notifications, because we will be implementing that in Jamama soon. You do need to understand the AbstractDynamicMBean utility which basically creates and manages a DynamicMBean for you. AbstractDynamicMBeans are a product of MX4J, and I cover them in my Howto.

Java Objects <---> XML for configuration persistence and restoration. I intend to write a HOWTO for Jaxb. When I do that, I'll put a link to the HOWTO here. The best documentation source for JAXB that I know of is at http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.2/tutorial/doc/JAXBWorks.html#wp100322}

See the APIs above.

Unit testing. See my JUnit Howto at http://admc.com/blaine/howtos/junit/

A database very well suited for embedding in this app. Small, fast, embeddable, efficiently handles data or varying sizes (including veyr large sizes). As of 11/28/2003, I don't have the database implemented at all yet. I'll post the Hsqldb Beginner's Guide once I have it updated (it will also be distributed with Hsqldb v. 1.7.2 when it is released).