(2:49:52 PM) mazz: I thought JMX can still give you MBeanOperationInfo, even for non-dynamicMBeans?
(2:50:02 PM) mazz: not sure if EMS is broke or what.
(2:50:13 PM) mazz: this is probably a couple days worth of work

(3:19:57 PM) tcunning1: ccrouch, mazz : i'm not sure you can get it from standard mbeans, i was going off of this - it had a response from heiko, so i figured it was kosher (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5258603/description-for-standard-mbean)

The StandardMBean class does provide optional hooks for specifying names and descriptions for parameters. See the getParameterName and getDescription methods:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/management/StandardMBean.html

Tom, I'm not sure how you're creating and registering your mbeans. Is subclassing StandardMBean so you can override getParameterName and getDescription an option?

In any case, I agree the jmx plugin should be flexible enough to support un-named parameters. I'll look into that now.

[master e4fa39a] adds support for operationinfos with un-named parameterinfos. To define such an operation in an RHQ plugin descriptor, use the following syntax:

<operation name="doSomething" displayName="Do Something"
           description="blah blah blah">
   <parameters>
        <c:simple-property name="[0]" displayName="Foo" required="true"/>
        <c:simple-property name="[1]" displayName="Wah" required="false"/>
   </parameters>
   <results>
        <c:list-property name="Results">
            <c:simple-property name="result"/>
        </c:list-property>
   </results>
</operation>

Note, the names of the parameter properties are the MBean parameter indexes, rather than MBean parameter names. The index must be enclosed in square brackets, which is what the jmx plugin uses to differentiate an index from a name.

Here's the updated code from MBeanResourceComponent:

    public OperationResult invokeOperation(String name, Configuration parameters, EmsBean emsBean) throws Exception {
        if (emsBean == null) {
            throw new Exception("Can not invoke operation [" + name
                + "], as we can't connect to the MBean - is it down?");
        }

        Map<String, PropertySimple> paramProps = parameters.getSimpleProperties();
        SortedSet<EmsOperation> emsOperations = emsBean.getOperations();
        EmsOperation operation = null;
        // There could be multiple operations with the same name but different parameters. Try to find one that has
        // the same # of parameters as the RHQ operation def.
        for (EmsOperation emsOperation : emsOperations) {
            if (emsOperation.getName().equals(name) && (emsOperation.getParameters().size() == paramProps.size())) {
                operation = emsOperation;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (operation == null) {
            // We couldn't find an operation with the expected name and # of parameters, so as as a last ditch effort,
            // see if there's an operation that at least has the expected name.
            operation = emsBean.getOperation(name);
        }
        if (operation == null) {
            throw new Exception("Operation [" + name + "] not found on MBean [" + emsBean.getBeanName() + "].");
        }

        List<EmsParameter> emsParams = operation.getParameters();
        Map<String, Integer> emsParamIndexesByName = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
        for (int i = 0, emsParamsSize = emsParams.size(); i < emsParamsSize; i++) {
            EmsParameter emsParam = emsParams.get(i);
            if (emsParam.getName() != null) {
                emsParamIndexesByName.put(emsParam.getName(), i);
            }
        }

        Object[] paramValues = new Object[operation.getParameters().size()];

        for (String propName : paramProps.keySet()) {
            Integer paramIndex;
            if (propName.matches("\\[\\d+\\]")) {
                paramIndex = Integer.valueOf(propName.substring(propName.indexOf('[') + 1, propName.indexOf(']')));
                if (paramIndex < 0 || paramIndex >= emsParams.size()) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Index [" + paramIndex + "] specified for parameter of operation ["
                            + name + "] on MBean [" + emsBean.getBeanName() + "] is invalid. The MBean operation takes "
                            + emsParams.size() + " parameters.");
                }
            } else {
                paramIndex = emsParamIndexesByName.get(propName);
                if (paramIndex == null) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Name [" + propName + "] specified for parameter of operation ["
                            + name + "] on MBean [" + emsBean.getBeanName()
                            + "] is invalid. The MBean operation does not take a parameter by that name.");
                }
            }
            EmsParameter emsParam = emsParams.get(paramIndex);

            PropertySimple paramProp = paramProps.get(propName);
            String emsParamType = emsParam.getType();
            Object paramValue = getPropertyValueAsType(paramProp, emsParamType);
            paramValues[paramIndex] = paramValue;
        }

        Object resultObject = operation.invoke(paramValues);

        boolean hasVoidReturnType = (operation.getReturnType() == null
            || Void.class.getName().equals(operation.getReturnType()) || void.class.getName().equals(
            operation.getReturnType()));

        OperationResult resultToReturn;
        if (resultObject == null && hasVoidReturnType) {
            resultToReturn = null;
        } else {
            // if the returned object is an array, put the elements in a list so we can stringify it later
            if (resultObject != null && resultObject.getClass().isArray()) {
                int len = Array.getLength(resultObject);
                ArrayList<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>(len);
                for (int index = 0; index < len; index++) {
                    list.add(Array.get(resultObject, index));
                }
                resultObject = list;
            }

            // put the results object in an operation result if it isn't already one
            if (resultObject instanceof OperationResult) {
                resultToReturn = (OperationResult) resultObject;
            } else {
                resultToReturn = new OperationResult(String.valueOf(resultObject));
            }
        }

        return resultToReturn;
    }

    private Object getPropertyValueAsType(PropertySimple propSimple, String typeName) {
        Object value;
        if (typeName.equals(String.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getStringValue();
        } else if (typeName.equals(Boolean.class.getName()) || typeName.equals(boolean.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getBooleanValue();
        } else if (typeName.equals(Integer.class.getName()) || typeName.equals(int.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getIntegerValue();
        } else if (typeName.equals(Long.class.getName()) || typeName.equals(long.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getLongValue();
        } else if (typeName.equals(Float.class.getName()) || typeName.equals(float.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getFloatValue();
        } else if (typeName.equals(Double.class.getName()) || typeName.equals(double.class.getName())) {
            value = (propSimple == null) ? null : propSimple.getDoubleValue();
        } else {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Operation parameter maps to MBean parameter with an unsupported type (" + typeName + ").");
        }
        // TODO GH: Handle rest of types. (I think i have a mapper for this in mc4j
        return value;
    }


Tom, please let me know how this works for you.

verified RHQ 4.1 Beta, as follows:  successfully executed an operation with a parameter, specifically, I executed an operation on the RHQ Agent resource ... sending the parameter "avail" to the agent, and observed the successful completion of this operation.

Mike, we need Tom to verify this with his app, which includes some standard MBeans.

Tom, when you have a chance, can you try this out and see if it does the trick? You should be able to either use a build of RHQ master branch from Hudson (https://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/RHQ/job/rhq-master-gwt-locales/lastSuccessfulBuild/) or RHQ 4.1 Beta, which should get released Thurs, 8/11.

Tom ... RHQ Beta can be found here:  https://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/RHQ/job/rhq-publish-release/

assigning to tcunning.  please verify.  if you cannot verify now and the issue is no longer important, please adjust the priority and severity.

It doesn't look fixed to me.    I tried scheduling the operation "getStatsForRule" with a ruleName of "Portfolio action no longer needed".    Worked fine in JConsole.     Tried it in the build of rhq that was specified (rhq-publish-release_N67_Wed Sep 07 15-13-00 EDT 2011.zip) and here is what I'm seeing : 

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Name [ruleName] specified for parameter of operation [getStatsForRule] on MBean [org.drools.kbases:type=Stock Broker,group=Sessions,sessionId=Session-0] is invalid. The MBean operation does not take a parameter by that name.
	at org.rhq.plugins.jmx.MBeanResourceComponent.invokeOperation(MBeanResourceComponent.java:570)
	at org.rhq.plugins.jmx.MBeanResourceComponent.invokeOperation(MBeanResourceComponent.java:518)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.rhq.core.pc.inventory.ResourceContainer$ComponentInvocationThread.call(ResourceContainer.java:537)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Did you change the syntax of the value of the operation parameter "name" attribute in your plugin descriptor as I described in comment 4? i.e.:

<c:simple-property name="[0]" ...

rather than:

<c:simple-property name="ruleName" ...

?

Assigning to Pavel, via Len, to verify if this is still an issue with the latest version of the plugins and JON3

Bulk closing of old issues that are in VERIFIED state.