Clickable value Names or values appearing in boldface type can be opened to display details in the Detail Viewer area. Double-click the boldface text to open a tab in the Detail Viewer as in . The tab remains open until you click the closure box on the tab or until you close the viewer.

Editable value Values appearing in blue type can be changed. Click the blue text to open a text box. Type the change, and press Enter to immediately apply the change. To view the effect of the change, choose an appropriate monitoring metric.

Detail Viewer tab Opens when boldface values are double-clicked. Tabs appearing in this area provide additional data or operations that you can modify and immediately apply. The detail tab remains available until you click the closure box on the tab or until you close the viewer.

The MBean Operations Tab

Not all MBeans have operations associated with them. This tab is grayed out when the selected MBean has no operation associated with it. The next figure shows an open Operations tab with details about a particular MBean. An explanation follows the image.

Figure 4-10 MBean Operations Tab Open for Display

Selected Operation Name The names are listed with their return type and number of arguments. By double-clicking a boldface name, the return type is highlighted and a tab opens in the Detail Viewer containing the operation and one or more editable text boxes. See and .

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