jmx-dev [PING] Dropping support for the IIOP transport from the RMI connector

[Steven Schlansker]

On May 25, 2015, at 3:08 AM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> On 25/05/2015 10:43, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am reviving this thread to give you the final heads-up before moving on
>> with removing the IIOP transport from the JMX RMI connector.
>> 
>> If you have any objections it is the time to speak now.
>> 
>> -JB-
>> 
> Just to add to this. JDK 9 builds don't include the IIOP transport so that the RMIConnector has only support the default transport since jdk9-b01. So far then I don't think anyone has noticed, at least I'm not aware of any bug reports.

Since this is active development around changing the supported transports in Java 9, maybe this is an opportune moment for me to bring up a request I made early this year -- promoting the JMXMP transport from jmxremote_optional into the core?

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jmx-dev/2015-January/000794.html

Unlike IIOP, there is a clear use case where it is strictly superior to the default RMI transport (when you connect with a firewall or NAT between the application server and your workstation, or a virtual networking setup like Docker)

I apologize for the thread hijack, but I didn't get any replies earlier, and it'd be fantastically useful IMO.

Thanks,
Steven