MBeanServerFactoryBean vs. WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean

[wpoitras]

Which of these should we use with Spring 1.2.5 and Weblogic 8.1? The BEA dev2dev site uses MBeanServerFactoryBean. Does this mean WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean is deprecated?

[Costin Leau]

First take a look at the versions - IIRC WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean was added in a more recent version so the dev2dev might have missed it :)

[wpoitras]

First take a look at the classnames. :) According to the changelog.txt WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean was added in 1.2 final. I think you are referring to WebLogicJndiMBeanServerFactoryBean which was indeed added in 1.2.6.

I believe WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean will only be relevant for versions before 9.0. But I wanted to get clarification from the source.

[wpoitras]

After doing some more reading about WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean and WebLogicJndiMBeanServerFactoryBean it appears they both will still be relevant. WebLogicJndiMBeanServerFactoryBean is a version of WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean that won't require specifying the credentials of the server when used locally.

Why BEA didn't use WebLogicMBeanServerFactoryBean is still a mystery to me, although I suspect both will work.