JMX
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Overview
Until Java 6, in order to make a JVM accessible to a JMX client, it had to be started with -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote command line option. For Java 6 and beyond, a JMX client can connect using the Attach API.
A JMX client can access a JVM using a "local mode" (The attach API? Is this what VisualVM uses when attaching to "Local"? or a "remote mode" (see Enabling JMX Access to a JVM below).