This section is for developers interested in extending the JRockit Mission Control Management Console with custom tabs. It assumes some familiarity with the Eclipse platform and terminology, such as extension point and form page.
There is an extension point available for the console that can be used to implement custom tabs. This extension point was, for instance, used when creating the JConsole plug-in tab available from the JRockit Mission Control experimental update site. See the previous chapter for more information on the experimental update site.
The easiest way to get started building your own JRockit Mission Control Console plug-in is to use the PDE wizard available from the experimental update site. First make sure that Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers (Eclipse 3.5/Ganymede or later versions) is installed. Next install the JRockit Mission Control Plug-in into Eclipse. Finally install the PDE Integration Plug-in from the experimental...