Specifying running objects using the wsadmin scripting tool

Use scripting and the wsadmin tool to specify running objects.

1. Obtain the configuration ID with one of the following ways:
   • Obtain the object name with the completeObjectName command, for example:
     • Using Jacl:

       set var [$AdminControl completeObjectName template]

     • Using Jython:

       var = AdminControl.completeObjectName(template)

     Table 1. AdminConfig completeObjectName command description . Run the completeObjectName command with the template.

     Element	Description
     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminControl	is an object that enables the manipulation of MBeans running in a WebSphere® server process
     completeObjectName	is an AdminControl command
     template	is a string containing a segment of the object name to be matched. The template has the same format as an object name with the following pattern: [domainName]:property=value[,property=value]*. For more information, see Object name, Attribute, Attribute list.

     If there are several MBeans that match the template, the completeObjectName command only returns the first match. The matching MBean object name is then assigned to a variable.

     To look for server1 MBean in mynode, use the following example:

     • Using Jacl:

       set server1 [$AdminControl completeObjectName node=mynode,type=Server,name=server1,*]

     • Using Jython:

       server1 = AdminControl.completeObjectName('node=mynode,type=Server,name=server1,*')

   • Obtain the object name with the queryNames command, for example:
     • Using Jacl:

       set var [$AdminControl queryNames template]

     • Using Jython:

       var = AdminControl.queryNames(template)

     Table 2. AdminControl queryNames command description . Run the queryNames command with the template.

     Element	Description
     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminControl	is an object that enables the manipulation of MBeans running in a product process.
     queryNames	is an AdminControl command
     template	is a string containing a segment of the object name to be matched. The template has the same format as an object name with the following pattern: [domainName]:property=value[,property=value]*

2. If there are more than one running objects returned from the queryNames command, the objects are returned in a list syntax. One simple way to retrieve a single element from the list is to use the lindex command in Jacl and split command in Jython. The following example retrieves the first running object from the server list:
   • Using Jacl:

     set allServers [$AdminControl queryNames type=Server,*]
     set aServer [lindex $allServers 0]

   • Using Jython:

     allServers = AdminControl.queryNames('type=Server,*')
     
     # get line separator 
     import  java
     lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty('line.separator')
     
     aServer = allServers.split(lineSeparator)[0]

   For other ways to manipulate the list and then perform pattern matching to look for a specified configuration object, refer to the topic on Jacl syntax.