JSR 48 Java WBEM API Specification is a Java Specification Request developed under the

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. It specifies the Java language binding of the

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Common Information Model/ Web-Based Enterprise Management standards. The JSR 48 Expert Group has completed the public review in 2006 and is now on the way to create a

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in order to finalize the standard. The API can be regarded as stable. JSR 48 requires

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(Java SE; formerly J2SE) 7 or higher.

API content

WS JSR-48 API
The APIWS, http://ws-inc.com/resources/api/jsr48.php is composed of 5 packages: # javax.cim — Contains the Java representations of CIM entities # javax.wbem — Contains WBEM entities common to all services # javax.wbem.client — Contains the WBEM client # javax.wbem.listener — Contains the WBEM indication listener # javax.wbem.provider — Contains the WBEM provider interface

Implementations

WS
provides a JSR-48 implementation as part of the WS SDK Pro, WS also uses JSR-48 for the WS J WBEM Server and WAVE (WBEM Agent Validation Environment) Th
SBLIM
CIM Client for Java adopted the JSR 48 API. It has been stated that the OpenPegasus project will use JSR 48 for their JMPI provider interface, although status about this is not yet available.

References

External links

JSR 48 on JCP Home
— The home page of the JSR-48 expert group.
SBLIM
— Open source project providing
JSR 48 compliant Java CIM client
(and much more).
OpenPegasus
— Open source project providing a CIM Object Manager written in C++ that will adopt JSR 48 for their Java provider interface (JMPI). {{DMTF Standards Java specification requests