INT-2596 Fix JMX Documentation Chapter

* <int-jmx:mbean-exporter...> doesn't exist in XSD v2.1 --> Should be **mbean-export**
* Convert tabs to spaces
* Fix code listings that go beyond margins
* Fixed several spelling errors
* Improve consistency
* Improve column layout of tables

For reference see: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/INT-2596

INT-2596 - PR Review

* Rephrased and clarified 3 paragraphs in the JMX chapter of the reference documentation
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<title id="jmx.title">JMX Support</title>
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<title id="jmx.title">JMX Support</title>
<para>Spring Integration provides Channel Adapters for receiving and
publishing JMX Notifications. There is also an inbound Channel Adapter for
polling JMX MBean attribute values, and an outbound Channel Adapter for
invoking JMX MBean operations.</para>
<para>
Spring Integration provides <emphasis>Channel Adapters</emphasis> for
receiving and publishing JMX Notifications. There is also an
<emphasis>Inbound Channel Adapter</emphasis> for
polling JMX MBean attribute values, and an <emphasis>Outbound Channel Adapter</emphasis>
for invoking JMX MBean operations.
</para>
<section id="jmx-notification-listening-channel-adapter">
<title>Notification Listening Channel Adapter</title>
<section id="jmx-notification-listening-channel-adapter">
<title>Notification Listening Channel Adapter</title>
<para>The Notification-listening Channel Adapter requires a JMX ObjectName
for the MBean that publishes Notifications to which this listener should
be registered. A very simple configuration might look like this:
<programlisting language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:notification-listening-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"/&gt;</programlisting>
<tip> The <emphasis>notification-listening-channel-adapter</emphasis>
registers with an MBeanServer at startup, and the default bean name is
"mbeanServer" which happens to be the same bean name generated when using
Spring's &lt;context:mbean-server/&gt; element. If you need to use a
different name be sure to include the "mbean-server" attribute. </tip> The
adapter can also accept a reference to a NotificationFilter and a
"handback" Object to provide some context that is passed back with each
Notification. Both of those attributes are optional. Extending the above
example to include those attributes as well as an explicit MBeanServer
bean name would produce the following: <programlisting language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:notification-listening-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
mbean-server="someServer"
object-name="example.domain:name=somePublisher"
notification-filter="notificationFilter"
handback="myHandback"/&gt;</programlisting> Since the
notification-listening adapter is registered with the MBeanServer
directly, it is event-driven and does not require any poller
configuration.</para>
</section>
<para>
The <emphasis>Notification-listening Channel Adapter</emphasis> requires
a JMX ObjectName for the MBean that publishes notifications to which
this listener should be registered. A very simple configuration might
look like this:
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:notification-listening-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"/>]]></programlisting>
<tip>
The <emphasis>notification-listening-channel-adapter</emphasis>
registers with an <interfacename>MBeanServer</interfacename> at
startup, and the default bean name is <emphasis>mbeanServer</emphasis>
which happens to be the same bean name generated when using
Spring's <emphasis>&lt;context:mbean-server/&gt;</emphasis> element.
If you need to use a different name, be sure to include the
<emphasis>mbean-server</emphasis> attribute.
</tip>
<para>
The adapter can also accept a reference to a
<interfacename>NotificationFilter</interfacename> and a
<emphasis>handback</emphasis> Object to provide some context that is
passed back with each Notification. Both of those attributes are optional.
Extending the above example to include those attributes as well as an
explicit <interfacename>MBeanServer</interfacename> bean name would
produce the following:
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:notification-listening-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
mbean-server="someServer"
object-name="example.domain:name=somePublisher"
notification-filter="notificationFilter"
handback="myHandback"/>]]></programlisting>
<para>
The <emphasis>Notification-listening Channel Adapter</emphasis> is
event-driven and registered with the <interfacename>MBeanServer</interfacename>
directly. It does not require any poller configuration.
</para>
</section>
<section id="jmx-notification-publishing-channel-adapter">
<title>Notification Publishing Channel Adapter</title>
<section id="jmx-notification-publishing-channel-adapter">
<title>Notification Publishing Channel Adapter</title>
<para>The Notification-publishing Channel Adapter is relatively simple. It
only requires a JMX ObjectName in its configuration as shown below.
<programlisting language="xml"> &lt;context:mbean:export/&gt;
<para>
The <emphasis>Notification-publishing Channel Adapter</emphasis> is
relatively simple. It only requires a JMX ObjectName in its
configuration as shown below.
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<context:mbean:export/>
&lt;int-jmx:notification-publishing-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"/&gt;</programlisting>
It does also require that an MBeanExporter be present in the context. That
is why the &lt;context:mbean-export/&gt; element is shown above as
well.</para>
<int-jmx:notification-publishing-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"/>]]></programlisting>
<para>
It does also require that an <classname>MBeanExporter</classname> be
present in the context. That is why the <emphasis>&lt;context:mbean-export/&gt;</emphasis>
element is shown above as well.
</para>
<para>
When Messages are sent to the channel for this adapter, the
Notification is created from the Message content. If the payload is a
String it will be passed as the <emphasis>message</emphasis> text
for the Notification. Any other payload type will be passed as the
<emphasis>userData</emphasis> of the Notification.
</para>
<para>
JMX Notifications also have a <emphasis>type</emphasis>, and it should be a
dot-delimited String. There are two ways to provide the
<emphasis>type</emphasis>. Precedence will always be given to a
Message header value associated with the <code>JmxHeaders.NOTIFICATION_TYPE</code>
key. On the other hand, you can rely on a fallback <emphasis>default-notification-type</emphasis>
attribute provided in the configuration.
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<context:mbean:export/>
<para>When Messages are sent to the channel for this adapter, the
Notification is created from the Message content. If the payload is a
String it will be passed as the "message" text for the Notification. Any
other payload type will be passed as the "userData" of the
Notification.</para>
<int-jmx:notification-publishing-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"
default-notification-type="some.default.type"/>]]></programlisting>
</section>
<para>JMX Notifications also have a "type", and it should be a
dot-delimited String. There are two ways to provide the type. Precedence
will always be given to a Message header value associated with the
JmxHeaders.NOTIFICATION_TYPE key. On the other hand, you can rely on a
fallback "default-notification-type" attribute provided in the
configuration. <programlisting language="xml"> &lt;context:mbean:export/&gt;
<section id="jmx-attribute-polling-channel-adapter">
<title>Attribute Polling Channel Adapter</title>
&lt;int-jmx:notification-publishing-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=publisher"
default-notification-type="some.default.type"/&gt;</programlisting></para>
</section>
<para>
The <emphasis>Attribute Polling Channel Adapter</emphasis> is useful
when you have a requirement, to periodically check on some value that
is available through an MBean as a managed attribute. The poller can
be configured in the same way as any other polling adapter in
Spring Integration (or it's possible to rely on the default poller).
The <emphasis>object-name</emphasis> and <emphasis>attribute-name</emphasis>
are required. An MBeanServer reference is also required, but it will
automatically check for a bean named <emphasis>mbeanServer</emphasis>
by default, just like the <emphasis>Notification-listening Channel Adapter</emphasis>
described above.
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:attribute-polling-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=someService"
attribute-name="InvocationCount">
<int:poller max-messages-per-poll="1" fixed-rate="5000"/>
</int-jmx:attribute-polling-channel-adapter>]]></programlisting>
</section>
<section id="jmx-attribute-polling-channel-adapter">
<title>Attribute Polling Channel Adapter</title>
<section id="jmx-operation-invoking-channel-adapter">
<title>Operation Invoking Channel Adapter</title>
<para>The attribute polling adapter is useful when you have a requirement
to periodically check on some value that is available through an MBean as
a managed attribute. The poller can be configured in the same way as any
other polling adapter in Spring Integration (or it's possible to rely on
the default poller). The "object-name" and "attribute-name" are required.
An MBeanServer reference is also required, but it will automatically check
for a bean named "mbeanServer" by default just like the
notification-listening-channel-adapter described above. <programlisting
language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:attribute-polling-channel-adapter id="adapter"
channel="channel"
object-name="example.domain:name=someService"
attribute-name="InvocationCount"&gt;
&lt;int:poller max-messages-per-poll="1" fixed-rate="5000"/&gt;
&lt;/int-jmx:attribute-polling-channel-adapter&gt;</programlisting></para>
</section>
<para>
The <emphasis>operation-invoking-channel-adapter</emphasis> enables
Message-driven invocation of any managed operation exposed by an MBean.
Each invocation requires the operation name to be invoked and the
ObjectName of the target MBean. Both of these must be explicitly provided
via adapter configuration:
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:operation-invoking-channel-adapter id="adapter"
object-name="example.domain:name=TestBean"
operation-name="ping"/>]]></programlisting>
<para>
Then the adapter only needs to be able to discover the <emphasis>mbeanServer</emphasis>
bean. If a different bean name is required, then provide the
<emphasis>mbean-server</emphasis> attribute with a reference.
</para>
<para>
The payload of the Message will be mapped to the parameters of the
operation, if any. A Map-typed payload with String keys is treated as
name/value pairs, whereas a List or array would be passed as a simple
argument list (with no explicit parameter names). If the operation
requires a single parameter value, then the payload can represent that
single value, and if the operation requires no parameters, then the
payload would be ignored.
</para>
<para>
If you want to expose a channel for a single common operation to be
invoked by Messages that need not contain headers, then that option
works well.
</para>
</section>
<section id="jmx-operation-invoking-channel-adapter">
<title>Operation Invoking Channel Adapter</title>
<section id="jmx-operation-invoking-outbound-gateway">
<title>Operation Invoking Outbound Gateway</title>
<para>The <emphasis>operation-invoking-channel-adapter</emphasis> enables
Message-driven invocation of any managed operation exposed by an MBean.
Each invocation requires the operation name to be invoked and the
ObjectName of the target MBean. Both of these must be explicitly provided
via adapter configuration: <programlisting language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:operation-invoking-channel-adapter id="adapter"
object-name="example.domain:name=TestBean"
operation-name="ping"/&gt;</programlisting> Then the adapter
only needs to be able to discover the "mbeanServer" bean. If a different
bean name is required, then provide the "mbean-server" attribute with a
reference.</para>
<para>The payload of the Message will be mapped to the parameters of the
operation, if any. A Map-typed payload with String keys is treated as
name/value pairs whereas a List or array would be passed as a simple
argument list (with no explicit parameter names). If the operation
requires a single parameter value, then the payload can represent that
single value, and if the operation requires no parameters, then the
payload would be ignored.</para>
<para>If you want to expose a channel for a single common operation to be
invoked by Messages that need not contain headers, then that option works
well.</para>
</section>
<section id="jmx-operation-invoking-outbound-gateway">
<title>Operation Invoking outbound Gateway</title>
<para>Similar to <emphasis>operation-invoking-channel-adapter</emphasis>
Spring Integration also provides
<emphasis>operation-invoking-outbound-gateway</emphasis> which could be
used when dealing with non-void operations and return value is required.
Such return value will be sent as message payload to the 'reply-channel'
specified by this Gateway. <programlisting language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:operation-invoking-outbound-gateway request-channel="requestChannel"
<para>
Similar to the <emphasis>operation-invoking-channel-adapter</emphasis>
Spring Integration also provides a <emphasis>operation-invoking-outbound-gateway</emphasis>,
which could be used when dealing with non-void operations and a return
value is required. Such return value will be sent as message payload
to the <emphasis>reply-channel</emphasis> specified by this Gateway.
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:operation-invoking-outbound-gateway request-channel="requestChannel"
reply-channel="replyChannel"
object-name="org.springframework.integration.jmx.config:type=TestBean,name=testBeanGateway"
operation-name="testWithReturn"/&gt;</programlisting> Another way of
provideing the 'reply-channel' is by setting
<interfacename>MessageHeaders.REPLY_CHANNEL</interfacename> Message
Header</para>
</section>
object-name="o.s.i.jmx.config:type=TestBean,name=testBeanGateway"
operation-name="testWithReturn"/>]]></programlisting>
<para>
If the <emphasis>reply-channel</emphasis> attribute is not provided,
the reply message will be sent to the channel that is identified
by the <interfacename>MessageHeaders.REPLY_CHANNEL</interfacename>
header. That header is typically auto-created by the entry point
into a message flow, such as any <emphasis>Gateway</emphasis> component.
However, if the message flow was started by manually creating a
Spring Integration Message and sending it directly to a
<emphasis>Channel</emphasis>, then you must specify the message header
explicitly or use the provided <emphasis>reply-channel</emphasis> attribute.
</para>
</section>
<section id="jmx-mbean-exporter">
<title>MBean Exporter</title>
<section id="jmx-mbean-exporter">
<title>MBean Exporter</title>
<para>Spring Integration components themselves may be exposed as MBeans
when the <classname>IntegrationMBeanExporter</classname> is configured. To
create an instance of the <classname>IntegrationMBeanExporter</classname>,
define a bean and provide a reference to an MBeanServer and a domain name
(if desired). The domain can be left out in which case the default domain
is "org.springframework.integration". <programlisting language="xml"> &lt;int-jmx:mbean-exporter default-domain="my.company.domain" server="mbeanServer"/&gt;
<para>
Spring Integration components themselves may be exposed as MBeans
when the <classname>IntegrationMBeanExporter</classname> is configured. To
create an instance of the <classname>IntegrationMBeanExporter</classname>,
define a bean and provide a reference to an <interfacename>MBeanServer</interfacename>
and a domain name (if desired). The domain can be left out, in which
case the default domain is <emphasis>org.springframework.integration</emphasis>.
</para>
<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int-jmx:mbean-export default-domain="my.company.domain" server="mbeanServer"/>
&lt;bean id="mbeanServer" class="org.springframework.jmx.support.MBeanServerFactoryBean"&gt;
&lt;property name="locateExistingServerIfPossible" value="true"/&gt;
&lt;/bean&gt;</programlisting> Once the exporter is defined start up your
application with <screen>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
<bean id="mbeanServer" class="org.springframework.jmx.support.MBeanServerFactoryBean">
<property name="locateExistingServerIfPossible" value="true"/>
</bean>]]></programlisting>
<para>
Once the exporter is defined, start up your application with:
</para>
<screen>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=6969
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false</screen>Then start
JConsole (free with the JDK), and connect to the local process on
<literal>localhost:6969</literal> to get a look at the management
endpoints exposed. (The port and client are just examples to get you
started quickly, there are other JMX clients available and some offer more
sophisticated features than JConsole.)</para>
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false</screen>
<para>
Then start JConsole (free with the JDK), and connect to the local process on
<literal>localhost:6969</literal> to get a look at the management
endpoints exposed. (The port and client are just examples to get you
started quickly, there are other JMX clients available and some offer more
sophisticated features than JConsole.)
</para>
<para>The MBean exporter is orthogonal to the one provided in Spring core
- it registers message channels and message handlers, but not itself. You
can expose the exporter itself, and certain other components in Spring
Integration, using the standard
<literal>&lt;context:mbean-export/&gt;</literal> tag. The exporter has a
couple of useful metrics attached to it, for instance a count of the
number of active handlers and the number of queued messages (these would
both be important if you wanted to shutdown the context without losing any
messages).</para>
<para>
The MBean exporter is orthogonal to the one provided in Spring core
- it registers message channels and message handlers, but not itself. You
can expose the exporter itself, and certain other components in Spring
Integration, using the standard <literal>&lt;context:mbean-export/&gt;</literal>
tag. The exporter has a couple of useful metrics attached to it, for
instance a count of the number of active handlers and the number of
queued messages (these would both be important if you wanted to
shutdown the context without losing any messages).
</para>
<section id="jmx-mbean-features">
<title>MBean ObjectNames</title>
<section id="jmx-mbean-features">
<title>MBean ObjectNames</title>
<para>All the MessageChannel, MessageHandler and MessageSource instances
in the application are wrapped by the MBean exporter to provide
management and monitoring features. For example, MessageChannel send The
generated JMX object names for each component type are listed in the
table below</para>
<para>
All the <interfacename>MessageChannel</interfacename>,
<interfacename>MessageHandler</interfacename> and
<interfacename>MessageSource</interfacename> instances
in the application are wrapped by the MBean exporter to provide
management and monitoring features. The generated JMX object names
for each component type are listed in the table below:
</para>
<table>
<title />
<table>
<title />
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Component Type</entry>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="3*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Component Type</entry>
<entry align="center">ObjectName</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>MessageChannel</entry>
<entry>o.s.i:type=MessageChannel,name=&lt;channelName&gt;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MessageSource</entry>
<entry>o.s.i:type=MessageSource,name=&lt;channelName&gt;,bean=&lt;source&gt;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MessageHandler</entry>
<entry>o.s.i:type=MessageSource,name=&lt;channelName&gt;,bean=&lt;source&gt;</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<entry align="center">ObjectName</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<para>
The <emphasis>bean</emphasis> attribute in the object names for
sources and handlers takes one of the values in the table below:
</para>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>MessageChannel</entry>
<table>
<title />
<entry>org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=&lt;channelName&gt;</entry>
</row>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="3*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Bean Value</entry>
<entry align="center">Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>endpoint</entry>
<entry>The bean name of the enclosing endpoint (e.g.
&lt;service-activator&gt;) if there is one
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>anonymous</entry>
<entry>An indication that the enclosing endpoint didn't have a
user-specified bean name, so the JMX name is the input channel
name
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>internal</entry>
<entry>For well-known Spring Integration default
components
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>handler</entry>
<entry>None of the above: fallback to the
<literal>toString()</literal> of the object being monitored
(handler or source)
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</section>
<row>
<entry>MessageSource</entry>
<section id="jmx-channel-features">
<title>MessageChannel MBean Features</title>
<entry>org.springframework.integration:type=MessageSource,name=&lt;channelName&gt;,bean=&lt;source&gt;</entry>
</row>
<para>
Message channels report metrics according to their concrete type.
If you are looking at a <classname>DirectChannel</classname>, you
will see statistics for the send operation. If it is a
<classname>QueueChannel</classname>, you will also see statistics for the
receive operation, as well as the count of messages that are currently
buffered by this <classname>QueueChannel</classname>. In both
cases there are some metrics that are simple counters (message
count and error count), and some that are estimates of averages
of interesting quantities. The algorithms used to calculate these
estimates are described briefly in the table below:
</para>
<row>
<entry>MessageHandler</entry>
<table>
<title />
<entry>org.springframework.integration:type=MessageSource,name=&lt;channelName&gt;,bean=&lt;source&gt;</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="1.5*"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colname="col3" colwidth="3*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Metric Type</entry>
<entry align="center">Example</entry>
<entry align="center">Algorithm</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Count</entry>
<entry>Send Count</entry>
<entry>Simple incrementer. Increase by one when an event
occurs.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Duration</entry>
<entry>Send Duration (method execution time in
milliseconds)
</entry>
<entry>Exponential Moving Average with decay factor 10. Average
of the method execution time over roughly the last 10
measurements.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Rate</entry>
<entry>Send Rate (number of operations per second)</entry>
<entry>Inverse of Exponential Moving Average of the interval
between events with decay in time (lapsing over 60 seconds) and
per measurement (last 10 events).
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Ratio</entry>
<entry>Send Error Ratio (ratio of errors to total sends)</entry>
<entry>Estimate the success ratio as the Exponential Moving
Average of the series composed of values 1 for success and 0 for
failure (decaying as per the rate measurement over time and
events). Error ratio is 1 - success ratio.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>The "bean"<literal /> attribute in the object names for sources
and handlers takes one of the values in the table below</para>
<para>
A feature of the time-based average estimates is that they decay
with time if no new measurements arrive. To help interpret the behaviour
over time, the time (in seconds) since the last measurement is also
exposed as a metric.
</para>
<table>
<title />
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Bean Value</entry>
<entry align="center">Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>endpoint</entry>
<entry>The bean name of the enclosing endpoint (e.g.
&lt;service-activator&gt;) if there is one</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>anonymous</entry>
<entry>An indication that the enclosing endpoint didn't have a
user-specified bean name, so the JMX name is the input channel
name</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>internal</entry>
<entry>For well-known Spring Integration default
components</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>handler</entry>
<entry>None of the above: fallback to the
<literal>toString()</literal> of the object being monitored
(handler or source)</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</section>
<section id="jmx-channel-features">
<title>MessageChannel MBean Features</title>
<para>Message channels report metrics according to their concrete type.
If you are looking at a <classname>DirectChannel</classname> you will
see statistics for the send operation. If it is a
<classname>QueueChannel</classname> you will also see statistics for the
receive operation. In both cases there are some metrics that are simple
counters (message count and error count), and some that are estimates of
averages of interesting quantities. The algorithms used to calculate
these estimates are described briefly in the table below:</para>
<table>
<title />
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Metric Type</entry>
<entry align="center">Example</entry>
<entry align="center">Algorithm</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Count</entry>
<entry>Send Count</entry>
<entry>Simple incrementer. Increase by one when an event
occurs.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Duration</entry>
<entry>Send Duration (method execution time in
milliseconds)</entry>
<entry>Exponential Moving Average with decay factor 10. Average
of the method execution time over roughly the last 10
measurements.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Rate</entry>
<entry>Send Rate (number of operations per second)</entry>
<entry>Inverse of Exponential Moving Average of the interval
between events with decay in time (lapsing over 60 seconds) and
per measurement (last 10 events).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Ratio</entry>
<entry>Send Error Ratio (ratio of errors to total sends)</entry>
<entry>Estimate the success ratio as the Exponential Moving
Average of the series composed of values 1 for success and 0 for
failure (decaying as per the rate measurement over time and
events). Error ratio is 1 - success ratio.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>A feature of the time-based average estimates is that they decay
with time if no new measurements arrive. To help interpret the behaviour
over time, the time (in seconds) since the last measurement is also
exposed as a metric.</para>
<para>There are two basic exponential models: decay per measurement
(appropriate for duration and anything where the number of measurements
is part of the metric), and decay per time unit (more suitable for rate
measurements where the time in between measurements is part of the
metric). Both models depend on the fact that <screen>S(n) = sum(i=0,i=n) w(i) x(i)</screen>
has a special form when <literal>w(i) = r^i</literal>, with
<literal>r=constant</literal>: <screen>S(n) = x(n) + r S(n-1)</screen>(so
you only have to store <literal>S(n-1)</literal>, not the whole series
<literal>x(i)</literal>, to generate a new metric estimate from the last
measurement). The algorithms used in the duration metrics use
<literal>r=exp(-1/M)</literal> with <literal>M=10</literal>. The net
effect is that the estimate <literal>S(n)</literal> is more heavily
weighted to recent measurements and is composed roughly of the last
<literal>M</literal> measurements. So <literal>M</literal> is the
"window" or lapse rate of the estimate In the case of the vanilla moving
average, <literal>i</literal> is a counter over the number of
measurements. In the case of the rate we interpret <literal>i</literal>
as the elapsed time, or a combination of elapsed time and a counter (so
the metric estimate contains contributions roughly from the last
<literal>M</literal> measurements and the last <literal>T</literal>
seconds).</para>
</section>
</section>
<para>
There are two basic exponential models: decay per measurement
(appropriate for duration and anything where the number of measurements
is part of the metric), and decay per time unit (more suitable for rate
measurements where the time in between measurements is part of the
metric). Both models depend on the fact that
</para>
<screen>S(n) = sum(i=0,i=n) w(i) x(i)</screen>
<para>
has a special form when <literal>w(i) = r^i</literal>, with
<literal>r=constant</literal>:
</para>
<screen>S(n) = x(n) + r S(n-1)</screen>
<para>
(so you only have to store <literal>S(n-1)</literal>, not the whole series
<literal>x(i)</literal>, to generate a new metric estimate from the last
measurement). The algorithms used in the duration metrics use
<literal>r=exp(-1/M)</literal> with <literal>M=10</literal>. The net
effect is that the estimate <literal>S(n)</literal> is more heavily
weighted to recent measurements and is composed roughly of the last
<literal>M</literal> measurements. So <literal>M</literal> is the
"window" or lapse rate of the estimate In the case of the vanilla moving
average, <literal>i</literal> is a counter over the number of
measurements. In the case of the rate we interpret <literal>i</literal>
as the elapsed time, or a combination of elapsed time and a counter (so
the metric estimate contains contributions roughly from the last
<literal>M</literal> measurements and the last <literal>T</literal>
seconds).
</para>
</section>
</section>
</section>