What canI do with these objects now that jmx has given them to me?

test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import socket
import logging

import docopt
import appoptics_metrics

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;
import javax.management.ObjectName;
import javax.management.openmbean.CompositeDataSupport;
import javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType;
import javax.management.remote.JMXConnector;
import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory;
import javax.management.remote.JMXServiceURL;

from array import array

def get_bean_data_from_jmx(host, port, obj, attribute):
    """ 
    :type host: str
    :param host: The host whose jmx data will be queried

    :type port: str
    :param port: The port that the java processes' jmx listener is on

    :type obj: str
    :param obj: the mbean object to be queried, e.g. 'java.lang:type=Memory'

    :type attribute: str
    :param attribute: The attribute of the obj to be queried
    """
    ad = array(java.lang.String, ["", ""])
    n = java.util.HashMap()
    n.put(javax.management.remote.JMXConnector.CREDENTIALS, ad)
    jmxurl = javax.management.remote.JMXServiceURL(
        "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://{}:{}/jmxrmi".format(host, port))
    testme = javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(jmxurl, n)
    connection = testme.getMBeanServerConnection()
    
    # Execute
    attr = connection.getAttribute(javax.management.ObjectName(obj), attribute)
    # Close the connection
    # testme.close()
    return connection, attr


# Thank you SO?
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18222764/how-to-parse-output-of-getattribute-jmx-in-jython-python

# Returns a number
get_bean_data_from_jmx("jvmhost", "9999", "java.lang:name=PS MarkSweep,type=GarbageCollector", "CollectionCount")

# Returns a number
get_bean_data_from_jmx("jvmhost", "9999", "java.lang:name=PS MarkSweep,type=GarbageCollector", "CollectionTime")

# Whoa nellie
result = get_bean_data_from_jmx("jvmhost", "9999", "java.lang:name=PS MarkSweep,type=GarbageCollector", "LastGcInfo")
resultlist = result.values().toArray().tolist()[4] # this is a javax.management.openmbean.TabularDataSupport