3.6. Management CLI Operations

3.6.1. Display the Attributes of a Resource with the Management CLI

Prerequisites

Summary

The read-attribute operation is a global operation used to read the current runtime value of a selected attribute. It can be used to expose only the values that have been set by the user, ignoring any default or undefined values. The request properties include the following parameters.

Request Properties

name
The name of the attribute to get the value for under the selected resource.
include-defaults
A Boolean parameter that can be set to false to restrict the operation results to only show attributes set by the user and ignore default values.

Procedure 3.10. Display the Current Runtime Value of a Selected Attribute

An advantage of the read-attribute operation is the ability to expose the current runtime value of a specific attribute. Similar results can be achieved with the read-resource operation, but only with the addition of the include-runtime request property, and only as part of a list of all available resources for that node. The read-attribute operation is intended for fine-grained attribute queries, as the following example shows.

Example 3.7. Run the read-attribute operation to expose the public interface IP

If you know the name of the attribute that you would like to expose, you can use the read-attribute to return the exact value in the current runtime. 
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /interface=public:read-attribute(name=resolved-address)
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => "127.0.0.1"
}
The resolved-address attribute is a runtime value, so it is not displayed in the results of the standard read-resource operation. 
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /interface=public:read-resource                        
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => {
        "any" => undefined,
        "any-address" => undefined,
        "any-ipv4-address" => undefined,
        "any-ipv6-address" => undefined,
        "inet-address" => expression "${jboss.bind.address:127.0.0.1}",
        "link-local-address" => undefined,
        "loopback" => undefined,
        "loopback-address" => undefined,
        "multicast" => undefined,
        "name" => "public",
        "nic" => undefined,
        "nic-match" => undefined,
        "not" => undefined,
        "point-to-point" => undefined,
        "public-address" => undefined,
        "site-local-address" => undefined,
        "subnet-match" => undefined,
        "up" => undefined,
        "virtual" => undefined
    }
}
To display resolved-address and other runtime values, you must use the include-runtime request property. 
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /interface=public:read-resource(include-runtime=true)
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => {
        "any" => undefined,
        "any-address" => undefined,
        "any-ipv4-address" => undefined,
        "any-ipv6-address" => undefined,
        "inet-address" => expression "${jboss.bind.address:127.0.0.1}",
        "link-local-address" => undefined,
        "loopback" => undefined,
        "loopback-address" => undefined,
        "multicast" => undefined,
        "name" => "public",
        "nic" => undefined,
        "nic-match" => undefined,
        "not" => undefined,
        "point-to-point" => undefined,
        "public-address" => undefined,
        "resolved-address" => "127.0.0.1",
        "site-local-address" => undefined,
        "subnet-match" => undefined,
        "up" => undefined,
        "virtual" => undefined
    }
}
Result

The current runtime attribute value is displayed.

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