Getting MalformedURLException Unsupported protocol remoting-jmx when JMX client tries to connect to JBoss EAP 6 MBean Server

Issue

• Getting Unsupported protocol when trying to connect to JMX using remoting-jmx protocol from a client .ear application running in JBoss EAP 6.0.x. The exception is:

22:37:49,037 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/MyWar].[jsp]] (http-/127.0.0.1:8080-1) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception: java.net.MalformedURLException: Unsupported protocol: remoting-jmx
    at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.newJMXConnector(JMXConnectorFactory.java:327) [rt.jar:1.6.0_33]
    at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:247) [rt.jar:1.6.0_33]
    at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:73)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:69) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:365) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:309) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:242) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-8.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-8]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_33]

• The client code in jsp file of MyEar.ear/MyWar.war/index.jsp file.

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ page import="javax.management.*,javax.management.remote.*,java.util.Properties,javax.naming.*,java.util.HashMap,java.util.Map" %>  

<%




        String host = "localhost";
        int port = 9999;  // management-native port
        String urlString ="service:jmx:remoting-jmx://" + host + ":" + port;
        System.out.println("\n\n\t****  urlString: "+urlString);;
        JMXServiceURL serviceURL = new JMXServiceURL(urlString);
        JMXConnector jmxConnector = JMXConnectorFactory.connect(serviceURL, null);
        MBeanServerConnection connection = jmxConnector.getMBeanServerConnection();

        //Invoke on the JBoss AS MBean server
        int count = connection.getMBeanCount();
        System.out.println(count);
        jmxConnector.close();

%>