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NewRelic installs itself as a Java agent, doesn't need any code integration it's just a command line param on app startup. That's one advantage of java, you can
by nullwasamistake 7y ago
NewRelic installs itself as a Java agent, doesn't need any code integration it's just a command line param on app startup. That's one advantage of java, you can redefine classes at runtime. NewRelic uses Java Agent API to instrument code at runtime, no SDK or special build needed
- Thaxll 7y agoI'm not sure if we talk about the same thing, custom tracing: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/agents/java-agent/api-guides/java-agent-api-instrument-using-annotation https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/agents/java-agent/api-guides/...
- nullwasamistake 7y agoYes, so you can annotate methods for additional tracing but the default agent alone provides a lot of metrics and it attaches using diagnostics API.