diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/AnnotatedStandardMBean.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/AnnotatedStandardMBean.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import javax.management.DescriptorRead;
+import javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanParameterInfo;
+import javax.management.NotCompliantMBeanException;
+import javax.management.StandardMBean;
+
+/**
+ * The extension of {@link javax.management.StandardMBean} that will automatically provide JMX
+ * metadata through annotations.
+ *
+ * @see javax.management.MBeanInfo
+ * @see Description
+ * @see Name
+ * @see Impact
+ */
+public class AnnotatedStandardMBean extends StandardMBean {
+    /**
+     * Make a DynamicMBean out of the object implementation, using the specified
+     * mbeanInterface class.
+     *
+     * @see {@link javax.management.StandardMBean#StandardMBean(Object, Class)}
+     */
+    public <T> AnnotatedStandardMBean(T implementation, Class<T> mbeanInterface)
+            throws NotCompliantMBeanException {
+        super(implementation, mbeanInterface);
+    }
+
+    protected AnnotatedStandardMBean(Class<?> mbeanInterface)
+            throws NotCompliantMBeanException {
+        super(mbeanInterface);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getDescription(MBeanInfo info) {
+        String desc = getValue(info, Description.NAME);
+        return desc == null ? super.getDescription(info) : desc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getDescription(MBeanAttributeInfo info) {
+        String desc = getValue(info, Description.NAME);
+        return desc == null ? super.getDescription(info) : desc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getDescription(MBeanOperationInfo info) {
+        String desc = getValue(info, Description.NAME);
+        return desc == null ? super.getDescription(info) : desc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getImpact(MBeanOperationInfo info) {
+        String opt = (String)info.getDescriptor().getFieldValue(Impact.NAME);
+        return opt == null ? super.getImpact(info) : ImpactOption.valueOf(opt).value();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getParameterName(MBeanOperationInfo op,
+                                      MBeanParameterInfo param, int sequence) {
+        String name = getValue(param, Name.NAME);
+        return name == null
+                ? super.getParameterName(op, param, sequence)
+                : name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getDescription(MBeanOperationInfo op,
+                                    MBeanParameterInfo param, int sequence) {
+        String desc = getValue(param, Description.NAME);
+        return desc == null
+                ? super.getDescription(op, param, sequence)
+                : desc;
+    }
+
+    private static String getValue(DescriptorRead dr, String fieldName){
+        return (String) dr.getDescriptor().getFieldValue(fieldName);
+    }
+}
diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Description.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Description.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import javax.management.DescriptorKey;
+
+/**
+ * Produces a description that will be used by JMX metadata.
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.METHOD,
+        ElementType.PARAMETER})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+@Documented
+public @interface Description {
+    String NAME = "description";
+
+    @DescriptorKey(NAME)
+    String value() default "";
+}
diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Impact.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Impact.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import javax.management.DescriptorKey;
+
+/**
+ * Produces an operation impact that will be returned by JMX
+ * {@link javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo#getImpact()}.
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+@Documented
+public @interface Impact {
+    String NAME = "impact";
+
+    @DescriptorKey(NAME)
+    ImpactOption value();
+}
diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/ImpactOption.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/ImpactOption.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo;
+
+public enum ImpactOption {
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the operation is a write-like,
+     * and would modify the MBean in some way, typically by writing some value
+     * or changing a configuration.
+     */
+    ACTION(MBeanOperationInfo.ACTION),
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the operation is both read-like and write-like.
+     */
+    ACTION_INFO(MBeanOperationInfo.ACTION_INFO),
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the operation is read-like,
+     * it basically returns information.
+     */
+    INFO(MBeanOperationInfo.INFO),
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the operation has an "unknown" nature.
+     */
+    UNKNOWN(MBeanOperationInfo.UNKNOWN);
+
+    public int value(){
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private final int value;
+
+    private ImpactOption(int value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+}
diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Name.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/Name.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import javax.management.DescriptorKey;
+
+/**
+ * Produces a parameter name that will be returned by JMX
+ * {@link javax.management.MBeanParameterInfo#getName()}.
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.PARAMETER})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+@Documented
+public @interface Name {
+    String NAME = "name";
+
+    @DescriptorKey(NAME)
+    String value();
+}
diff --git oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/package-info.java oak-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provides annotation support to produce JMX metadata.
+ *
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+@Version("1.0")
+@Export(optional = "provide:=true")
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Export;
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git oak-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/AnnotatedStandardMBeanTest.java oak-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/commons/jmx/AnnotatedStandardMBeanTest.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+import javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanConstructorInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanOperationInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanParameterInfo;
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class AnnotatedStandardMBeanTest {
+    protected static ObjectName objectName;
+
+    protected static MBeanServer server;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void init() throws Exception {
+        AnnotatedStandardMBean object = new AnnotatedStandardMBean(new Foo(),
+            FooMBean.class);
+
+        objectName = new ObjectName("abc:TYPE=Test");
+
+        server = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+        server.registerMBean(object, objectName);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        server.unregisterMBean(objectName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        MBeanInfo info = server.getMBeanInfo(objectName);
+
+        assertEquals("MBean desc.", info.getDescription());
+
+        MBeanAttributeInfo a0 = findAttribute(info, "Getter");
+        assertEquals("getter", a0.getDescription());
+
+        MBeanAttributeInfo a1 = findAttribute(info, "It");
+        assertEquals("is", a1.getDescription());
+
+        MBeanAttributeInfo a2 = findAttribute(info, "Setter");
+        assertEquals("setter", a2.getDescription());
+
+        MBeanOperationInfo op0 = info.getOperations()[0];
+        assertEquals("run", op0.getDescription());
+        assertEquals(MBeanOperationInfo.INFO, op0.getImpact());
+
+        MBeanParameterInfo p0 = op0.getSignature()[0];
+        assertEquals("timeout", p0.getName());
+        assertEquals("how long?", p0.getDescription());
+    }
+
+    private MBeanAttributeInfo findAttribute(MBeanInfo info, String name) {
+        for (MBeanAttributeInfo a : info.getAttributes()) {
+            if (a.getName().equals(name)) return a;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Description("MBean desc.")
+    public interface FooMBean {
+        @Description("getter")
+        String getGetter();
+
+        @Description("is")
+        boolean isIt();
+
+        @Description("setter")
+        void setSetter(long s);
+
+        @Description("run")
+        @Impact(ImpactOption.INFO)
+        void run(@Name("timeout") @Description("how long?") long timeout);
+    }
+
+    public static class Foo implements FooMBean {
+
+        public String getGetter() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isIt() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public void setSetter(long s) {
+        }
+
+        public void run(long timeout) {
+        }
+    }
+}
