@Override
  protected void executeRuntimeStep(OperationContext context, ModelNode operation)
      throws OperationFailedException {

    // get the channel name and channel attribute
    PathAddress pathAddress = PathAddress.pathAddress(operation.require(OP_ADDR));
    String channelName = pathAddress.getElement(pathAddress.size() - 1).getValue();
    String attrName = operation.require(NAME).asString();
    ChannelMetrics metric = ChannelMetrics.getStat(attrName);

    // lookup the channel
    ServiceName channelServiceName = ChannelInstanceResource.CHANNEL_PARENT.append(channelName);
    ServiceController<?> controller =
        context.getServiceRegistry(false).getService(channelServiceName);

    // check that the service has been installed and started
    boolean started = controller != null && controller.getValue() != null;
    ModelNode result = new ModelNode();

    if (metric == null) {
      context.getFailureDescription().set(JGroupsMessages.MESSAGES.unknownMetric(attrName));
    } else if (!started) {
      // when the cache service is not available, return a null result
    } else {
      JChannel channel = (JChannel) controller.getValue();
      switch (metric) {
        case ADDRESS:
          result.set(channel.getAddressAsString());
          break;
        case ADDRESS_AS_UUID:
          result.set(channel.getAddressAsUUID());
          break;
        case DISCARD_OWN_MESSAGES:
          result.set(channel.getDiscardOwnMessages());
          break;
        case NUM_TASKS_IN_TIMER:
          result.set(channel.getNumberOfTasksInTimer());
          break;
        case NUM_TIMER_THREADS:
          result.set(channel.getTimerThreads());
          break;
        case RECEIVED_BYTES:
          result.set(channel.getReceivedBytes());
          break;
        case RECEIVED_MESSAGES:
          result.set(channel.getReceivedMessages());
          break;
        case SENT_BYTES:
          result.set(channel.getSentBytes());
          break;
        case SENT_MESSAGES:
          result.set(channel.getSentMessages());
          break;
        case STATE:
          result.set(channel.getState());
          break;
        case STATS_ENABLED:
          result.set(channel.statsEnabled());
          break;
        case VERSION:
          result.set(JChannel.getVersion());
          break;
        case VIEW:
          result.set(channel.getViewAsString());
          break;
      }
      context.getResult().set(result);
    }
    context.completeStep(OperationContext.ResultHandler.NOOP_RESULT_HANDLER);
  }