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Java^TM Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

Enhancements since version 1.2 of the Java^TM 2 SDK

RMI Release Notes
The RMI Release notes contain changes to the RMI and serialization APIs, as well as changes to the RMI tools, rmic and rmid.

RMI Tutorials

Getting Started
The Getting Started Tutorial shows you the steps to follow to create a distributed version of the classic Hello World program using Java^TM Remote Method Invocation (RMI). The Hello World applet makes a remote method call to the server from which it was downloaded to retrieve the message "Hello World!"
The Custom Socket Factory Tutorial
The Custom Socket Factory Tutorial shows you how to create a version of the distributed Hello World program in which the RMI runtime uses sockets of a type chosen by the programmer. This tutorial also includes a discussion of how RMI can be used over SSL sockets.
The Activation Tutorials

UnicastRemoteObject

java.rmi.activation.Activatable

MarshalledObject

RMI Architecture and Functional Specification

RMI API Specification
(javadoc)

RMI Tools

rmic - Java RMI stub compiler - (for Microsoft Windows) (for the Solaris^TM operating environment)
rmiregistry - Java remote object registry - (for Microsoft Windows) (for the Solaris operating environment)
rmid - Java RMI activation system daemon - (for Microsoft Windows) (for the Solaris operating environment)

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