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Chapter 36. Remote Method Invocations

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Objectives

• To know how RMI works ( §36.2).

• To learn the process of developing RMI applications ( §36.3).

• To know the differences between RMI and socket-level programming ( §36.4).

• To develop three- tier applications using RMI ( §36.5).

• To use callbacks to develop interactive applications ( §36.6).

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36.1. Introduction

Remote Method Invocation (RMI) technology provides a framework for building distributed Java systems. Using RMI, a Java object on one system can invoke a method in an object on another system on the network. A distributed Java system can be defined as a collection of cooperative distributed objects on the network. This chapter introduces RMI basics. You will learn how to use RMI to create useful distributed applications.