Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

Documentation Contents

Enhancements since version 1.3 of the Java2 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 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

The Activation Tutorials take you through the steps of creating a new class that defines an activatable object, migrating a UnicastRemoteObject to be an activatable object, activating classes that do not extend from java.rmi.activation.Activatable, and using a MarshalledObject to create persistent data.

RMI Architecture and Functional Specification

• RMI Specification (also in Postscript, PDF)

RMI API Specification
(javadoc)

RMI Tools

• rmic - Java RMI stub compiler - (for Microsoft Windows) (for the SolarisTM 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)

For More Information

• The RMI and Object Serialization FAQ

• Search the archives of the RMI-USERS list

• Subscribe to the RMI-USERS list

• Dynamic code downloading using RMI
  (Using the java.rmi.server.codebase Property)

• Useful java.rmi Properties

• Useful sun.rmi Properties

• Applying the Factory Pattern to RMI

• The RMI trail of The JavaTutorial Continued

• Using RMI with SSL

• The Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Home Page