Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

RMI and its related technology, object serialization, allow objects in one virtual machine to invoke methods on objects in other virtual machines, even when the other virtual machine is on a physically separate host somewhere else on the Internet. To learn more about RMI start at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/guide/rmi/index.html

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Last Modified April 21, 1997
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