RMI - Java's Remote Method Invocation - is the foundation of buildingdistributed applications using Java. It is the Java implementation of Remote Procedure Calls (RPC), allowing one Java object (client)to invoke methods on another, remote Java object (server), relativelytransparently to the client.RMI includes support for a simple name service, allowing clients to locate instances of servers.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
Chapter 13, Remote Method Invocation in:
Farley, J., et al. Java Enterprise in a Nutshell 3rd ed.. O'Reilly Nov 2005. ISBN 0-596-10142-2