11.1. Overview
Remote Method Invocation (RMI) is a distributed systems technology that allows one Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to invoke object methods that will be run on another JVM located elsewhere on a network. This technology is extremely important for the development of large-scale systems, as it makes it possible to distribute resources and processing load across more than one machine.
11.1.1. What Is Remote Method Invocation?
RMI is a Java technology that allows one JVM to communicate with another JVM and have it execute an object method. Objects can invoke methods on other objects located remotely as easily as if they were on the local host machine (once a few initialization tasks have been performed). Figure 11-1 provides an example ...
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