Java remote method invocation

The Java Remote Method Invocation API, or RMI, is a Java application programming interface for performing remote procedural calls. There are two common implementations of the interface, the initial one to be implemented known as JRMP and a version compatible with CORBA. Usage of the term RMI may denote solely the programming interface or may signify both the API and JRMP, whereas the term RMI-IIOP, read RMI over I-OP, denotes the RMI interface over the CORBA IIOP bus.

The original RMI API was generalized somewhat to support different implementations. Additionally, work was done to CORBA, adding a pass by value capability, to support the RMI interface. Still, the RMI-IIOP implementation supports only a subset of the JRMP implementation.

External links

For further information on specific ways RMI is being used, please see:

• Sun's Java API Reference for the RMI package
• cajo A simple, powerful, and free framework; for transparent, dynamic cooperation, between Java Virtual Machines
• Transparent RMI
• The JERI project