Java RMI - Definition

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 (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/rmi/package-summary.html)
• cajo (https://cajo.dev.java.net/) A simple, powerful, and free framework; for transparent, dynamic cooperation, between Java Virtual Machines
• Transparent RMI (http://trmi.sourceforge.net/)
• The JERI project (http://davis.jini.org/)