CIS6930 Java Remote Method Invocation - Indiana …：cis6930 Java远程方法调用-印第安娜….pptVIP

dbc@ CIS 5930-04 – Spring 2001 /it1spring01 Instructors: Geoffrey Fox , Bryan Carpenter Computational Science and Information Technology Florida State University Acknowledgements: Nancy McCracken Syracuse University Remote Method Invocation Java RMI is a mechanism that allows a Java program running on one computer (e.g., the client) to apply a method to an object on a different computer (e.g., the server). In itself, the syntax of the remote invocation looks exactly like an ordinary Java method invocation. The remote method call can be passed arguments computed in the context of the local machine. It can return arbitrary values computed in the context of the remote machine. The RMI system transparently forwards these arguments and results. RMI is an implementation of the of the Distributed Object programming model—similar to CORBA, but simpler, and specialized to the Java language Example Assume code running in the local machine holds a remote reference to an object obj on a remote machine: Central Components of Java RMI Remote objects—these are normal Java objects, but their class extends some RMI library class that incorporates support for remote invocation. Remote references—object references that effectively refer to remote objects, typically on a different computer. Remote interfaces—normal Java interfaces, that specify the “API” of a remote object. They should extend the marker interface, java.rmi.Remote. The remote interface must be known to both the local and remote code. Some Supporting Technologies Registries—places where the local machine initially looks to find a reference to a remote object. Serialization—reduction of Java objects to a representation that can be communicated as a byte stream (for arguments and results). Dynamic class loading—needed in various places. One example is when a remote method returns an object whose class (e.g. ResImpl) was not previously known on the calling machine. Also used for stubs—see later. Sec