| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| java.rmi | Provides the RMI package. | 
| java.rmi.activation | Provides support for RMI Object Activation. | 
| java.rmi.dgc | Provides classes and interface for RMI distributed
garbage-collection (DGC). | 
| java.rmi.registry | Provides a class and two interfaces for the RMI registry. | 
| java.rmi.server | Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server
side of RMI. | 
| javax.management.remote.rmi | The RMI connector is a connector for the JMX Remote API that
      uses RMI to transmit client requests to a remote MBean server. | 
| javax.rmi | Contains user APIs for RMI-IIOP. | 
| javax.rmi.CORBA | Contains portability APIs for RMI-IIOP. | 
| org.omg.stub.java.rmi | Contains RMI-IIOP Stubs for the Remote types that occur in the 
  java.rmi package. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| static Remote | Naming. lookup(String name)Returns a reference, a stub, for the remote object associated
 with the specified  name. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| static void | Naming. bind(String name,
    Remote obj)Binds the specified  nameto a remote object. | 
| static void | Naming. rebind(String name,
      Remote obj)Rebinds the specified name to a new remote object. | 
| Modifier and Type | Interface and Description | 
|---|---|
| interface  | ActivationInstantiatorAn  ActivationInstantiatoris responsible for creating
 instances of "activatable" objects. | 
| interface  | ActivationMonitorAn  ActivationMonitoris specific to anActivationGroupand is obtained when a group is
 reported active via a call toActivationSystem.activeGroup(this is done
 internally). | 
| interface  | ActivationSystemThe  ActivationSystemprovides a means for registering
 groups and "activatable" objects to be activated within those groups. | 
| interface  | ActivatorThe  Activatorfacilitates remote object activation. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | ActivatableThe  Activatableclass provides support for remote
 objects that require persistent access over time and that
 can be activated by the system. | 
| class  | ActivationGroupAn  ActivationGroupis responsible for creating new
 instances of "activatable" objects in its group, informing itsActivationMonitorwhen either: its object's become
 active or inactive, or the group as a whole becomes inactive. | 
| class  | ActivationGroup_StubActivationGroup_Stubis a stub class
 for the subclasses ofjava.rmi.activation.ActivationGroupthat are exported as ajava.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Remote | ActivationID. activate(boolean force)Activate the object for this id. | 
| static Remote | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            ActivationID id,
            int port)Export the activatable remote object to the RMI runtime to make
 the object available to receive incoming calls. | 
| static Remote | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            ActivationID id,
            int port,
            RMIClientSocketFactory csf,
            RMIServerSocketFactory ssf)Export the activatable remote object to the RMI runtime to make
 the object available to receive incoming calls. | 
| static Remote | Activatable. register(ActivationDesc desc)Register an object descriptor for an activatable remote
 object so that is can be activated on demand. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> | Activator. activate(ActivationID id,
        boolean force)Activate the object associated with the activation identifier,
  id. | 
| MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> | ActivationInstantiator. newInstance(ActivationID id,
           ActivationDesc desc)The activator calls an instantiator's  newInstancemethod in order to recreate in that group an object with the
 activation identifier,id, and descriptor,desc. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| abstract void | ActivationGroup. activeObject(ActivationID id,
            Remote obj)The group's  activeObjectmethod is called when an
 object is exported (either byActivatableobject
 construction or an explicit call toActivatable.exportObject. | 
| static Remote | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            ActivationID id,
            int port)Export the activatable remote object to the RMI runtime to make
 the object available to receive incoming calls. | 
| static Remote | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            ActivationID id,
            int port,
            RMIClientSocketFactory csf,
            RMIServerSocketFactory ssf)Export the activatable remote object to the RMI runtime to make
 the object available to receive incoming calls. | 
| static ActivationID | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            String location,
            MarshalledObject<?> data,
            boolean restart,
            int port)Registers an activation descriptor (with the specified location,
 data, and restart mode) for the specified object, and exports that
 object with the specified port. | 
| static ActivationID | Activatable. exportObject(Remote obj,
            String location,
            MarshalledObject<?> data,
            boolean restart,
            int port,
            RMIClientSocketFactory csf,
            RMIServerSocketFactory ssf)Registers an activation descriptor (with the specified location,
 data, and restart mode) for the specified object, and exports that
 object with the specified port, and the specified client and server
 socket factories. | 
| static boolean | Activatable. unexportObject(Remote obj,
              boolean force)Remove the remote object, obj, from the RMI runtime. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| protected void | ActivationGroup. activeObject(ActivationID id,
            MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> mobj)This protected method is necessary for subclasses to
 make the  activeObjectcallback to the group's
 monitor. | 
| void | ActivationMonitor. activeObject(ActivationID id,
            MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> obj)Informs that an object is now active. | 
| Modifier and Type | Interface and Description | 
|---|---|
| interface  | DGCThe DGC abstraction is used for the server side of the distributed
 garbage collection algorithm. | 
| Modifier and Type | Interface and Description | 
|---|---|
| interface  | RegistryRegistryis a remote interface to a simple remote
 object registry that provides methods for storing and retrieving
 remote object references bound with arbitrary string names. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Remote | Registry. lookup(String name)Returns the remote reference bound to the specified
  namein this registry. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| void | Registry. bind(String name,
    Remote obj)Binds a remote reference to the specified  namein
 this registry. | 
| void | Registry. rebind(String name,
      Remote obj)Replaces the binding for the specified  namein
 this registry with the supplied remote reference. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | RemoteObjectThe  RemoteObjectclass implements thejava.lang.Objectbehavior for remote objects. | 
| class  | RemoteObjectInvocationHandlerAn implementation of the  InvocationHandlerinterface for
 use with Java Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI). | 
| class  | RemoteServerThe  RemoteServerclass is the common superclass to server
 implementations and provides the framework to support a wide range
 of remote reference semantics. | 
| class  | RemoteStubDeprecated. 
 Statically generated stubs are deprecated, since
 stubs are generated dynamically. See  UnicastRemoteObjectfor information about dynamic stub generation. | 
| class  | UnicastRemoteObjectUsed for exporting a remote object with JRMP and obtaining a stub
 that communicates to the remote object. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| static Remote | UnicastRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj,
            int port)Exports the remote object to make it available to receive incoming
 calls, using the particular supplied port. | 
| static Remote | UnicastRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj,
            int port,
            RMIClientSocketFactory csf,
            RMIServerSocketFactory ssf)Exports the remote object to make it available to receive incoming
 calls, using a transport specified by the given socket factory. | 
| static Remote | RemoteObject. toStub(Remote obj)Returns the stub for the remote object  objpassed
 as a parameter. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| void | Skeleton. dispatch(Remote obj,
        RemoteCall theCall,
        int opnum,
        long hash)Deprecated. 
 no replacement | 
| static RemoteStub | UnicastRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj)Deprecated. 
 This method is deprecated because it supports only static stubs.
 Use  exportObject(Remote, port)orexportObject(Remote, port, csf, ssf)instead. | 
| static Remote | UnicastRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj,
            int port)Exports the remote object to make it available to receive incoming
 calls, using the particular supplied port. | 
| static Remote | UnicastRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj,
            int port,
            RMIClientSocketFactory csf,
            RMIServerSocketFactory ssf)Exports the remote object to make it available to receive incoming
 calls, using a transport specified by the given socket factory. | 
| RemoteStub | ServerRef. exportObject(Remote obj,
            Object data)Deprecated.  Creates a client stub object for the supplied Remote object. | 
| Object | RemoteRef. invoke(Remote obj,
      Method method,
      Object[] params,
      long opnum)Invoke a method. | 
| static Remote | RemoteObject. toStub(Remote obj)Returns the stub for the remote object  objpassed
 as a parameter. | 
| static boolean | UnicastRemoteObject. unexportObject(Remote obj,
              boolean force)Removes the remote object, obj, from the RMI runtime. | 
| Modifier and Type | Interface and Description | 
|---|---|
| interface  | RMIConnectionRMI object used to forward an MBeanServer request from a client
 to its MBeanServer implementation on the server side. | 
| interface  | RMIServerRMI object used to establish connections to an RMI connector. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | RMIConnectionImplImplementation of the  RMIConnectioninterface. | 
| class  | RMIConnectionImpl_Stub | 
| class  | RMIIIOPServerImplAn  RMIServerImplthat is exported through IIOP and that
 creates client connections as RMI objects exported through IIOP. | 
| class  | RMIJRMPServerImplAn  RMIServerobject that is exported through JRMP and that
 creates client connections as RMI objects exported through JRMP. | 
| class  | RMIServerImplAn RMI object representing a connector server. | 
| class  | RMIServerImpl_Stub | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Remote | RMIJRMPServerImpl. toStub()Returns a serializable stub for this  RMIServerobject. | 
| Remote | RMIIIOPServerImpl. toStub()Returns an IIOP stub. | 
| abstract Remote | RMIServerImpl. toStub()Returns a remotable stub for this server object. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| static Remote | PortableRemoteObject. toStub(Remote obj)Returns a stub for the given server object. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| static void | PortableRemoteObject. connect(Remote target,
       Remote source)Makes a Remote object ready for remote communication. | 
| static void | PortableRemoteObject. exportObject(Remote obj)Makes a server object ready to receive remote calls. | 
| static Remote | PortableRemoteObject. toStub(Remote obj)Returns a stub for the given server object. | 
| static void | PortableRemoteObject. unexportObject(Remote obj)Deregisters a server object from the runtime, allowing the object to become
 available for garbage collection. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Remote | Tie. getTarget()Returns the target for this tie. | 
| Remote | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate. toStub(Remote obj)Delegation call for  PortableRemoteObject.toStub(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| void | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate. connect(Remote target,
       Remote source)Delegation call for  PortableRemoteObject.connect(java.rmi.Remote, java.rmi.Remote). | 
| void | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate. exportObject(Remote obj)Delegation call for  PortableRemoteObject.exportObject(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| static Tie | Util. getTie(Remote target)Returns the tie (if any) for a given target object. | 
| Tie | UtilDelegate. getTie(Remote target)Delegation call for  Util.getTie(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| static void | Util. registerTarget(Tie tie,
              Remote target)Registers a target for a tie. | 
| void | UtilDelegate. registerTarget(Tie tie,
              Remote target)Delegation call for  Util.registerTarget(javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie, java.rmi.Remote). | 
| void | Tie. setTarget(Remote target)Called by  Util.registerTarget(javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie, java.rmi.Remote)to set the target
 for this tie. | 
| Remote | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate. toStub(Remote obj)Delegation call for  PortableRemoteObject.toStub(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| static void | Util. unexportObject(Remote target)Removes the associated tie from an internal table and calls  Tie.deactivate()to deactivate the object. | 
| void | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate. unexportObject(Remote obj)Delegation call for  PortableRemoteObject.unexportObject(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| void | UtilDelegate. unexportObject(Remote target)Delegation call for  Util.unexportObject(java.rmi.Remote). | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | _Remote_StubThis class provides the Stub for the Remote Type. | 
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