1 | RMI: core of Jini communication; object oriented RPC system; allows make Java objects available across a network |
2 | Discovery: the process a service uses to notify the Jini federation that it is available (followed by Join process) |
3 | Join: the process a service uses to inform Federation about itself |
4 | Federation: Jini network, a group of cooperation objects |
5 | Java Spaces: a standard service that provides one way to store objects; a network objects repository |
6 | Proxy Object: a remote Jini object. The Lookup service holds the local proxy object and provides it to clients |
7 | Transaction: a client attempt an operation on multiple objects (allows multi-object coordination) |