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Java RMI allows the programming of distributed applications across the Internet at a more abstract level than sockets. One Java application or applet (the client in this context) can call the methods of an instance, or object, of a class of a Java application (the server in this context) running on another host machine.
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An example of Distributed Object Programming - similar to CORBA, except that CORBA allows the remote objects to be programmed in other languages.
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The goal is to make calls to remote methods on the local machine have the same syntax and semantics as local calls.
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Local Machine
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Remote Machine
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Local Java
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local method
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Remote Java
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remote method
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