About RMI
RMI was very popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Its popularity
has waned somewhat with the advent of Web Services. It's not officially
part of the Java Series Course Description, so why do we cover it here?
- CORBA has been eliminated from the Course Description, for a number of reasons. First, it has largely been replaced by Web Services. Second, it is very complex. RMI is a much simpler cousin that operates on the same principles.
- RMI is a great way to get started. It is an excellent example of the fundamentals of distributed computing.
- We can use RMI to apply some of the principles we learned in the section on security.