Uses of Interface java.rmi.Remote (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2016-07-28

## Uses of Interface
java.rmi.Remote

- Packages that use Remote
  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.

- - ### Uses of Remote in java.rmi

    Methods in java.rmi that return Remote
    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`.

    Methods in java.rmi with parameters of type Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static void` | Naming.`bind(String name, Remote obj)` Binds the specified `name` to a remote object.
    `static void` | Naming.`rebind(String name, Remote obj)` Rebinds the specified name to a new remote object.

  - ### Uses of Remote in java.rmi.activation

    Subinterfaces of Remote in java.rmi.activation
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `ActivationInstantiator` An `ActivationInstantiator` is responsible for creating instances of "activatable" objects.
    `interface` | `ActivationMonitor` An `ActivationMonitor` is specific to an `ActivationGroup` and is obtained when a group is reported active via a call to `ActivationSystem.activeGroup` (this is done internally).
    `interface` | `ActivationSystem` The `ActivationSystem` provides a means for registering groups and "activatable" objects to be activated within those groups.
    `interface` | `Activator` The `Activator` facilitates remote object activation.

    Classes in java.rmi.activation that implement Remote
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `Activatable` The `Activatable` class provides support for remote objects that require persistent access over time and that can be activated by the system.
    `class` | `ActivationGroup` An `ActivationGroup` is responsible for creating new instances of "activatable" objects in its group, informing its `ActivationMonitor` when either: its object's become active or inactive, or the group as a whole becomes inactive.
    `class` | `ActivationGroup_Stub` `ActivationGroup_Stub` is a stub class for the subclasses of `java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroup` that are exported as a `java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject`.

    Methods in java.rmi.activation that return Remote
    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.

    Methods in java.rmi.activation that return types with arguments of type Remote
    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 `newInstance` method in order to recreate in that group an object with the activation identifier, `id`, and descriptor, `desc`.

    Methods in java.rmi.activation with parameters of type Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract void` | ActivationGroup.`activeObject(ActivationID id, Remote obj)` The group's `activeObject` method is called when an object is exported (either by `Activatable` object construction or an explicit call to `Activatable.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.

    Method parameters in java.rmi.activation with type arguments of type Remote
    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 `activeObject` callback to the group's monitor.
    `void` | ActivationMonitor.`activeObject(ActivationID id, MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> obj)` Informs that an object is now active.

  - ### Uses of Remote in java.rmi.dgc

    Subinterfaces of Remote in java.rmi.dgc
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `DGC` The DGC abstraction is used for the server side of the distributed garbage collection algorithm.

  - ### Uses of Remote in java.rmi.registry

    Subinterfaces of Remote in java.rmi.registry
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `Registry` `Registry` is a remote interface to a simple remote object registry that provides methods for storing and retrieving remote object references bound with arbitrary string names.

    Methods in java.rmi.registry that return Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Remote` | Registry.`lookup(String name)` Returns the remote reference bound to the specified `name` in this registry.

    Methods in java.rmi.registry with parameters of type Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | Registry.`bind(String name, Remote obj)` Binds a remote reference to the specified `name` in this registry.
    `void` | Registry.`rebind(String name, Remote obj)` Replaces the binding for the specified `name` in this registry with the supplied remote reference.

  - ### Uses of Remote in java.rmi.server

    Classes in java.rmi.server that implement Remote
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `RemoteObject` The `RemoteObject` class implements the `java.lang.Object` behavior for remote objects.
    `class` | `RemoteObjectInvocationHandler` An implementation of the `InvocationHandler` interface for use with Java Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI).
    `class` | `RemoteServer` The `RemoteServer` class is the common superclass to server implementations and provides the framework to support a wide range of remote reference semantics.
    `class` | `RemoteStub` Deprecated. Statically generated stubs are deprecated, since stubs are generated dynamically. See `UnicastRemoteObject` for information about dynamic stub generation.
    `class` | `UnicastRemoteObject` Used for exporting a remote object with JRMP and obtaining a stub that communicates to the remote object.

    Methods in java.rmi.server that return Remote
    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 `obj` passed as a parameter.

    Methods in java.rmi.server with parameters of type Remote
    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)` or `exportObject(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 `obj` passed as a parameter.
    `static boolean` | UnicastRemoteObject.`unexportObject(Remote obj, boolean force)` Removes the remote object, obj, from the RMI runtime.

  - ### Uses of Remote in javax.management.remote.rmi

    Subinterfaces of Remote in javax.management.remote.rmi
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `RMIConnection` RMI object used to forward an MBeanServer request from a client to its MBeanServer implementation on the server side.
    `interface` | `RMIServer` RMI object used to establish connections to an RMI connector.

    Classes in javax.management.remote.rmi that implement Remote
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `RMIConnectionImpl` Implementation of the `RMIConnection` interface.
    `class` | `RMIConnectionImpl_Stub`
    `class` | `RMIIIOPServerImpl` An `RMIServerImpl` that is exported through IIOP and that creates client connections as RMI objects exported through IIOP.
    `class` | `RMIJRMPServerImpl` An `RMIServer` object that is exported through JRMP and that creates client connections as RMI objects exported through JRMP.
    `class` | `RMIServerImpl` An RMI object representing a connector server.
    `class` | `RMIServerImpl_Stub`

    Methods in javax.management.remote.rmi that return Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract Remote` | RMIServerImpl.`toStub()` Returns a remotable stub for this server object.
    `Remote` | RMIJRMPServerImpl.`toStub()` Returns a serializable stub for this `RMIServer` object.
    `Remote` | RMIIIOPServerImpl.`toStub()` Returns an IIOP stub.

  - ### Uses of Remote in javax.rmi

    Methods in javax.rmi that return Remote
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static Remote` | PortableRemoteObject.`toStub(Remote obj)` Returns a stub for the given server object.

    Methods in javax.rmi with parameters of type Remote
    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.

  - ### Uses of Remote in javax.rmi.CORBA

    Methods in javax.rmi.CORBA that return Remote
    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)`.

    Methods in javax.rmi.CORBA with parameters of type 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)`.
    `Tie` | UtilDelegate.`getTie(Remote target)` Delegation call for `Util.getTie(java.rmi.Remote)`.
    `static Tie` | Util.`getTie(Remote target)` Returns the tie (if any) for a given target object.
    `void` | UtilDelegate.`registerTarget(Tie tie, Remote target)` Delegation call for `Util.registerTarget(javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie, java.rmi.Remote)`.
    `static void` | Util.`registerTarget(Tie tie, Remote target)` Registers a target for a tie.
    `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)`.
    `void` | UtilDelegate.`unexportObject(Remote target)` Delegation call for `Util.unexportObject(java.rmi.Remote)`.
    `void` | PortableRemoteObjectDelegate.`unexportObject(Remote obj)` Delegation call for `PortableRemoteObject.unexportObject(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.

  - ### Uses of Remote in org.omg.stub.java.rmi

    Classes in org.omg.stub.java.rmi that implement Remote
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `_Remote_Stub` This class provides the Stub for the Remote Type.

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