1. Write RMI-Server Interface

• extends package java.rmi.Remote
• provide all methods to be called remotely
• each methods must through a remote exception

import java.rmi.*;
 
public interface ServerInterface extends Remote {
     public void method1() throws RemoteException;
     public int method2() throws RemoteException;
     // ...
}

2. Write Server Class

• implements RMI-Server Interface
• extends UnicastRemoteObject (at least for simple RMI)
• Constructor throws java.rmi.RemoteException
• must be registered at local registry

 
import java.rmi.*;
import java.net.MalformedURLExcpetion;
import java.rmi.registry.*;
import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
 
public class MyServer extends UnicastRemoteObject implements ServerInterface {
 
  MyServer() throws RemoteException {
    super();
  }
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    try {
      LocateRegistry.createRegistry(Registry.REGISTRY_PORT);
    } catch (RemoteException ex) {
      System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
    }
    try {
      Naming.rebind("MyServer", new MyServer());
    } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
      System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
    }
    catch (RemoteException ex) {
      System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
    }
  }
  // ...
}

3. Write a client

• get remote reference
• call remote methods
• be careful with rmi-specific problems (a more detailed tutorial will explain to you)

// any class, ...
// url expects String in url format (e.g. http://127.0.0.1/MyServer for local testing)
 
try {
      ServerInterface server = (ServerInterface) Naming.lookup(url);
      server.method1();
      int calculated_by_server = server.method2();
      // ...
} catch (Exception ex) {

}

• RMI: Remote API, UnicastRemoteObject API, Registry API, LocateRegistry API
• Properties: Properties API
• IO: IO Package API