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java.rmi: The Remote Method Invocation Guide
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java.rmi: The Remote Method Invocation Guide

by Esmond Pitt, Kathleen McNiff
July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
5h 46m
English
Pearson Business
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Chapter 3. Serialization

  • Introduction—Essentials—Serialization in depth—Serialization process—Serializable interface—Externalizable interface—MarshalledObject—Class versioning—Serial version UID—Alternative approaches to versioning—Advanced facilities—javadoc and serialization—Performance—Exercises

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Java Serialization is used by RMI to marshal and unmarshal arguments and results. This process is largely handled by the RMI system and Java, but the RMI developer must contribute. If serialization is not addressed, your remote methods may not work at all—a stumbling block for many developers new to RMI; and relying on default serialization can make an RMI program run unacceptably slowly.

The first section of this chapter provides the essentials ...

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