Networked Graphics

Chapter 9. Other networking components

Introduction

In this chapter we wrap up the theme of this part of the book on practicalities of networking by discussing some other tools that are commonly used. In particular, we describe the techniques of remote procedure call (RPC) or remote method invocation (RMI), techniques which are very widely used in the broader realm of distributed systems and which have a role in NVEs. We’ll then discuss in detail a larger system, to show how object-sharing, events and RPC/RMI all fit together to make a more fully-featured system. We’ll then discuss in brief some of the literature on networking system architecture: there is a vast range of interesting architectures for structuring NVEs and NGs. We’ll come across ...