Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

RMIClientSocketFactory

Synopsis

This interface represents a source for client sockets that is used by the RMI internals to make client connections during RMI calls. It’s possible to provide a custom socket factory to be used with a particular remote object, by using the appropriate constructors on the UnicastRemoteObject or Activatable classes, or with a particular registry, by using the appropriate LocateRegistry.createRegistry() method. This can be useful in situations where a firewall lies between the client and the server object or remote registry, and specialized sockets are needed to negotiate the firewall protocol.

The RMIClientSocketFactory associated with a remote object is used by any remote stub references to establish connections with the server object.

public interface RMIClientSocketFactory {
// Public Instance Methods
   public abstract java.net.Socket createSocket(String host, 
        int port) throws IOException;  
}

Implementations

RMISocketFactory

Passed To

java.rmi.activation.Activatable.{Activatable(), exportObject()}, java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry.{createRegistry(), getRegistry()}, UnicastRemoteObject.{exportObject(), UnicastRemoteObject()}