What role does serialization have in RMI?
Location: http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=37229 Created: Apr 17, 2000 Modified: 2000-04-17 21:17:32.014 Author: Tim Rohaly (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=10) Question originally posed by arshad mehmood (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=37224 RMI uses serialization as its basic and only mechanism for sending objects across a network. If an object implements java.rmi.Remote, then the object’s stub is serialized and sent to the client. If the object implements java.io.Serializable, then the object itself is serialized and sent.