RMI and asynchronous calls - question.

[alex yershov]

Does RMI support asynchronous method calls? Is it necessary to kick out a
new thread in the remote object to process the call to it asynchronously?
Thanks!

[Paul Clapham]

If you mean "can you call an RMI method, then continue on with your code and
have the result come back at some future time", I don't think it does. And
I don't see how a thread in the remote object could make it do that, either.
A thread in the local object, yes. But you might want to consider a
messaging architecture; what you describe sounds like "send a message, get a
response later".

PC2

"alex yershov" <alexyershov@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Does RMI support asynchronous method calls? Is it necessary to kick out a
> new thread in the remote object to process the call to it asynchronously?
> Thanks!
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