Are RMI-IIOP Stubs Needed to Access Remote EJBs?

No. Unlike previous releases of the Enterprise Server, the current version does not require static RMI-IIOP stubs at runtime.

Removing this requirement provides the following benefits:

• Faster deployment and redeployment time for applications containing remote EJBs or clients of remote EJBs

• Fewer runtime errors caused by stub CLASSPATH configuration problems

  In addition, the Enterprise Server achieves these benefits without significant impact on runtime performance, while maintaining full RMI-IIOP interoperability.

  The only scenario where RMI-IIOP stubs are still required is for standalone clients that explicitly instantiate an InitialContext for the CosNaming naming service. This is not the recommended approach for using the naming service in the Enterprise Server. However, to maintain compatibility for these kinds of standalone clients, there is a deployment-time option that forces the generation of RMI-IIOP stubs in a way that matches previous releases. To use it, set

  --generatermistubs=true

  when deploying with asadmin or the Administration Console. The RMI-IIOP stubs are placed in the client.jar file, just as they were in previous releases.