Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• Document Scope and Audience
• Guide to this Document
• Related Documentation
• Samples and Tutorials
  • Avitek Medical Records Application (MedRec) and Tutorials
  • Examples in the WebLogic Server Distribution
• New and Changed Features in This Release

2 Understanding WebLogic RMI

• What is WebLogic RMI?
• Features of WebLogic RMI

3 WebLogic RMI Features

• WebLogic RMI Clients
• WebLogic RMI Security Support
• WebLogic RMI Transaction Support
• Failover and Load Balancing RMI Objects
  • Clustered RMI Applications
  • Load Balancing RMI Objects
  • Parameter-Based Routing for Clustered Objects
    • Custom Call Routing and Collocation Optimization
• Request Timeouts
  • Using a Connect Timeout
  • Using a Read Timeout
    • Example rtd.xml file with a Timeout
    • Example weblogic-ejb-jar.xml file with a Timeout
• Creating Pinned Services
• Dynamic Proxies in RMI

4 Using WebLogic RMI Annotations

• Introduction to WebLogic RMI Annotations
• Annotations for WebLogic RMI
  • Rmi
    • Description
    • Attributes
  • RmiMethod
    • Description
    • Attributes
• Exception Handling
  • Application Exceptions
  • System Exceptions
• Cluster Failover
• RMI Callback Objects
• Annotation and WebLogic RMI Descriptor Merging

5 Using the WebLogic RMI Compiler

• Overview of the WebLogic RMI Compiler
• WebLogic RMI Compiler Features
  • Hot Code Generation
  • Proxy Generation
  • Additional WebLogic RMI Compiler Features
• WebLogic RMI Compiler Options
  • Non-Replicated Stub Generation
  • Using Persistent Compiler Options
  • Java SE Enhancements

6 Using WebLogic RMI with T3 Protocol

• RMI Communication in WebLogic Server
• Determining Connection Availability
• Using a WebLogic T3/T3s Client Proxy

7 How to Implement WebLogic RMI

• Creating Classes That Can Be Invoked Remotely
  • Step 1. Write a Remote Interface
  • Step 2. Implement the Remote Interface
  • Step 3: Create a Client that Invokes Remote Methods
    • Setting Client Timeouts
    • Example HelloClient.java Client
  • Step 4. Compile the Java Classes
• Run the RMI Hello Code Sample
  • Prerequisites
  • Setup the RMI Hello Example
  • Configure a Startup Class
  • Restart the examplesServer
  • Run the Example

8 WebLogic RMI Integration with Load Balancers

• How WebLogic Server Supports Load Balancers
• HTTP Tunneled T3 Load Balancing
  • How to Configure the External Listen Address
    • Example Custom Channel Configuration for a Load Balancer
  • Session Failover
  • Cookie Persistence
  • Pinned Objects
  • Stateful Session EJBs
• Native T3 Load Balancing
• Failover Support

9 Using RMI over IIOP

• What is RMI over IIOP?
• Overview of WebLogic RMI-IIOP
  • Support for RMI-IIOP with RMI (Java) Clients
  • Support for RMI-IIOP with Tuxedo Client
  • Support for RMI-IIOP with CORBA/IDL Clients

10 Configuring WebLogic Server for RMI-IIOP

• Set the Listening Address
• Setting Network Channel Addresses
  • Considerations for Proxys and Firewalls
    • Considerations for Clients with Multiple Connections
• Using a IIOPS Thin Client Proxy
• Using RMI-IIOP with SSL and a Java Client
• Accessing WebLogic Server Objects from a CORBA Client through Delegation
  • Overview of Delegation
  • Example of Delegation
• Configuring CSIv2 authentication
• Using RMI over IIOP with a Hardware Load Balancer
• Limitations of WebLogic RMI-IIOP
  • Limitations Using RMI-IIOP on the Client
  • Limitations Developing Java IDL Clients
  • Limitations of Passing Objects by Value
• Propagating Client Identity

11 Best Practices for Application Design

• Use java.rmi
• Use PortableRemoteObject
• Use WebLogic Work Areas
• How to Handle Changes in Security Context

A CORBA Support for WebLogic Server

• Specification References
• Supported Specification Details
• Tools