2.3.1.1 RMI Connectors

The RMI connector is specified by the JMX Remote API. User code uses the same generic factories to create a client or server as it would to create any other kind of connector. Every connection to an RMI connector is implemented by means of a separate RMI object, which is destroyed when the connection is closed. Communication is always from client to server, even for notifications, which simplifies configuration and firewall use.

The RMI connector works over both JRMP, (the native Java transport for RMI) and IIOP. The same remote interfaces are used in both cases. Only the way in which these interfaces are exported differs. Because of class-loading issues, the RMI/IIOP connector cannot easily be used to interact with clients or servers that are not written in the Java language.