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which one is best for chat applicaiton? socket programming vs rmi?

I want to create a chat application which is client/server based. What will be the best? Using sockets or by using rmi?

PS: Is it possible to create chat application by using rmi?

Solution

  • RMI is a technology that works ontop of sockets. It's comparing apples to oranges. Sockets are the low-level stuff that handles the network communication, while RMI is a protocol that sits ontop of sockets in order to make it possible to invoke java methods on remote JVMs.