Server-to-Client: RMI and 2 JVM's (Distinct Computers)

Question

I'm using RMI for a while now, and i would like to know:

• Is there a way that a RMI-SERVER can notify a RMI-CLIENT that his avaiable (online), passing his ip/port that should be used in Naming.list() in client's code?

Answer 1

Not within RMI. You could look into UDP multicast, or the JNI Discovery and Lookup Service, which is just a massive layer over the top (in all senses) of multicast.