Remote interface

A remote interface is an interface to a Java object in a different address space. It is a directional connection between a netlet and another netlet, or between a netlet and a node.

While a remote interface largely looks like a local interface, there are some important differences:

• The interface is marked by org.jtrix.base.IRemote.
• The interface may be explicitly closed down.
• User and provider of the interface may fail independently and at any time.
• User and provider have different classloaders and different sets of classes.
• The interface may be accessed and/or implemented asynchronously.
• Arguments, returns, and exceptions behave differently (see ).

The Jtrix API provides classes for detecting and exploiting the above differences if the application chooses to do so. For example, IAsynchronousClient and IAsynchronousServer (both in org.jtrix.base) allow thread-economic implementation of users and providers.