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Mastering RMI: Developing Enterprise Applications in Java and EJB

Format: Paperback
Author: Rickard Oberg
ReleaseDate: 21 February, 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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A good tutorial for RMI, but...
However, when applying my acquired knowledge to a real-world application, I found that I was missing a HUGE piece of the RMI puzzle. I purchased this book after doing some research into RMI via the internet to give me a more solid understanding of RMI, which it did. RMI over the INTRAnet is a wonderful thing; however, when trying to implmenent RMI over the INTERnet, and the RMI server is behind a firewall, you are in for a painful migraine. This is a show-stopper for my employers, I wish that the book mentioned something about RMI and firewalls. There are workarounds for the firewall, but they are by no means easy and you will not find them in this book.

It answered most questions on RMI mailing List
This book clearly explained most of the frequently asked questions on the list. I have been on RMI mailing list for half a year. I think by reading first half the book, I understood RMI better than the half year I spent on RMI mailing list.

I agree that some examples were not given enough explaination, especially non-RMI related codes. E. g, the IdentySocket
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Makes it easy to understand - good teacher
I always admire authors who makes things eas�er to understand, not making them seem more intelligent than they really are. I totally disagree with the negative reviews on �bergs book. A good teacher is one who can make things understandable, not the opposite. If you have read 3-5 RMI books before this one you may get disappointed as some of the other reviewers. It's an excellent intoduction to RMI, but don't expect to find some magical new/hidden, features of RMI here. Maybe the title should have instead been "An Introduction to RMI with Lots of Good Explanations. " If you need an introduction to RMI, where you don't have to read a lot "between the lines", then this book is a good choice. I've stopped searching the internet for explanations about RMI after I got this book. There are lot's of hello world RMI introductions out there on the web, but �bergs book goes far beyond them all. A good introduction.