Hi!
Luke Taylor wrote:
> Errr. Don't suppose you have a preview copy that needs reviewing
> (promise I'll buy one when it comes out as well ;-).
It's being put together and sent off to print currently, so no.
> > Note that the above lines have nothing to do with RMI. Those are purely
> > JBoss.
> >
>
> OK, thanks, but I guess an understanding of the protocol stuff would
> still come in handy - I know that IIOP has stuff for propagation of
> security contexts and so on built in but I'm clueless about RMI or the
> differences between RMI versions. I understood that this was one of the
> reasons why IIOP was chosen as the default protocol for J2EE. What
> happened to the plans for an RMI-IIOP component in JBoss - I think I
> remember seeing it as one of the goals (admittedly ages ago, when I
> first glimpsed at the site after a former colleague mentioned it).
The major reason IIOP was chosen, or rather, the major reason why a
protocol was chosen *at all* was political, not technical. Not even the
spec writers can justify it. Go figure.
But if you, for some reason, need to have a protocol chosen, then IIOP
would be the logical choice since it's so widely used in these circles.
Why it hasn't been implemented yet in JBoss? Because noone's asking for
it. No need, no drive, no do.
/Rickard
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Rickard Öberg
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