RMI 2.1: Stubs method call

Stub method call

1.

initiates the connection to remote VM containing the remote object

2.

marshals (write & transmit) the parameters to the remote objet

3.

waits for the result of the method invocation

4.

unmarshals (read) the return value or exception returned

5.

returns the value to the caller

Serialization of parameters and network-level communication hidden