RMI give you multi-threading?

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

I am struggling RMI and thread issues.

Is a remote service via RMI automatically multi-threaded?

Let's say there is a remote object that calculates PI to 1000 digits, lets
call it calculatePI().

If a single-threaded client #1 invokes the remote object's calculatePI(), I
know client #1 will block on that method until a result comes back.


So, we have client #1 waiting for calculatePI() to return and the remote
object is crunching on the result. What happens if single-threaded client #2
invokes calculatePI() ?

A. Does client #2 block waiting for client #1's request to complete?

B. Does the remote object accept client #2's request and start to process it (ie
multi-threads)?

My test programs seem to say A. is the case, but I cannot consistently
duplicate the behavior. Any insights?

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