Method serialization

[Christopher Pereira]

Hi:
How can I send a serialized method invoction via socket.
I don't want to execute it remotly on the server, but just need to inform a server of the methods a client invoked.
But that isn't all:
The server, when getting the information of an invoation, needs to distribute and execute it on other clients (via socket).
In other words, the method invokation from a client A, is distributed by an server S and executed on clients A, B, C, D.
I need to know:
1) How to serialize the method and the arguments (I just know how to serialize the argmuents)
2) How to execute the methods on clients A, B, C, D when recieving the servers order.
Thanks.

[balaji iyer]

Hi,
Methods cannot be serialized in Java, only objects can be serialized.
Regarding your second question, the solution is having a controller class on each of the otherclients, B, C and D whose only purpose is to call the desired method. This class would have static information of method names or implement reflection to call the appropriate object and its method.
Once A calls on a method on S, then S has to lookup on this remote object and pass it the method name as a string. This distributed remote object will then call upon the particular objects method on clients, B, C and D.
Hope that helps :-),
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Balaji Iyer,
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Net4nuts.com
Ahmedabad
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