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# 8 Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

These commands create applications that interact over the web or with another network.

This section contains the following commands:

`rmic`: Generates stub, skeleton, and tie classes for remote objects that use the JRMP or IIOP protocols. Also generates OMG IDL.

`rmiregistry`: Starts a remote object registry on the specified port on the current host.

`rmid`: Starts the activation system daemon that allows objects to be registered and activated in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

`serialver`: Returns the serial version UID for specified classes.

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