I have just finished writing my first project which uses RMI. However, although I am sure my code is correct, I cant test it/use it as I am not sure how to start the RMI registry.
At university I was told to open a command window, go to the directories holding my class files and start the registry by typing "start rmiregistry". However although that works on their machines, if I try it on my own I get the error "The system cannot find the file rmiregistry".
The only way I can get the RMI registry to open is to go to the Java JRE bin directory:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_14\bin and type "start rmiregistry".
Having done that, a new blank command window opens and I guess it runs. However when I go to run my program (the "server" end of the RMI project) I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.rmi.ServerException: RemoteException occurred in server thread; nested exception is:
java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling arguments; nested exception is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Database.DatabaseService
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.oldDispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:247)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:223)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:343)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at Database.DbAccess.main(DbAccess.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90)
Caused by: java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling arguments; nested exception is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Database.DatabaseService
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Skel.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.oldDispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Database.DatabaseService
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadProxyInterfaces(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveProxyClass(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readProxyDesc(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
... 9 more
Basically I think the problem is the RMI registry cannot find my class files.
Can someone please tell me how I tell it where to find my class files, I have been trying to get this problem sorted for ages!
One last thing, do I need to create "stub" files? I have heard of them but guessed they were only needed for older versions of Java, am I correct?
Many thanks