Thread: RMI connection issue

Joined this forum 48hrs ago...I've been trying to run an RMI application from the client side but i've not been successful at doing that. The general concept of RMI (distributed application) is that the server side of the application registers a server object with an RMI registry. This happened successfully with my server application. I'm testing the entire application on my local system for now i.e the server and client part all reside on the same computer. I'm connecting both ends of the application by opening two command prompt side by side with the RMI registry console in between them. Syntactically, there are no problems with the programs because both successfully compiled. Infact it's a basic RMI program in which the client program calls a sayHello() method and a greeting message is returned to the client. I have a feeling that the problem is more of external to the code itself i.e. IP referencing by the system an so on. I stuck to the default port of 1099. I followed the required steps (correctly) to get the application running but when it comes to running the client end to connect to the server, i kept receiving this same message. ConnectException.....refused to host:127.0.0.1

i followed the directives/advice i got from other forums but the error persisted. The directive i followed include
1 referencing the rmi.server.hostname env variable when running the server program
2 editing the hosts folder under \etc folder to ensure that RMI registry is indeed sticking to the localhost

The same exception persisted. I'll appreciate if someone assist with effective advice on the way out. The application is being run on windows 7.

Olakunle Oni

Hi here i give a simple RMI program

Compile

1. javac RmiServer.java

2. rmic RmiServer

3. javac RmiClient.java



- Execution

1. (at one host,) java RmiServer

2. (at another host) java RmiClient <server�fs address> 3232 <message text>

- The source codes

ReceiveMessageInterface.java

 
    import java.rmi.*;
 
public interface ReceiveMessageInterface extends Remote
 
{
 
    �@�@�@�@�@�@�@void receiveMessage(String x) throws RemoteException;
 
�@�@�@�@�@�@}
 
 
 
RmiServer.java
 
 
 
import java.rmi.*;
 
import java.rmi.registry.*;
 
import java.rmi.server.*;
 
import java.net.*;
 
 
 
public class RmiServer extends java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
 
implements ReceiveMessageInterface
 
{
 
    int      thisPort;
 
    String   thisAddress;
 
    Registry registry;    // rmi registry for lookup the remote objects.
 
 
 
    // This method is called from the remote client by the RMI.
 
    // This is the implementation of the �gReceiveMessageInterface�h.
 
    public void receiveMessage(String x) throws RemoteException
 
    {
 
        System.out.println(x);
 
    }
 
 
 
    public RmiServer() throws RemoteException
 
    {
 
        try{
 
            // get the address of this host.
 
            thisAddress= (InetAddress.getLocalHost()).toString();
 
        }
 
        catch(Exception e){
 
            throw new RemoteException("can't get inet address.");
 
        }
 
thisPort=3232;  // this port(registry�fs port)
 
        System.out.println("this address="+thisAddress+",port="+thisPort);
 
        try{
 
        // create the registry and bind the name and object.
 
        registry = LocateRegistry.createRegistry( thisPort );
 
            registry.rebind("rmiServer", this);
 
        }
 
        catch(RemoteException e){
 
        throw e;
 
        }
 
    }
 
 
 
    static public void main(String args[])
 
    {
 
        try{
 
        RmiServer s=new RmiServer();
 
    }
 
    catch (Exception e) {
 
           e.printStackTrace();
 
           System.exit(1);
 
    }
 
     }
 
}

RmiClient.java

import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.registry.*;
import java.net.*;
 
public class RmiClient
{
    static public void main(String args[])
    {
       ReceiveMessageInterface rmiServer;
       Registry registry;
       String serverAddress=args[0];
       String serverPort=args[1];
       String text=args[2];
       System.out.println("sending "+text+" to "+serverAddress+":"+serverPort);
       try{
           // get the �gregistry�h
           registry=LocateRegistry.getRegistry(
               serverAddress,
               (new Integer(serverPort)).intValue()
           );
           // look up the remote object
           rmiServer=
              (ReceiveMessageInterface)(registry.lookup("rmiServer"));
           // call the remote method
           rmiServer.receiveMessage(text);
       }
       catch(RemoteException e){
           e.printStackTrace();
       }
       catch(NotBoundException e){
           e.printStackTrace();
       }
    }
}

Thanks vigneshwaran for your post to the issue i have with RMI connection. But after running the server and client programs locally, I still got java.rmi.UnknownHostException from the client program after supplying host address, port (as retrieved from the server program) and string message as command line arguments when running the client program. The only change i made to the program you posted was that i used the default RMI registry port of 1099 in the programs. I'll appreciate any further assistance in resolving this problem...

--- Update ---

Thanks vigneshwaran for your post to the issue i have with RMI connection. But after running the server and client programs locally, I still got java.rmi.UnknownHostException from the client program after supplying host address, port (as retrieved from the server program) and string message as command line arguments when running the client program. The only change i made to the program you posted was that i used the default RMI registry port of 1099 in the programs. I'll appreciate any further assistance in resolving this problem...

I think the port number making problem in connection. check in your browser with localhost/1099

hi vigneshwaran i've still not rectified the java.rmi.UnknownHostException. The suggestion you gave in the last message is unclear to me...i.e I think the port number making problem in connection. check in your browser with localhost/1099. Can give me more details?