Distributed Systems Basics

Distributed Systems Fundamentals

Requires the services of a remote object: client
A common mechanism for decoupling the user of a service with the provider of that service: proxy pattern
Provides an interface to the client that matches the interface of the remote object: stub
The common term for the system services required by a remote object: plumbing
Converts the message from a client from the wire format into a method invocation of the remote object: skeleton
The process of turning a method call into a wire format that can be sent over a network: marshalling
A replaceable piece of software that has an interface and a realization of the interface: component